No noria planned aerial for the re-opening of Orly next Friday, for what will be the first day of activity since the judgment of 31 march. Only 70 flights are scheduled between 6 hours and 23 hours, the legal limit of activity. The rate is expected to rise to 125 flights in July, boosted by the announced opening on 1 July of some international borders. On the side of airport Paris, we know that it is better to be suspicious : "Since the beginning of the crisis, one learns by walking ", said at the headquarters of ADP.
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The terminal Orly 3 (located between the ex-Orly-South and Orly-West) will be put into service Friday. New, modular, designed to handle both Schengen flights or international, medium or long-haul, with planes of a hundred to five hundred seats, it was practically not used. Broad, it allows to establish easily the measures of distancing and disease control. Sixty banks registration wait for passengers that will open almost all of the shops in the commercial space. In addition to the 350 employees of the Paris Airport, the activity of this terminal makes a call to the employees of the different companies of safety, from the police to the borders, assistance companies and, of course, of the airlines that operate there.
connection is Not facilitated with the high speed train
For access, the means of dedicated transport have been reactivated (Orlyval, Orlybus, road links with Roissy-CDG). In contrast, binding TGV Air from the station of Massy put in place by Air caraibes, Corsair and English Bee to 18 cities, is not a priority of the public authorities. "A measure in formal contradiction to the government speeches, which advocate the complementarity of train-plane ", say Alain Battisti, president of the FNAM, and Chalair Aviation, Pascal de Izaguirre, president and ceo of Corsair International, and Marc Rochet, president of the French Bee. The three leaders, at the head of airlines operating at Orly, have made their arguments in front of the Association of professional journalists of aeronautics and space (AJPAE).
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North America in question
This summer, some lines, usually offered from Orly will remain closed. The Maghreb, which represents 25 % of the traffic, has not reopened its borders. Other lines are also pending, to the United States, Canada, West Africa, Mauritius. Basically, all the sector's long-haul Orly with the exception of the France d'outre-mer. The destinations of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion and Tahiti will be the main activity of the widebody with a question mark for the French Guiana which may be reconfinée. The other islands of the Caribbean (Haiti, Cuba, the dominican Republic) will not be accessible.
Corsica featured
Corsica is expected to be a major destination that was served by Air France and Air Corsica as well as Vueling. EasyJet provides the link from Roissy-CDG. Air France (or its subsidiary HOP !) resumes flights subsidised public service obligation to Aurillac, Brive, Castres and Tarbes-Lourdes. On the other hand, The Shuttle (Nice, Marseille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux) does not return to the program until September. Transavia France, the subsidiary low-cost airline of the Air France group, is expected to reach 25% of its flights with new destinations (including Algeria as a function of the opening of the borders).
most of The flights to the Schengen area are offered by easyJet (Italy, Greece, Germany, Portugal). Vueling also serves many destinations (Spain, Italy, London, Greece, etc).
The world after
To the assembled leaders by the AJPAE, the concern lies in the arrival of a possible second wave of the virus. "Only a vaccine will allow a true return of international routes ", says Pascal de Izaguirre. "The unknown especially with the american position that may be more expensive than the sleep period of the last three months," warns Marc Rochet. Some predict two years the other five years for Orly regains its activity before the Covid-19.
