Air France signs Flybe sharing deal
Two airlines to begin marketing each other routes, opening up new connections between France and the UK
AIR passengers in France will be able to mix and match between Flybe and Air France routes under a new sharing deal due to launch in the autumn.
The two airlines have agreed to begin marketing each other's routes, with Flybe moving to Terminal 2 at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to allow for easier connections.
Flybe passengers will see Air France flights listed on the website when they make their booking, giving them access to an additional five between the UK and France and seven domestic French links.
Similarly, on the Air France website, passengers will see Flybe's 45 routes from France to the UK and connecting domestic services including Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton.
The deal should come into effect by the end of October.
Flybe chairman and chief executive Jim French said: “The codeshare brings benefits for passengers and the two airlines alike; it’s a real win-win agreement.
"For Flybe, it allows us to offer an even wider range of flights to our passengers, as well as provide superb levels of inter-connectivity that only an airline as big as Air France can offer.”
Air France chief commercial officer Bruno Matheu added: "The future co-operation with Flybe is a major opportunity for Air France to strengthen its position in the UK, Europe’s biggest market."
The following new routes will be sold through the Flybe website. They will continue to be operated by Air France:
• Aberdeen to Paris CDG
• Birmingham to Lyon
• Edinburgh to Paris CDG
• Newcastle to Paris CDG
• Paris Orly to Bordeaux, Limoges, Nice, Perpignan and Toulouse
• Paris CDG to Brest, Budapest, Geneva, Istanbul, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, Nice, Nuremburg, Prague, Sofia, Vienna, Warsaw and Zagreb
Similarly, Air France will market the following FlyBe routes:
• Birmingham - Avignon; Bergerac; Bordeaux; Brest; Chambery; La Rochelle; Limoges; Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG); Perpignan; Rennes; Toulouse; Belfast; Glasgow; Guernsey; Inverness; Isle Of Man; Jersey
• Exeter - Avignon; Bergerac; Chambery; Rennes
• Edinburgh - Bergerac; Limoges; Rennes
• Glasgow - La Rochelle
• Jersey - Nice
• London Gatwick - Bergerac; Limoges
• Manchester - Avignon; Bergerac; Brest; La Rochelle; Limoges; Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG); Rennes; Belfast; Glasgow; Inverness; Isle of Man
• Newcastle - Limoges
• Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - Belfast, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Jersey
• Southampton - Avignon; Bergerac; Bordeaux; Brest; Chambery ; Limoges; La Rochelle; Nice; Orly; Perpignan; Rennes; Belfast; Glasgow; Guernsey; Jersey; Isle of Man; Inverness; Leeds Bradford
