Air France to cease domestic Paris Orly flights from 2026 – Business Traveller
Air France has announced plans to “evolve” its domestic network, with flights from Paris Orly set to cease from 2026.
The carrier said that “The rise of videoconferencing, the drop in domestic business travel and the growing shift toward rail (under the combined effect of government sobriety recommendations and corporate CSR policies) are leading to a structural fall in demand on Air France’s domestic point-to-point network”.
Air France added that there had been a 40 per cent fall in traffic on domestic routes out of Paris Orly between 2019 and 2023, and as high as 60 per cent on day return trips.
The airline will continue to operate its Paris Orly-Corsica service under existing Public Service Order (PSO) commitments, but all other domestic and international flights will depart from Pari...