Airline guide

The French national carrier, a member of the SkyTeam alliance, with its main hub at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and secondary bases in Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse.

Low-cost subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group, based at Orly, currently transitioning its fleet to the Airbus A320neo.

One of Europe's largest low-cost airlines, with numerous bases including several in France (Paris-CDG, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux…).

Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers, fleet size and number of flights, with bases across Europe.

A Spanish airline of the IAG group, based in Barcelona, with a strong network across Southern Europe.

A major long-haul carrier based in Dubai, operating an all-widebody fleet (A380, Boeing 777) across a worldwide network.

Qatar's national airline, with a hub in Doha, an extensive long-haul network and very demanding service standards.

French airline based at Orly, an all-Airbus A330 fleet, specialising in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and Africa.

A subsidiary of Groupe Dubreuil based in Pointe-à-Pitre, specialising in the Antilles, French Guiana and the Caribbean from Paris-Orly, with an all-Airbus A330/A350 long-haul fleet.

Long-haul low-cost subsidiary of Groupe Dubreuil (the same group as Air Caraïbes), with a 100% Airbus A350 fleet and a network to the United States, Canada, Polynesia and the Indian Ocean from Paris-Orly.

Hungarian low-cost airline listed on the London Stock Exchange, whose fleet consists solely of Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. It has around forty bases across Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Italy and the United Kingdom, but none in France.

A British holiday airline, part of the Jet2 plc group, which also includes the tour operator Jet2holidays. It operates from 14 bases in the UK to more than 80 sun, city and ski destinations across Europe and beyond.

It operates a fleet of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft from more than twenty bases, several of them in France.

German leisure airline founded in 1955, whose fleet consists solely of Airbus aircraft (A320, A321 and A330neo) for short/medium-haul and long-haul. Its hub is Frankfurt, and since 2024 it has been developing a network of flights to European cities that feeds its long-haul flights.

Lufthansa is Germany's historic airline and the parent company of Lufthansa Group, which brings together Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Discover Airlines, Edelweiss and Lufthansa City Airlines, among others, along with a stake in ITA Airways. A co-founder of Star Alliance, it operates from Frankfurt and Munich, with the group also having other hubs in Zurich, Vienna, Brussels and Rome.

Marabu is an Estonian leisure airline, headquartered in Tallinn, which operates Airbus A320neo aircraft to holiday destinations, mainly in the Mediterranean. Launched by the investment firm Attestor, which is also a shareholder in Condor and markets its tickets, it is based in Germany at Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle and Nuremberg, with a new base opened in Frankfurt.

TUI is an integrated tourism group (tour operators, hotels, cruises, airlines) headquartered in Germany. Its airline business rests on five airlines, TUI Airways, TUI fly Deutschland, TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Netherlands and TUI fly Nordic, which operate 125 medium- and long-haul aircraft.

Finnair is the national airline of Finland and a member of the oneworld alliance, with a single hub at Helsinki-Vantaa linking Europe with Asia and North America. It operates 55 aircraft itself, with a further 24 aircraft flying on its behalf via Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra).

Flag carrier of the United Kingdom, a founding member of the oneworld alliance and a subsidiary of the IAG group, which also brings together Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling. Its cabin crew are based at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City.

An airline born in 1946 from the merger of the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish carriers, and a member of the SkyTeam alliance since September 2024. Its three hubs are Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm-Arlanda; Air France-KLM, a 19.9% shareholder according to the annual report published in March 2026, announced in 2025 its intention to take majority control.

A British airline founded in 1984 by Richard Branson, owned 51% by Virgin Group and 49% by Delta Air Lines. A member of SkyTeam since 2023, it operates mainly from London Heathrow and Manchester to North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.