The collapse of Aigle Azur in September leftover 12,000 flight slots up for grabs. Among the winners were Air France-KLM, Wizz Air and Lufthansa. Ryanair received no allocation of slots.
COHOR, the French association responsible for managing flight schedules, revealed the list of airlines that would benefit from the time slots of defunct Aigle Azur at Paris-Orly Airport.
A total of 12,335 flight slots had to be redistributed after Aigle Azur went bankrupt in September. However, as COHOR stated in a press release, the French state preempted the maximum 20% of the pool for services subject to Public Service Obligations. Those 2,467 slots will thus be assigned by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, leaving 9,868 slots, which equals around 13 daily flights for redistribution by the coordinator.
With 2,920 slots or about 30% of the pool, Air-France KLM Group through its subsidiaries Hop! and Transavia is the main benefactor of the redistribution. The group already has more than 50% of the time slots in Orly.
While the yearly distribution was made in the light of requests from the summer 2020 season, the fortunate operators that have received new slots on an annual basis will be able to begin the services in time for the 2019-2020 winter season.
In total, COHOR received requests for 232,688 slots from airlines, which is almost the annual capacity of Orly.
