Up until recently, Air France primarily operated out of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), though the airline also had a limited network out of Paris Orly Airport (ORY). Generally Charles de Gaulle Airport is considered the more premium and global hub, while Orly Airport is closer to the city, and is more popular for…
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What was left of AF operations at ORY under the AF brand was minimal. St. Denis, Fort de France, and Corsica. None of this is surprising.
And so ends another exciting and important chapter in French aviation history. I, for one, will miss Orly.
Transavia’s most recent press release says that lounge access is only included for platinum and above for domestic itineraries, not international… disappointing
ORY is very much carrying on- terminals have been renovated, ground transport options improved, and, in addition to La Compagnie and the various flights to Outre Mer destinations, you can catch flights on Iberia, TAP, UX, Royal Air Maroc etc and connect via their respective hubs.
Yes, in for these connections, it is much more convenient to connect at CDG. Many of them were only served out of ORY, which meant you had to take bus to the other side of Paris, susceptible to traffic jams.
Toulouse and Nice, the two most important routes, and the only two major French cities which are not conveniently accessible to Paris by train?
Unless and until France can connect Toulouse/Occitanie and the Côte d'Azur efficiently to Paris by TGV, high quality air service should have remained. Flying to Roissy is great if you're connecting, but if you intend to actually go to Paris, Orly is the LaGuardia to CDG's JFK.
I’m confused - I still see AF flights from ORY to Corsica (and no CDG flights there fwiw in June / July of this year?). They show up as operated by AF (so not air Corsica)
I used to book hidden city FB redemptions to DCG at great value from US with connection at ORY which allowed me to collect bags without penalty at CDG. Oh well.
Can't you do the same with train connections, or do they not give availability? I would check BRU.
I've also managed to use partner miles to get married segment availability to CDG by engineering an overnight connection. No problem tagging luggage only as far as Paris.
I assume you would not make it to the airport in time for the connection, due to oversleeping?
AF still offers short-haul domestic flights out of CDG. I'm on one next month (370 km). They can sell it to me, as I am connecting at CDG. A Parisian could not reserve that flight.
Yeah, I'm still seeing flights between ORY and the four Corsican airport this summer listed as AF.
This is not true. AF has indeed ceased most of its operation from Orly (mainland France + overseas territories) but Corsica flights remain. It's a much smaller operation but not a complete shutdown.
I happened to be on the last flight to Nice yesterday and it was quite an emotional experience. We even got little cards from the crew to remember the occasion.
@Nick - There's still flights from Nice and Toulouse to Orly, just not on Air France. easyJet is actually going after this market quite aggressively. AF hopes people will switch to Transavia but somehow I doubt that.
This makes sense financially. But oh man. The crews on ORY-JFK were consistently amazing. I loved that route.
I absolutely love Orly , its a lovely Airport , and its too bad that they made that choice, but people will continue to use other Airlines there
I believe these are offered in partnership with Air Corsica as a public service obligation, and the PSO is specific to Orly, hence why these flights remain.
V/F
Another poster also raised this, and I’ll offer the same reply here too: I believe these are offered in partnership with Air Corsica as a public service obligation, and the PSO is specific to Orly, hence why these flights remain.
V/F
@Samo: note I said "high quality air service should have remained." I would rather eat glass than fly EasyJet or Transavia if mainline Air France service is an alternative.
My parents and I fly on American Airlines from Chicago-O’Hare to Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
It's not true. I don't know why this false information about Air France pulling out completely from Paris Orly is still spread. The truth is, that Air France still serving the Corsica routes from Orly for the next couple of years at least.
