A deficit reduced by half and an activity that is doing well

For the past year, all short-haul flights in France and nearby Europe have been operated by HOP teams! Air France. After a major restructuring of the offer carried out between 2013 and 2015, the results of the activity show that the deficit was halved between 2014 and 2015, after having already been halved between 2012 and 2014. HOP! Air France offered 19 million seats in 2015, with an average occupancy rate of 72,3%.

The first quarter of 2016 improved compared to 2015 thanks to the increase in revenues and cost control, the short-haul activity of HOP! Air France is doing well. The results show that customers appreciate the implementation of this new commercial offer. In addition, the efforts made to improve the punctuality of flights, with 58,6% punctuality at 0 minutes, as well as the work in progress at stopovers also contribute to controlling the costs of the activity.

It is in this context that Frédéric Gagey and Lionel Guérin presented the new commercial offers which will be launched in 2016.

The New Shuttle, the plane that will change your mind on the plane

Created in 1996, the Shuttle is a unique product in Europe with its 100 million passengers transported. Building on this success and sustainability, the Shuttle is getting a facelift for its 20th anniversary, in line with the commercial strategy of reviving HOP's short-haul activity! Air France conducted for a year.

The Paris Orly-Montpellier line is in addition to the four existing lines between Paris-Orly and Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille and Nice. With these 5 destinations, the Shuttle will now operate nearly 1000 flights per week.

By the end of the year and for all of these five routes, a fully digital route will be rolled out. Thanks to the work carried out with the various airports concerned, the Shuttle planes should be positioned at the same boarding gates and in the same halls. Thus, a SkyPriority customer should see their journey between arrival at the airport and the boarding gate reduced to less than 20 minutes.

The Navette product returns to its fundamentals of frequency, flexibility, accessibility, and flexibility. A new customer promise and a new logo have been unveiled. The latter will be visible very soon in the various airports concerned.

In the future, this product, unique in Europe, will spearhead the short-haul business of HOP! Air France.

A new offer dedicated to 12-24 year olds

From April 12, HOP! Air France will offer for sale a new youth card for 12-24 year olds, valid for one year at 49 euros. This card will allow access to tariff offers of up to 30% reduction on a hundred domestic connections (outside Paris-Corsica).
This fully dematerialized card allows access to special rates from 44 euros including tax, one way, checked baggage included. The youth card is therefore amortized from the first round trip. In addition, the youth fares give the right to change flights with only € 10 of charges or even reimbursement for € 20 of charges. The youth card allows its holders to accumulate miles on the Flying Blue program, whose membership is free for young people.

HOP! Air France in figures

• 600 daily flights to 50 served stopovers
• A hundred planes from 48 to 212 seats
• Rates from € 49 * incl. One way
• 13 million passengers transported per year
• Over 130 lines in summer 2016
• 5 shuttles from Paris-Orly: Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse
• 2 main hubs in France: Lyon (30 lines) and Paris-Orly (26 lines)
• More 8 500 employees serve customers, both on the ground and in the air

Customers can make their reservations on the websites of www.hop.com et www.airfrance.fr, call the HOP! at 0892 70 22 22 ** or the Air France call center at 3654 ***, or go to an Air France point of sale or a travel agency.

* Price subject to conditions and availability. Non-refundable ticket. See on the site www.hop.com
** 0,35 service € / min + price of a call. Opening hours: 7j / 7, 365j / year from 06h30 to 21h00 from Monday to Friday, from 09h30 to 18h00 on Saturdays and from 09h30 to 20h00 on Sundays
*** 0,35 service € / min + price of a call. 7j / 7, 365j / year, from 06h30 to 22h00