France’s Smaller Airlines Seek Partnerships To Grow

French Bee aircraft in flight

French Bee and Air Caraibes see 2024 as a year of consolidation.

Credit: French Bee
In a tough macroeconomic and political environment, France’s secondary airline groups are looking to form new partnerships to help them thrive. But talk of a so-called superairline, dubbed “Overseas Air,” to serve those destinations does not seem to be translating into concrete consolidation...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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