How Air France Plans to Take Advantage of Smaller Rival’s Demise
Photo Credit: A Transavia aircraft. Parent company Air France-KLM is interested in flying more routes to Algeria. Flickr / Dylan Agbagni (CC0)
Skift Take
Aigle Azur was tiny in comparison to Air France, but it still offered competition in certain areas, with the traffic rights to and from Algeria now of particular interest.
Thomas Cook might have been the most eye-catching recent airline collapse but it wasn’t alone.
A host of small European carriers exited the market in the second half of 2019, including two in France: Aigle Azur and XL Airways.
The collapse of the former is likely to help Air France-KLM's French business mor
