Despite an unprecedented crisis for the airline industry, Nathalie Stubler, CEO of Transavia, announced on September 25 that she was "
rather satisfied
" with the company's summer performance.
"
We carried 50% of the traffic of our normal program in July and August, it is better than the 35 to 40% of the parent company Air France
", she declared on the set of BFM Business.
Despite great uncertainty for the fall, hiring of flight attendants and flight attendants will resume on October 1 from the company's three bases: Paris-Orly, Nantes Atlantique and Lyon-Saint Exupéry airports.
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To encourage the purchase, despite the lack of visibility related to health circumstances, the company will offer a postponement of tickets without modification costs (excluding price difference) for all trips between March 28 and October 30, 2021. Especially, for maximum flexibility, travelers will be able to change their ticket up to 2 hours before the flight.
Promote family reunification
“
This year, many of our clients have had to give up traveling and reunite with their families.
This is why we have decided to expand our network to certain destinations and to extend our first domestic lines
”, declared Nicolas Hénin, Deputy General Manager Sales and Marketing for Transavia France.
The company has indeed consolidated its flight program on its historical markets, with frequency increases to Portugal, Spain and Algeria.
The first routes announced this winter on the domestic network: Biarritz from Paris and Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse from Nantes will be open for reservation for the summer of 2021.
Concerning the new services, Transavia will open a line between Paris-Orly and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) in November, as well as two weekly connections to Santiago de Compostela.
The inaugural flight to Galicia, the 14th destination served by the company in Spain, will take place on April 15, 2021.
