Most Active Airlines in France

Key Takeaways

  • 168 airlines fly scheduled routes from France. Together they operate 2,301 distinct outgoing routes from the country's airports
  • easyJet runs the widest network. 363 outgoing routes from France — about 1.2x the next airline
  • CDG is the busiest hub. Ranked by the number of outgoing routes departing each airport
  • Every airline mapped. Explore each carrier's network on the interactive map below

Which airlines are most active in France? Using live AirportRoutes data, we ranked every airline by the number of distinct outgoing routes it operates from France’s airports — each origin-to-destination pair counted once.

Bar chart of the most active airlines in France by outgoing routes
The 10 most active airlines in France, ranked by distinct outgoing routes. Data: AirportRoutes.

The Full Ranking

Full ranking

Most Active Airlines in France

By distinct outgoing routes operated from the country’s airports.

Airline Routes Destinations Busiest base
1. easyJet363102Main hub: BSL
2. Volotea31282Main hub: NTE
3. Ryanair26599Main hub: BVA
4. Transavia France257115Main hub: ORY
5. Air France169143Main hub: CDG
6. HOP!8552Main hub: CDG
7. Wizz Air6933Main hub: BSL
8. Air Corsica5418Main hub: BIA
9. Air Algerie4812Main hub: MRS
10. Vueling Airlines3727Main hub: ORY
11. Royal Air Maroc259Main hub: ORY
12. Twin Jet2417Main hub: MRS

"Routes" = distinct origin-destination city pairs departing the country, counted once. Regularly-served routes only. Data: AirportRoutes.

Each Airline — Where It Flies

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1. easyJet

363 outgoing routes from 21 airports in France to 102 destinations (19 domestic, 83 international). Busiest bases: BSL, LYS, NCE. Top destinations include Palma de Mallorca, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Nice.

2. Volotea

312 outgoing routes from 23 airports in France to 82 destinations (24 domestic, 58 international). Busiest bases: NTE, LYS, BOD. Top destinations include Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Malaga, Nantes.

3. Ryanair

265 outgoing routes from 26 airports in France to 99 destinations (10 domestic, 89 international). Busiest bases: BVA, MRS, TLS. Top destinations include Palma de Mallorca, London, Alicante, Valencia, Francisco Sa Carneiro Int..

4. Transavia France

257 outgoing routes from 18 airports in France to 115 destinations (14 domestic, 101 international). Busiest bases: ORY, LYS, NTE. Top destinations include Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Orly (near Paris), Marrakech, Algiers.

5. Air France

169 outgoing routes from 15 airports in France to 143 destinations (16 domestic, 127 international). Busiest bases: CDG, ORY, NCE. Top destinations include Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, Orly (near Paris).

6. HOP!

85 outgoing routes from 16 airports in France to 52 destinations (15 domestic, 37 international). Busiest bases: CDG, LYS, NTE. Top destinations include Paris, Saint Exupery, Ibiza (Eivissa), Valencia, Amsterdam.

7. Wizz Air

69 outgoing routes from 7 airports in France to 33 destinations (0 domestic, 33 international). Busiest bases: BSL, BVA, NCE. Top destinations include Tirana, Bucharest, Sofia, Balice, Budapest.

8. Air Corsica

54 outgoing routes from 12 airports in France to 18 destinations (13 domestic, 5 international). Busiest bases: BIA, AJA, FSC. Top destinations include Marseille, Nice, Orly (near Paris), Bastia, Ajaccio.

9. Air Algerie

48 outgoing routes from 12 airports in France to 12 destinations (0 domestic, 12 international). Busiest bases: MRS, LYS, CDG. Top destinations include Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Annaba, Bejaia.

10. Vueling Airlines

37 outgoing routes from 9 airports in France to 27 destinations (0 domestic, 27 international). Busiest bases: ORY, NTE, MRS. Top destinations include Barcelona, Alicante / Benidorm / Costa Blanca, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela.

11. Royal Air Maroc

25 outgoing routes from 10 airports in France to 9 destinations (1 domestic, 8 international). Busiest bases: ORY, CDG, MRS. Top destinations include Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, Oujda, Agadir.

12. Twin Jet

24 outgoing routes from 13 airports in France to 17 destinations (14 domestic, 3 international). Busiest bases: MRS, LYS, TLS. Top destinations include Blagnac, Saint Exupery, Milan, Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein), Strasbourg.