Transavia France

This article is about the French airline. For its Dutch counterpart, see Transavia.

Transavia Airlines S.A.S., trading as Transavia France and formerly branded as transavia.com France, is a French low-cost airline owned by Air France S.A. & Transavia Airlines C.V. based at Paris Orly Airport. It shares its corporate design, website and operating model with its Dutch parent company, Transavia.

Transavia France

IATA ICAO Callsign TO TVF FRANCE SOLEIL
Founded	14 November 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-14)
Commenced operations	May 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05)
Operating bases	Lyon Montpellier Nantes Paris–Orly
Fleet size	73
Destinations	122^[1]
Parent company	Air France–KLM
Headquarters	Paray Vieille Poste, France
Key people	Olivier Mazzucchelli (CEO)
Website	www.transavia.com

History

Transavia France was established as transavia.com France on 14 November 2006 by Air France and the Dutch airline Transavia (transavia.com back then) and began its operations in May 2007 operating scheduled and charter flights.^[2]

Transavia France chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure and some metropolitan destinations and is now positioned as part of Air France-KLM's joint low-cost brand which operates under the Transavia name in both the Netherlands and France.^[3] By early 2015, Transavia France, together with its Dutch sister company, received a new corporate design, dropping the ".com" from its public appearance as well as changing its primary colors from white/green/blue to white/green.^[4] In 2013 Antoine Pussiau was the CEO since January.^[5] Natalie Stubler, as CEO of Transavia France from 2016-2022,^[6] expanded the number of destinations and the fleet.

In 2018, Transavia France decided to further expand their base at Lyon Airport 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,^[7] both of which in turn are ultimately owned by Air France–KLM. Transavia is run as an independent operation, with both arms operating with an identical business model, website and image.^[8]

Business trends

The performance figures for the Transavia brand operations (Transavia 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 low-cost carrier and, as such, uses a single aircraft type (Boeing 737 in their case) with a single class of cabin. The airline offers the "Assortment on Board" buy on board service offering food and drinks for purchase.^[9]

Head office

Transavia France is headquartered at Paris-Orly Airport in Paray Vieille Poste.^[10][11]

Destinations

Main article: List of Transavia France destinations

The airline reaches in the summer 2022 100 destinations from Paris Orly and hence 1st low-cost company with Paris departures.^[12]

Fleet

 

Transavia France Boeing 737-800

 

Interior of a Transavia Boeing 737-800 at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome, Italy

As of January 2024^[update], Transavia France operates the following aircraft:^{[13][14][15][16]}

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A320neo	3	93	186^[17]	First delivered January 10 2024^[18] To replace older Boeing 737-800. Order to be shared between KLM and Transavia.^[19]
Airbus A321neo	—		232
Boeing 737-800	71	—	189
Total	73	93

The expansion strategy includes 10 additional aircraft by year with roughly 71 planes for summer 2023 leading to a doubled fleet by 2025.^[20]

References

1. "Transavia France on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
2. . Air France - Corporate. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
3. (PDF). Air France-KLM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
4. "MarketingTribune". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
5. "Transavia France appoints Antoine Pussiau as CEO". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
6. "Gagey to be replaced soon as Air France chief: newspaper". Retrieved 2024-02-08.
7. "À propos de l'entreprise - Transavia". www.transavia.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-24.
8. . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
9. "Assortment on board." transavia. Accessed October 24, 2008.
10. "Terms and conditions of carriage." Transavia.com. Retrieved on 2 January 2010. "Adresse: TRANSAVIA AIRLINES S.A.S. 18, avenue Louis Bleriot 91551 Paray vieille poste RCS 492 791 306 Evry FRANCE"
11. "." Air France. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "Its head office is in Paray-Vieille-Poste (Essonne), France. " and "Address: 18 Avenue Louis Blériot 91220 Paray-Vieille-Poste, France"
12. "Transavia : 15 ans et 15 repères | Air Journal". 13 May 2022.
13. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 14.
14. "Transavia France : 49eme avion et offre égale à 2019 | Air Journal". 22 June 2021.
15. "Transavia : 61 avions et 8 nouvelles lignes pour l'été 2022".
16. "Transavia France Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
17. Orban, André (2024-01-10). "Air France-KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, to be operated by Transavia France". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
18. "KLM Group chooses Airbus A320neo family for KLM and Transavia's European fleet" (Press release). KLM Group. 16 December 2021.
19. "Breaking: Air France-KLM Orders 100 A320neo And Four A350F". Simple Flying. 2021-12-16.
20. "Air France poursuit le développement à marche forcée de Transavia : Les premiers Airbus A320 NEO arrivent l'an prochain". 20 September 2022.

External links

  Media related to Transavia France at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website