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Air France announces its low-cost carrier HOP! to fly short routes around Europe

Mathieu Rosemain

Photo Credit: Air France at Paris Orly Airport.  Flickr / Mathieu Marquer

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Big lines launching smaller, low-cost carriers with clever names (Song, Ted, etc.) don't have an excellent track record, but now could turn out to be the right time for Air France.

Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest airline, said it will create a regional travel subsidiary as it seeks to regain market share from low-cost competitors on short and medium-haul destinations. The division, a fully-owned subsidiary of the carrier’s main French unit, will be called HOP!, operate a fleet of 98 aircraft and offer 530 da

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