All Transavia Airlines articles
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NewsLow-cost carrier Transavia names KLM executive as new chief
Air France-KLM Group carrier Transavia has named Paul Terstegge as the operator’s new chief executive, succeeding Marcel de Nooijer. Terstegge will take over the top post on 1 February next year. Source: Transavia Terstegge has held several commercial posts at Air France-KLM He currently serves as KLM ...
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NewsTransavia 737 shed nose tyres after late flare and hard landing on sloping runway
French investigators believe the slope of a Nantes runway led a Boeing 737-800 pilot to misperceive the aircraft’s glidepath, resulting in a late flare and a hard bounced landing, during which the jet shed both nose tyres. Nantes’ runway 21 initially dips beyond the threshold, then rises from the aiming ...
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NewsAir France-KLM flags summer bookings hit from Paris Olympics
Air France-KLM has warned that travellers avoiding Paris due to the forthcoming Olympic Games could cause a revenue hit of up to €180 million ($193 million) at its French operations.
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Airline BusinessWill Transavia grow beyond Air France-KLM’s core markets?
When Air France-KLM outlined a record full-year performance for 2023 on 29 February, it was noteworthy that low-cost unit Transavia stood alone in having had a negative impact on the group’s operating profit of €1.7 billion ($1.8 billion).
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NewsRyanair and Transavia among growing list of airlines making Tel Aviv return
Ryanair and Transavia France are among carriers to have announced in the past few days that they will resume flights to Tel Aviv on 1 February, as more operators reverse the suspension of operations that followed the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.
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NewsTransavia France begins Airbus transition with first A320neo
Transavia France has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo twinjet, marking the beginning of its transition away from operating Boeing 737s.
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NewsTransavia begins fleet transition with first A321neo
Dutch carrier Transavia has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo jet, as it begins its transition away from operating an all-Boeing 737 fleet.
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Airline BusinessWalking away from Paris Orly would be ‘a lost opportunity’: Air France-KLM chief on Transavia plan
Air France-KLM chief executive Ben Smith believes the group’s strong slot position at Paris Orly makes for too good an opportunity to walk away from, as it puts its faith in low-cost unit Transavia to deliver a profitable operation from the airport.
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NewsAir France-KLM eyes €2bn improvement in operating profit by 2028
Air France-KLM is targeting a €2 billion ($2.2 billion) improvement in operating profitability over the next five years as it today sets out new long-term objectives.
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NewsAir France going CDG-only as Orly exit frees space for Transavia expansion
Air France’s recent announcement that it will end domestic flights at Paris Orly airport by 2026 marks what could be the final step towards the Air France-KLM Group having clearly differentiated operations at the Paris capital’s two main airports.
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NewsTransavia to pick up routes as Air France signals end to Paris Orly flights by 2026
Air France has outlined plans to transfer operations of its domestic flights from Paris Orly airport to its leisure unit Transavia citing a “structural fall” in demand for the network carrier’s services.
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Airline BusinessChallenges remain despite Air France-KLM's steady post-pandemic progress
While there remain plenty of pressures and potential pitfalls ahead, a doubling of profits in the second quarter underlined the steady progress Air France-KLM is making in its recovery out of the pandemic.
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NewsAir France-KLM doubles profit in second quarter
Air France-KLM doubled operating profits in the second quarter to €733 million ($810 million) on revenues up 14% on the same period last year.
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NewsTransavia cancels hundreds more flights as aircraft shortage persists
Dutch carrier Transavia has cancelled hundreds of flights through to the end of June as it grapples with a shortage of aircraft.
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NewsPost-storage Transavia 737’s loss of air data traced to unconnected pitot-static lines
Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data modules, with a loss of crucial flight information to the pilots. The aircraft was operating to Alicante on 24 April 2021, and had ...
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NewsHop chief lands at Transavia France as Stubler takes group decarbonisation role
Transavia France chief executive Nathalie Stubler is take a up a new role as special advisor for Air France-KLM ’s decarbonisation strategy and will be succeeded at the leisure unit by the current head of Air France regional carrier Hop.
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NewsAir France-KLM eyes TAP, Transavia and territories for growth as ITA deadline nears
Air France-KLM is studying consolidation opportunities in Europe and beyond as the exclusivity period for negotiations on an ITA Airways stake comes to an end, but also cites firm plans to expand within the limits of its current operations.
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NewsTransavia venture arm backs all-electric start-up carrier
Air France-KLM Group carrier Transavia is investing in a start-up operator which aims to concentrate on flying fully-electric aircraft. The start-up, Lucy, intends to offer electric flights from Eindhoven from 2025 using five-seat aircraft with a range of 135nm (250km). Transavia is participating through its investment division, Transavia Ventures, as ...
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NewsKLM and Transavia seek to expand unruly passenger data-sharing initiative
Air France-KLM Group carriers KLM and Transavia are to exchange data on disruptive passengers in order to impose mutual penalties irrespective of the airline involved. KLM claims the arrangement is the first in the world to involve such data-sharing, and the operators are seeking to broaden the initiative to other ...
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NewsTransavia France to debut A320neo in 2023 as fleet expands
Transavia France will expand its fleet by 10 aircraft for the 2023 summer season, as the Air France-KLM unit plots growth into markets including Turkey.