In mid-December I wrote about how French low cost carrier French Blue was planning on launching flights between Paris Orly and Tahiti, and they intended to operate the flight via San Francisco. When the flights first went on sale, the airline didn’t have pick-up rights in San Francisco (since Paris to Tahiti is technically a…
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Nice to see options to drive competition. Not sure I myself could do 8 hours redeye in coach, however the return is possible.
Thought I read United was jumping in as well?
It's interesting that they are flying through SFO instead of LAX. The Great Circle route between ORY and PPT goes almost straight through LAX.
If they rebranded because of the similar name to Jetblue, then shouldn't Airblue (of Pakistan) rebrand as well 😉
French bee What a dumb name
The French word for bee is “ abeille”
What confusion between jet blue and French blue ??!
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Hey lucky - did you by any chance hear about the channel 4 uk tv documentary just aired now on Singapore airlines New first class? Was a great watch if not a bit repetitive
What a mind bogglingly stupid name! Mind you that was the nation that brought you Joon. Must be something in the Perrier.
would certainly consider SF to PPT and back at the price available from PPT to SF!!! (living in SLC)
I'm sure they are using SFO because Air Tahiti Nui and AF already operate PPT-LAX-CDG
@Lucky not sure if you noticed but united recently launched their Sydney-Houston flight,which is currently 4th longest in the world. Surprising their is enough demand(even with connections at IAH) for such a long flight especially for economy.
How many different crew members will be required to operate this flight from Orly to PPT?
Jet Blue’ David Neelman has established Azul in Brazil. It has now also bought a stake in ORY-based Aigle Azur (which also means Blue). Aigle Azur is about to start Its first long-haul flight ORY-VCP in Brazil connecting two of their hubs starting in June/2019
Jet Blue’ David Neelman has established Azul in Brazil. It has now also bought a stake in ORY-based Aigle Azur (which also means Blue). Aigle Azur is about to start Its first long-haul flight ORY-VCP in Brazil connecting two of their hubs starting in June/2018 with 2 ex-Air Berlin A332s.
FYI- Just signed into the website and it reverted to English almost immediately.
Premium is just a premium economy seat (without lounge access),
Price is not cheap for may-june-july > Premium return ORY-PPT for €2256 / $2772
JetBlue aggressively defends against any airline that plans on servicing airports in the US using "Blue" in their name. They did the same a few years against a proposed British (IIRC) startup that was going to go with "FlyBlue". They wound up changing to "FlyWho", which led to a number of TARDIS jokes, then (as far as I know) gave up entirely.
They're fine with "blue" (and probably wouldn'd have a legal case anyway) with smaller airlines that'll never come anywhere near the US, or (like Azul) have the word "blue" in another language.
"French Bee" has to be the stupidest airline name ever. It's worse that "Wizz Air" and right up there with "U-Land". But at least it looks like it could bring some real competition to Tahiti, and isn't a rooftop bar.
I guess they liked Busy Bee
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Bee
Busy Bee was an airline which operated in Norway between 1966 and 1992. Entirely based around wet lease, in conducted a mix of regional services for larger airlines and the military, as well as corporate, ad hoc and inclusive tour charters.
I am waiting to book SFO TO PPT return in June/July. Please let us know how to do this since the website does not show this and I Fear the seats will all be booked up from Paris. The price ( and SFO departure ) is so good
As someone on abudget whose girlfriend lives in Tahiti, I will gladly buy a SF ticket from Atlanta and take my chances. They are notorious for over selling so that could be an issue for short trips but I go for months at a time and don't need lodging so I am EXCITED. Oh and anything beats flying through LAX.
By the way, LAX-PPT is now on sale for August-September 2018 at $880 return (Air Tahiti Nui). 15 days maximum stay.
What interests me is if that 'tech stop' involves herding all transit passengers through security and customs or if they just pass through a ? We try to give US transit a wide berth for the incredible amount of time spent waiting in queues and if this can be avoided it would be a reason to use this Airline from Tahiti to Europe.
If we were flying from Seattle to papette Tahiti which would be the best way to book it and if we want business seats compared to coach what is the difference and is their a way to upgrade to first class later if we decide