Going to reply to this posted elsewhere ( because our LPL cousins have banned me from the entire site 
) and know most of you visit here as well
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^^ What gets me with many flag carriers is how majority of them only focus on the capital city. Imagine how much business Air France must be missing out on. From Manchester to France we have several other airlines with direct flights to Nice, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, La Rochelle, Nantes, Salzburg, Toulouse, Mulhouse/Basel, Chambery, Carcassonne, Grenoble and Beauvais. In the past I'm sure Lourdes, Strasbourg, Lille and Montpellier where severed at one point as well. Manchester has more flights with France than other country (I think without double checking). Most of them seasonal but goes to show how inadequate and narrow minded major flagship carriers can be. They should be called Air Charles de Gauelle rather than Air France. Same could be said for BA in this country I suppose. Comes down to profits over transport.
Air France /KLM operate a significant range of services from my local airport h( when in France) under the HOP and Transavia brands also from Bordeaux and Lyon far more so than IAG do here .
And yes there are regional long hauls to Maghreb, and Francophone world including the Indian Ocean isles .
Bear in mind and its a bit of a platitude the French can pretty much experience all climates and terraforms within the boundaries of the country .
That said one of my daughters friend recently traveled ( wrong ways) to Australia via Canada from Nantes
Lyon does pretty well imho again emphasis of francophone world ( sure) and similarly with the Transavia brand
Both airports are also served by a carrier rarely seen this side of La Manché _ Volotea both domestically and regionally within the EU.
By the way missed out my local airport is Nantes
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·#18,774·Dec 15, 2022^^ What gets me with many flag carriers is how majority of them only focus on the capital city. Imagine how much business Air France must be missing out on. From Manchester to France we have several other airlines with direct flights to Nice, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, La Rochelle, Nantes, Salzburg, Toulouse, Mulhouse/Basel, Chambery, Carcassonne, Grenoble and Beauvais. In the past I'm sure Lourdes, Strasbourg, Lille and Montpellier where severed at one point as well. Manchester has more flights with France than other country (I think without double checking). Most of them seasonal but goes to show how inadequate and narrow minded major flagship carriers can be. They should be called Air Charles de Gauelle rather than Air France. Same could be said for BA in this country I suppose. Comes down to profits over transport.
Air France /KLM operate a significant range of services from my local airport h( when in France) under the HOP and Transavia brands also from Bordeaux and Lyon far more so than IAG do here .
And yes there are regional long hauls to Maghreb, and Francophone world including the Indian Ocean isles .
Bear in mind and its a bit of a platitude the French can pretty much experience all climates and terraforms within the boundaries of the country .
That said one of my daughters friend recently traveled ( wrong ways) to Australia via Canada from Nantes
Lyon does pretty well imho again emphasis of francophone world ( sure) and similarly with the Transavia brand
Both airports are also served by a carrier rarely seen this side of La Manché _ Volotea both domestically and regionally within the EU.
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By the way missed out my local airport is Nantes
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