Air France to operate Malta-Toulouse service
Air France is planning to fly to 16 new destinations including Malta from a new base which it is to set up in from Toulouse, airline officials said today.
Other destinations will include Berlin, Prague and Vienna. Services start in April.
The new hub in the southwestern city is part of the airline's efforts to fend off forays into tis home market by low cost airlines.
Air France established a hub in the Mediterranean city of Marseille in October and is also planning to increase services in Nice.
The new hubs are part of a program to restore medium-haul, point-to-point routes’ profitability by the end of 2013, he said. Those services include flights from Paris Orly as well as French airports outside the capital city.
The airline will assign 10 Airbus A320-series planes to Toulouse.
Other routes served from Toulouse will include Athens, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg Malaga, Seville, Naple, Venice, Istanbul, Tunis, Casablanca and Marrakesh.
Popular Stories
Update 3: Woman found dead in car,...
Updated: Woman dies in car crash
Carm Mifsud Bonnici resigns after...
Part of Dwejra 'Azure window' collapses
The end of the bar that ‘never closed’
Bundy does not know whether to...
Updated - Jason Micallef demands...
This WAS the night - Kurt makes it...
'No need for early election if PM's...
In Discussion
Updated - Jason Micallef demands...
Gozo tunnel could take 5-7 years to...
CABS remote controlled aircraft shot...
Carm Mifsud Bonnici resigns after...
Joseph Calleja condemns portrayal of...
Updated: Labour would give...
CABS drone shot down
Second group of migrants arrives
Adrian Vassallo in scathing...
10 Comments
Post comment
Please sign in or create your Account to post comments.
Claude Lacoste
Dec 6th 2011, 10:57
Welcome to Toulouse and in Midi-Pyrénées !
http://www.midipyrenees.fr/Midi-Pyrenees,3650
the exchanges between our countries will be encouraged.
Mr Joseph Apap
Dec 5th 2011, 18:24
This could be in competition with Air Malta with the thousands of Maltese who travel to Lourdes
Joseph Calleja
Dec 5th 2011, 18:56
Competition is good, very good. Especially if it saves the consumer a lot of money. The government should consider doing the same open competition with the pharmaceutical companies. Talk about a gross and very controlled monopoly?
C Cassar
Dec 5th 2011, 19:14
so what?
Claude Lacoste
Dec 5th 2011, 19:57
A competition, not really :
- Yesterday, two hours for a direct flight Toulouse-Malta with AirMalta, company at the same level, for me, that Air France.
- Today, more than five hours for a flight Toulouse-Malta : Toulouse-Frankfort (KLM) then Frankfort-Malta (AirMalta)
- Tomorrow, two direct flights Toulouse-Malta, by week, with Air France.
Mr A. Mifsud
Dec 5th 2011, 22:32
Good! As long as it's fair competition it's healthy. If Air France can operate this route profitably - good luck to them, and if Air France can do this - Airmalta should do so too!
Chris Spiteri
Dec 5th 2011, 18:05
Welcome back AIR FRANCE!! Hope we can get some good rates on your routes... Moreover, kindly try to re-make the Paris to Malta route, Im sure it will be a good hit with both French and local Maltese people which will eventually visit the French capital!!
Joseph Calleja
Dec 5th 2011, 17:39
Thank God for open competition. Now if only we can entice American Airline Companies to start flying into and out of Malta. There is United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Airlines that might consider entering the Maltese market out of London and all of Europe. That will also make an excellent connection to the USA.
Mr Neville A Cassar
Dec 6th 2011, 08:17
American Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ... 6 days ago and the other airlines arent in good shape either.
The low cost airlines are `the only` ones making a profit as they dont allow their staff to join unions and they only hire the staff they need.
Open competition is fine.... but at the moment, it isnt a level playing field.
Sean Grima
Dec 6th 2011, 09:08
mhux hekk, at the expense of workers rights!