This year, there will be some big travel changes for passengers – including perhaps the introduction of the EES biometric passport checks.
Some flight routes have been axed this year, including several routes to south-west France as Ryanair pulled out of Bordeaux airport, but there are also several new flight routes that will help people get to France.
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the new flights from France starting up in 2025.
British Airways
A new flight will run between London Stansted and Bergerac Dordogne Périgord airport, which is 125km from Bordeaux (about an hour and a half driving distance from the city).
The service will begin on June 28th, 2025 and it will run once a week, on Saturdays. Tickets are already available for purchase on the British Airways website, as well as via the Bergerac airport site.
Volotea
The flight schedule and start date is still unclear, but according to Air Journal France, the Spanish low-cost airline will begin running 13 new flights weekly from Paris-Orly airport from April 2025.
They are expected to offer flights from Orly to the Italian cities of Ancona, Olbia, Alghero, Turin and Verona.
Lot
Paris-Orly to Warsaw (starting April 2025) – This daily flight will begin running in 2025, but the start-date is still not clear.
Air France
Paris to Denver & Phoenix, USA (expanded) – This flight route is not entirely new, but starting during the winter of 2024/25, Air France will extend flights to Denver and Phoenix, with three flights a week from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG). Previously, the Denver service had only been available in the summer, and Phoenix was only added in the summer of 2024.
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Paris to Orlando, USA (starting May 21, 2025) – Four direct flights per week, with Orlando serving as Air France’s 18th US destination.
Paris to Manila, Philippines (winter 2024/2025) – Three flights a week start on December 7th and will continue into 2025.
Paris to Malé, Maldives (December 20 to January 5) – Up to two flights a week to Malé during the Christmas holiday period.
Transavia general
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Paris-Orly to Amsterdam, Netherlands (starting April 2025) – This new flight schedule is still yet to be confirmed, but it could start as early as April 2025, according to French daily Les Echos.
Paris-Orly to Belgrade, Serbia (starting April 10, 2025) – The budget airline will run two flights a week to Serbia, with one-way prices stating at €65.
Nantes to Essaouira, Morocco (starting July 11, 2025) – One flight a week (on Fridays), with one-way prices starting at €48.
Lyon to Paphos, Cyprus (starting July 12, 2025) – One flight a week, running on Saturdays, with one-way prices starting at €39.
Lyon to Bastia, Corsica (starting on April 19th, 2025) – One flight a week, running on Saturdays, with one-way prices starting at €34 .
Marseille to Cairo, Egypt (starting April 4, 2025) – One flight a week, running on Saturdays, starting at €75 for a one-way ticket.
Transavia new summer flights
Paris-Orly to Chisinau, Moldova (starting July 7, 2025) – Two flights per week, Mondays and Fridays, one-way tickets starting at €65.
Paris-Orly to Sofia, Bulgaria (starting April 10, 2025) – Two flights per week, Thursdays and Sundays, with one-way tickets starting at €45.
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Bordeaux to Faro, Portugal (starting July 7, 2025) – Two flights per week, Mondays and Fridays, with one-way tickets starting at €30.
Strasbourg to Istanbul, Turkey (Starting April 8, 2025) – One flight per week on Mondays, starting at €54 for a one-way ticket.
Montpellier to Brussels, Belgium (Starting April 10, 2025) – Two flights per week on Thursdays and Sundays, starting at €36 for one-way tickets.
Marseille to Athens (Starting April 3, 2025) – Two flights per week, on Thursdays and Sundays, starting at €60 for one-way tickets.
Lyon to Ajaccio, Corsica (Starting on April 19, 2025) – One flight per week on Saturdays, with one-way tickets starting at €34.
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Bastia, Corsica to Biarritz (Starting July 12, 2025) – One flight per week on Saturdays, starting at €34 one-way.
EasyJet
Lyon to Newcastle, UK (starting January 4, 2025) – One flight a week on Saturdays
Strasbourg to Palma, Spain (starting June 4, 2025) – Two flights per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, one-way tickets starting around €35.
Rennes to Manchester, UK (starting June 25, 2025) – Two flights a week, Wednesdays and Sundays.
Paris-Orly to Skopje (North Macedonia) and Sofia (Bulgaria) – These new routes do not have their flight schedules confirmed yet, but they may start as early as April 2025, according to French daily Les Echos.
Paris-Orly to Southampton (England) – Business Traveller confirmed that EasyJet will launch “twice-weekly flights for the summer season”. These are expected to begin on March 31st, 2025, and the flights will run on Mondays and Fridays.
Nantes to Menorca (Spain) – Three flights (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) per week from April 1st
Nantes to Rhodes (Greece) – Two flights per week (Wednesday and Saturday) from June 25th
Lyon to Bari (Italy) – Three flights a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) starting on May 23rd
Lyon to Brindisi (Italy) – Two flights per week (Thursday and Sunday) starting on June 5th
Lyon to Essaouira (Morocco) – Two flights per week (Wednesday and Saturday) starting on June 4th
Lyon to Zadar (Croatia) – Two flights per week (Monday and Friday) starting on June 23rd
Lyon to Reykjavik (Iceland) – Two flights per week (Tuesday and Sunday) starting on June 24th
Easyjet is also running five new routes from Bordeaux-Merignac; Birmingham, Corfu, Faro, Dubrovnik and Budapest – full details here. It will also take over the Bordeaux-Edinburgh route, previously operated by Ryanair, offering a twice weekly connection, in the summer only.
Brest to London-Gatwick – The new line will run from June 25th. There will be two direct flights per week – on Wednesdays and Sundays.
French Bee
Paris-Orly to Montreal, Canada (starting April 30, 2025) – The new route by the newcomer low-cost carrier will run four times a week, and during the summer high-season it will run five times a week.
Wizz Air
Paris-Orly to London Gatwick (April 2025) – This new flight schedule is still yet to be confirmed, but it could start as early as April 2025.
Vueling
Paris-Orly to Salerno, Italy (April 2025) – This new flight schedule is still yet to be confirmed, but it could start as early as April 2025.
Odyssey airlines – New summer routes
Nîmes to Ajaccio, Corsica (May 31st to September 28th) – One flight per week, every Saturday.
Nîmes to Barcelona, Spain (May 29th to September 28th) – Two flights per week, running on Thursdays and Sundays.
Nîmes to Bastia, Corsica (June 5th to September 26th) – One flight per week, every Wednesday.
Nîmes to Milan, Italy (May 30th to September 29th) – Two flights per week, running Mondays and Fridays, with a 30-minute stopover in Nice.
Nîmes to Verona, Italy (May 30th to September 29th) – Two flights per week, running on Mondays and Fridays.
Nîmes to Nice, France (May 30th to September 29th) – Two flights per week, running on Mondays and Fridays.
Tours to Ajaccio, Corsica (June 1st to September 28th) – One flight per week, every Saturday.
Tours to Bastia, Corsica (June 5th to September 25th) – One flight per week, every Wednesday.
Nice Bergame to Milan (May 30th to September 29th) – Two flights per week, on Mondays and Fridays.
Malaysian Airlines
Paris CDG to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Starting on March 23, 2025) – The Malaysian carrier will initially launch four weekly flights from March 23rd, and then it will switch to daily flights from March 30th.
Etihad Airlines
Paris CDG to Abu Dhabi, UAE (Starting on January 15, 2025) – Two daily flights, morning and evening.
Other travel changes to note
The EU is set to introduce its new biometric passport checks – known as Entry & Exit System (EES) in 2025, but this has been repeatedly delayed. Once EES is finally introduced, ETIAS – a €7 visa waiver for non-EU visitors – is expected to follow six months later. Full details of how it all works here.
Air France also plans to shift nearly all its domestic and international flights from Paris Orly to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport by 2026. This is a phased process which began in November 2023 and will continue over the next two years with gradually fewer and fewer flights from Orly.
And finally – the low-cost airline easyJet also announced that it would be closing its base at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport in south-west France by March 2025. However, this ‘hub closure’ will primarily impact the 125 easyJet staff at the airport, rather than customers, who the airline say will see no changes to flights.