Air France-KLM wants to invest in budget flights. Airline Air France-KLM intends to develop a budget airline, especially for longer flights, says INC News.
The management hopes to compete with parties such as Norwegian, Level and Eurowings.
That insiders tell the French newspaper La Tribune. Will discuss the plan on Tuesday and Wednesday during a strategic summit in the Netherlands.
According to market experts, transatlantic budget flights (long haul-lowcost) are becoming increasingly important in the aviation world. Also evident from the success of Norwegian Air.
In acknowledgement of the good results of this airline, IAG and Lufthansa Group have set up the long-distance budget companies Level and Eurowings, respectively.
Air France-KLM does not have a budget subsidiary for long flights, and the third-largest European airline is lagging behind, according to the managers.
That is why they submit a plan for such a new aviation service to the Board of Directors.
XL Airways
La Tribune writes that Air France-KLM may want to take over and further develop the French company XL Airways.
Other wishes of the management are an expansion of the price fighter Transavia France, possibly through a merger with the Dutch Transavia.sources at Transavia Nederland say that they “do not need to integrate with Transavia France”.
The Dutch branch is doing a lot better than the French one.
Air France-KLM also wants to buy new aircraft for long-distance flights. It mainly concerns the Airbus A321LR. As soon as the merged company has a new director, that person will determine whether these plans will continue.