Ultra low cost carrier French Bee will start flying between Paris and Miami in a couple of days. The French Bee will launch 3x weekly year-round flights between Paris Orly and Miami in December of 2020. There will be flights on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The Paris Orly to Miami flight leaves at 2:30PM and arrives at 6:30PM. The flight from Miami to Paris Orly leaves at 9:00PM and arrives at 11:30AM.French Bee will fly A350s to Miami as of December 2022
There is a flight that will cover 4,586 miles and is blocked for 10 minutes.
A total of 411 seats will be used for this service, with 35 premium economy seats and 368 economy seats. The economy is in a 3-4-3 configuration with 32′′ of pitch, while the premium economy is in a 1-2-2 configuration with 36′′ of pitch.
French Bee is an ultra low cost carrier with a fleet of six A350s and 480 seats. French Bee already has a service to the United States to Los Angeles, Newark, and San Francisco. The San Francisco service is still there.
There is a market in Paris to Miami.
The demand for trans-Atlantic goods and services in and out of Miami is different than other markets. Miami is more popular with Europeans from the UK than it is with them from France.
If I am wrong, someone will correct me, but I believe Miami to Paris is the only winter route between the US and Europe. It seems that there is strong demand for the route from Paris to Miami but not from Miami to Paris.
Competition and consumers will benefit from a second year-round competitor. The per-seat costs for French Bee are very low. I think that the growth of the airline in the US will continue. I'm curious if French Bee can make this service work all year.
The new flight between Paris and Miami will use the A350. Air France will face only one year-round competition in the market, as American only operates this route on a seasonal basis.
I am curious to see if French Bee can succeed in this market, given the struggles that other airlines have had here.
French Bee has a new service in Miami.
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