The low-cost British airline Jet2 has announced it will begin operating new services between the UK and southern France, starting in the summer of 2022.
Ryanair plans to open four new hubs in France by 2019 in a bid to double its traffic in the country over the next "three or four years", the company has announced.
Ryanair’s outspoken CEO Michael O'Leary has slammed the French government for being “protectionist” and said his airline shouldn't have to pay payroll taxes in France. The ruling Socialist party hit back saying Ryanair's practices were "borderline fraud".
UPDATED: A French court ruled on Tuesday that Irish budget airline Ryanair must pay €8.1 million ($10.3 million) in damages along with €200,000 in fines for breach of French labour law.
A Parisian man faces jail after losing his cool on a France-bound flight from the US over a passenger who reclined his seat just a bit too far. His outburst comes on the heels of the now infamous “Knee Defender” melee aboard another American plane.
Air France may cut as many as 2,600 jobs by next year, a French trade union has revealed. News of the expected cost-cutting measure comes as the company struggles to compete with low-cost airlines in a weak economy.
Budget airline Ryanair has flown into a storm with French authorities.Prosecutors demanded on Friday the confiscation of four of its planes during a trial in the south of France over alleged breaches of French labour law.
An Air France pilot’s attempt at a joke has outraged a group of passengers and landed the airline giant in court. Was it an innocent attempt to calm a group of frustrated fliers or the ‘racist and discriminatory’ mocking of a nation’s leader?
Breaking news: An appeal court in France upheld a €70,000 fine against budget airline EasyJet on Tuesday after the company was convicted of discrimination for refusing to allow three passengers in wheelchairs to board their planes.
Air France has announced the launch of Hop!, a new low-cost airline it hopes will rival established budget operators like easyJet and Ryanair. The cheapest seats will be available for €55 one-way with 530 daily flights serving airports all over France and Europe.
Air France flights scheduled to fly to or from the northeastern United States on Tuesday may be cancelled or delayed due to Hurricane Sandy, the French airline said.
Air France passengers on a flight which was diverted from Beirut and landed instead in Damascus were asked at one point to chip in and help pay to refuel the plane, a passenger said on Thursday.
<p>An Air France flight to Israel was re-routed to Basel-Mulhouse airport on the Swiss border after fears that a bomb could be on the plane, the airline said Thursday.</p>
<p>Air France has suspended the maintenance of its aircraft by Chinese company Taeco after 30 screws were found to be missing from one of its planes, it said on Thursday.</p>
<p>Air France is facing a third consecutive day of strikes by cabin crew during a busy holiday period. While the airline is running most flights, some can only take 100 passengers on board.</p>
<p>Storms and aircraft damage left over 300 XL Airways passengers due to fly to New York stranded at Paris' Roissy international airport over the weekend, the airline said on Sunday.</p>
<p><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Air France-KLM has decided to split a landmark order for 100 long-haul carriers between Europe's Airbus and US rival Boeing, a press report said.</span></p>
<p>A strike by Air Algerie cabin crew who want a 106-percent pay rise left thousands of angry travellers stranded in Paris, Marseille and Nice airports on Wednesday, France's transport minister said.</p>
