Turnover: 557 million EUR (2022)

Country: Spain

Airline very active on routes between medium-sized cities

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Aviation: Volotea wins the Strasbourg-Berlin public service delegation contract 20/11/2023

  • Volotea launches a new route between Strasbourg and Berlin on Monday November 20.
  • Volotea has been present in Strasbourg since 2012, accounting for three-quarters of all routes.
  • Volotea plans to serve 29 destinations by 2024.
  • The company expects to have around one million seats and some 6,000 flights by 2024.
  • Volotea's operations account for 70 direct jobs and almost 400 indirect jobs.
  • In 2023, the airline experienced significant growth in Strasbourg with 22 destinations and offered 745,000 seats, an increase of almost 10% on 2022 and 41% on 2019.

Corsica: low-cost carrier Volotea threatens the duopoly of Air Corsica and Air France in Corsica 09/08/2023

  • On July 13, Volotea applied for the tender launched every four years by the Corsican Transport Office (OTC).
  • This concerns the award of the 2024-2027 air public service delegation, on routes between Paris-Orly and Marseille and Ajaccio and Bastia.
  • Volotea represents 80% of the overall offer on the island of Corsica, with 29 destinations served.
  • 65% of Air Corsica's capital is held by the Collectivité de Corse and 14% by Air France.

Volotea relaunches its flights. 27/06/2023

  • 10.5 to 11 million passengers expected in 2023
  • 7.6 million passengers in 2019 (last year before the pandemic)
  • Ryanair (167 million passengers in 2022-2023)
  • easyJet (70 million in 2021-2022)
  • 420 routes opened by Volotea, 235 of which were not previously served by any airline.
  • French domestic market leader in terms of number of routes (61, compared with 58 for Air France).
  • Over 6 million seats in France (the company's biggest market).
  • 41 aircraft in operation.
  • Sales forecast for this year: close to 700 million euros (vs. 441 million in 2019).

Volotea overtakes Air France on French intraregional routes 13/06/2023

  • Volotea is poised to become number one in the French domestic market in terms of number of routes: 61 this summer.
  • Competing companies and number of routes: Air France (58 routes), easyJet (42 routes), Air Corsica (28), and Transavia (19).
  • 12 million seats offered by Air France versus 6 million for Volotea.
  • 235 new routes opened by Volotea in ten years.
  • Volotea has opened 420 routes since its creation, 235 of which did not exist before.
  • Volotea is the sole operator on 60% of its routes. 9.5 million passengers carried in 2022, including 6.5 million on French routes.
  • Forecasts for 2023: 10.5 to 11 million passengers and sales of 700 million euros (compared with 557 million in 2022).
  • Volotea fleet increased from 36 to 41 aircraft between 2019 and 2023. 76% of Europe's population lives in medium-sized cities, which account for 25% of air traffic.

Studies mentioning this company

The air transport market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Air France
  • British Airways
  • Vueling
  • Easyjet
  • FedEx
  • CMA CGM
  • Transavia
  • Volotea
  • RyanAir
  • Eurowings (Lufthansa group)
  • American Airlines
  • Singapore Airlines
  • Air Austral
  • Air Caraïbes (Dubreuil groupe)
  • Air China
  • Air Corsica
  • Corsair
  • Delta Airlines
  • Egypt Air
  • Emirates
  • French Bee
  • Heli union
  • Valljet
  • Caire Groupe - Air Antilles