French Bee
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| IATA code : | BF |
| ICAO code : | FBU |
| Call sign : | FRENCH BEE |
| Founding: | 2016 (as French Blue) |
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Paris , France
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| Home airport : | Paris-Orly Airport |
| Company form: | SAS |
| IATA prefix code : | 396 |
| Management: | Marc Rochet ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 3 (+ 1 order) |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.frenchbee.com |
French Bee (until February 2018 French Blue ) is a French low-cost airline based in Paris and based at Paris-Orly Airport .
history
The company was founded in 2016 as a sister company of Air Caraïbes by its parent company Groupe Dubreuil as French Blue. Flights could be booked from June 7, 2016, and the first plane took off for Punta Cana on September 10 . The airline wants to be in the black in 2018.
On February 6, 2018, the airline was renamed "French Bee". This should avoid lengthy legal disputes with the American airline Jetblue Airways .
Since 2019, the airline has been the first in the world to operate a fleet consisting only of Airbus A350 aircraft.
service
Economy class
Economy Class in the airline's Airbus A350-900 was equipped with a configuration with ten seats per row, with a seat pitch of 81 cm. An in-flight entertainment system with a personal touchscreen and a power connection (USB) are installed at each seat. The cheapest tariff in this class does not include food.
Premium Class
In this class, the seats are installed in a configuration with seven seats per row. The seat spacing is 92 cm, a footrest is available. An in-flight entertainment system with a personal touchscreen and a power connection are installed at each seat. Food and drinks (including alcoholic) are included in the flight price in this class.
Destinations
French Bee flies from Paris-Orly to Punta Cana , Réunion ( IATA Code : RUN) and Papeete (PPT) (via San Francisco (SFO)). New York (EEA) will be served from June 2020 .
fleet
As of March 2020, the French Bee's fleet consists of three aircraft with an average age of 3.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A350-900 | 3 | 1 | 411 (35/376) | |
| total | 3 | 1 |
Previously deployed aircraft
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French Bee also operated an Airbus A330-300 until 2019 . The aircraft with the registration number F-HPUJ was handed over to the sister company Air Caraibes.
Trivia
On May 14, 2020, French Bee set the record for the longest domestic flight with a direct cargo flight between Tahiti Faa'a Airport and Paris Orly. The flight distance is 16,129 kilometers (8,709 nautical miles ) and was completed in 16 hours and 49 minutes. The flight was carried out with an A350 approved for passenger traffic (registration: F-HREY). However, the flight was a pure cargo flight, which delivered medical equipment as a result of the corona pandemic .
See also
Web links
- French Bee website (French)
- Photos of the French Bee on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ tourmag.com - French Blue, la nouvelle compagnie low-cost long courrier française (French)
- ↑ atwonline.com - French Blue launches operations from Paris to Punta Cana, September 13, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Reuters - Long-haul budget airline French Blue sets two-year deadline to break even (English)
- ↑ Laura Frommberg: French Blue has found a new name. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. February 4, 2018, accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ^ French Bee now operates an all-A350 fleet. June 27, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Classe Economique | French bee. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Our Fares | French bee. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Class Premium | French bee. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ frenchblue.com - Nos destinations (French), accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ New flights from Corsair and French Bee: Even bigger crowd between Paris and New York. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. September 28, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ a b c French bee Fleet Details and History. Retrieved on May 29, 2020 (English).
- ↑ air-journal.fr - French blue et Air Caraïbes: demandez le program A350, January 30, 2017 (French), accessed on July 13, 2017
- ↑ World record: French Bee completes the longest domestic flight. May 18, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Patrick Zwerger: From Tahiti to Paris: A350 from French Bee with longest domestic flight. May 18, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .
