I re-read the article to understand exactly which quote had come from whom. Indeed the explicit mentioning of the Bases de Province losses did not come from an AF official.

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if AdJ decided to terminate the Bases de Prov*i*nce (ouf, got it right this time ) venture. It wouldn't be the first time that an airline recognizes that it has done something that didn't make sense (look at Lufthansa Italia). Plus, the kind of benefits the company obtained from this operating model are the ones that they want from ALL operations, not just the Province ones. And it would reduce the number of AF strategic positionings from 1 Zillion to 1 Zillion-1, not a bad thing either.

Still, so many contradictions. Closing the BdP is one thing if you want to concentrate to be a carrier chasing high yields - but then why MiNi? Why penalise frequent flyers with the changes in Flying Blue? It doesn't fit together.