Transavia Airlines S.A.S., trading as Transavia France and formerly branded as ''transavia.com France'', is a French

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owned by Air France S.A. & Transavia Airlines C.V. based at

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. It shares its

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, website and operating model with its

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mother company,

Transavia Transavia Airlines C.V., trading as Transavia and formerly branded as ''transavia.com'', is a Dutch low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and therefore part of the Air France–KLM group. Its main base is Amsterdam Airport Schi ...

History

Transavia France was established as ''transavia.com France'' on 14 November 2006 by

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and the Dutch airline

(''transavia.com'' back then) and began its operations in May 2007 operating scheduled and charter flights. Antoine Pussiau has been the

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since January 2013. Transavia France chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure and some metropolitan destinations and is now positioned as part of

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's joint low-cost brand which operates under the Transavia name in both the Netherlands and France. By early 2015, Transavia France, together with its Dutch sister company, received a new

, dropping the ".com" from its public appearance as well as changing its primary colors from white/green/blue to white/green. In 2018, Transavia France decided to further expand their base at

Lyon Airport Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

and at Nantes Airport with the addition of more based aircraft and the expansion of the existing routes. In late November 2019, Transavia France stated that they will open a new base in Spring 2020 at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport with a planned 20 routes served by the end of that year.

Corporate affairs

Ownership and structure

Transavia France S.A.S. is 95.51% owned by Air France S.A. and 4.49% owned by Transavia Airlines C.V. of the Netherlands, both of which in turn are ultimately owned by

Air France–KLM Air France–KLM S.A., also known as Air France–KLM Group, is a Franco-Dutch airline holding company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Tremblay-en-France, near Paris. The group has offices in ...

. Transavia is run as an independent operation, with both arms operating with an identical business model, website and image.

Business trends

The performance figures for the Transavia brand operations (

and Transavia France) are reported within the published annual accounts of their ultimate parent, Air France-KLM. The financials for both parts of the brand are fully incorporated in the Air France-KLM accounts.

Business model

Transavia operates as a

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and, as such, uses a single aircraft type (

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in their case) with a single class of cabin. The airline offers the "Assortment on Board"

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service offering food and drinks for purchase.

Head office

Transavia France is headquartered at Paris-Orly Airport in Paray Vieille Poste.

Destinations

The airline reaches in the summer 2022 100 destinations from Paris Orly and hence 1st low-cost company with Paris departures.

Fleet

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, Transavia France operates the following aircraft: The expansion strategy includes 10 additional aircraft by year with roughly 71 planes for summer 2023 leading to a doubled fleet by 2025.

References

External links

Official website
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