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Air France with its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub, plus Transavia France and airlines focused on the overseas territories.
26 airlines
Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.
Aigle Azur
ZI / AAF
Historic French airline from Paris-Orly: founded in 1946, relaunched in 1970 as Lucas Aviation and, from 2001 under the name Aigle Azur, flying mainly to Algeria and Portugal – until its insolvency in September 2019.
Air Austral
UU / REU
The airline of La Réunion: based at Roland Garros Airport, long-haul to Paris-Charles de Gaulle with the Boeing 777-300ER and 787-8, a regional network in the Indian Ocean – and an eventful history since 1974.
Air Caraïbes
TX / FWI
The airline of the French Antilles: based on Guadeloupe, long-haul from Paris Orly with the Airbus A350 and A330, an ATR network between the islands – and French Bee as a sister in the same group.
Air France
AF / AFR
France’s network airline with its hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle: founding member of SkyTeam, part of the Air France-KLM group and operator of a long-haul fleet of Airbus A350s and Boeing 777s.
Air Inter
IT / ITF
Historic French domestic airline (1954–1997) based at Paris Orly. Air Inter flew the Caravelle, was the only operator of the Dassault Mercure, adopted the A300 and A320 early and merged fully into Air France in 1997.
Air Liberté
IJ / LIB
Historic French airline from Paris-Orly: founded in 1987 as a charter airline, a challenger to Air Inter on domestic routes from 1995, then owned by British Airways and Swissair – and Air Lib from 2001 until liquidation in 2003.
AOM French Airlines
IW / AOM
Historic French airline based at Paris Orly. AOM emerged from Air Outre Mer and Minerve, flew DC-10-30s to the overseas territories and MD-83s domestically, and merged with Air Liberté into Air Lib in 2001.
La Compagnie
B0 / DJT
French boutique airline with business class only: two Airbus A321neos, based at Paris Orly, anchored at Newark, with routes to Paris, Milan, Nice and, from 2027, Düsseldorf.
OpenSkies
EC / BOS
Historic French premium airline owned by British Airways: from 2008, OpenSkies flew small Boeing 757 fleets and later a 767 from Paris Orly to New York – until the brand merged into Level in September 2018.
UTA – Union de Transports Aériens
UT / UTA
Historic French airline (1963–1992): the private UTA flew from Paris with DC-8s, DC-10s and Boeing 747s to West and Central Africa, the Pacific and California – until Air France took it over. It became tragically known through the bombing of Flight 772 over the Ténéré desert in 1989.
Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.
French bee
BF / FBU
The French low-cost airline for long-haul: launched in 2016 as French Blue, now flying a small all-Airbus A350 fleet from Paris Orly to La Réunion, North America and Tahiti.
Transavia France
TO / TVF
The French low-cost airline of the Air France-KLM group: main base at Paris Orly, regional bases from Lyon to Bordeaux, a fleet switching from the Boeing 737-800 to the Airbus A320neo – and the same green colors as its Dutch sister.
Airlines focused on vacation destinations – in scheduled service and for tour operators.
Corsair
SS / CRL
French long-haul airline based at Paris-Orly: Corsair flies a uniform Airbus A330neo fleet to the French Antilles, the Indian Ocean and West Africa.
XL Airways France
SE / XLF
Historic French leisure and long-haul airline based at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Launched in 1995 as Star Europe, XL Airways from 2006, finally an all-A330 airline – liquidated in October 2019.
Short routes with turboprops and regional jets, often as feeders to the big hubs.
Air Antilles
4I / KES
Historic regional airline of the French Antilles: launched in 2002 as Air Antilles Express, flying ATRs between Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint-Martin and the Twin Otter to the short runway at St. Barth – until liquidation in April 2026.
Air Corsica
XK / CCM
The regional airline of the island of Corsica: based in Ajaccio, majority-owned by the Collectivité de Corse, with ATR 72-600s and Airbus A320neos on routes to Marseille, Nice and Paris Orly.
Air France Hop
A5 / HOP
Air France’s regional subsidiary was formed in 2013 from Brit Air, Régional and Airlinair. A colorful mix of ATR, CRJ and Embraer has since become a pure E170/E190 fleet flying under Air France flight numbers from Paris CDG and Lyon.
Air Littoral
FU / LIT
Historic French regional airline from Montpellier. Air Littoral began in 1972 with an Islander, brought the ATR 42 into scheduled service as launch customer, last flew CRJ100s and ATR 42-500s and shut down in February 2004.
Brit Air
DB / BZH
Historic regional airline from Morlaix in Brittany. Brit Air started in 1973 as an air taxi, flew ATRs, Saab 340s and Fokker 100s, brought the CRJ700 and CRJ1000 into scheduled service as launch customer and merged into HOP! from 2013.
Chalair Aviation
CE / CLG
Small French regional airline from Caen: ATR and Beechcraft turboprops, subsidized routes between Paris-Orly and cities like Aurillac, Brive and Castres – a subject you won’t find at every airport.
Twin Jet
T7 / TJT
French regional airline from Aix-en-Provence: in the air since 2001, with an all-small-Beechcraft 1900D fleet on short routes in France and to Italy.
All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.
ASL Airlines France
5O / FPO
The former Europe Airpost from Paris now flies for Ireland’s ASL group: Boeing 737 freighters at night, Boeing 737 passenger jets by day – with charter flights, scheduled routes to Algeria and mail in the hold.
CMA CGM Air Cargo
2C / CMA
The cargo airline of the French shipping group CMA CGM: launched in 2021, today flying Boeing 777Fs and an A330-200F out of Paris CDG, with Air Belgium in the group and slated as the launch operator of the Airbus A350F.
Companies that fly aircraft with crew for other airlines, tour operators or sports teams.
Amelia
8R / AIA
The brand family of France’s Regourd Aviation: a small fleet of Embraer regional jets and Airbus A319s, lots of ACMI for other airlines, charters for sports teams and companies – and with Pau–Paris-Orly a scheduled route of its own.
Europe Airpost
5O / FPO
The French mail airline from Paris Charles de Gaulle: as Aéropostale flying letters by night and vacationers by day – from 2000/2001 as Europe Airpost, from 2007/2008 part of the Irish ASL group and since 2015 ASL Airlines France.
Government flight services and state carriers that fly government members and delegations.
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