Volotea: The latest figures, news and market research on Volotea

Turnover: 557 million EUR (2022)

Country: Spain

Airline very active on routes between medium-sized cities

Aviation: Volotea wins the Strasbourg-Berlin public service delegation contract 20/11/2023

Volotea launches a new route between Strasbourg and Berlin on Monday November 20.
Volotea has been present in Strasbourg since 2012, accounting for three-quarters of all routes.
Volotea plans to serve 29 destinations by 2024.
The company expects to have around one million seats and some 6,000 flights by 2024.
Volotea's operations account for 70 direct jobs and almost 400 indirect jobs.
In 2023, the airline experienced significant growth in Strasbourg with 22 destinations and offered 745,000 seats, an increase of almost 10% on 2022 and 41% on 2019.

Corsica: low-cost carrier Volotea threatens the duopoly of Air Corsica and Air France in Corsica 09/08/2023

On July 13, Volotea applied for the tender launched every four years by the Corsican Transport Office (OTC).
This concerns the award of the 2024-2027 air public service delegation, on routes between Paris-Orly and Marseille and Ajaccio and Bastia.
Volotea represents 80% of the overall offer on the island of Corsica, with 29 destinations served.
65% of Air Corsica's capital is held by the Collectivité de Corse and 14% by Air France.

Volotea relaunches its flights. 27/06/2023

10.5 to 11 million passengers expected in 2023
7.6 million passengers in 2019 (last year before the pandemic)
Ryanair (167 million passengers in 2022-2023)
easyJet (70 million in 2021-2022)
420 routes opened by Volotea, 235 of which were not previously served by any airline.
French domestic market leader in terms of number of routes (61, compared with 58 for Air France).
Over 6 million seats in France (the company's biggest market).
41 aircraft in operation.
Sales forecast for this year: close to 700 million euros (vs. 441 million in 2019).

Volotea overtakes Air France on French intraregional routes 13/06/2023

Volotea is poised to become number one in the French domestic market in terms of number of routes: 61 this summer.
Competing companies and number of routes: Air France (58 routes), easyJet (42 routes), Air Corsica (28), and Transavia (19).
12 million seats offered by Air France versus 6 million for Volotea.
235 new routes opened by Volotea in ten years.
Volotea has opened 420 routes since its creation, 235 of which did not exist before.
Volotea is the sole operator on 60% of its routes. 9.5 million passengers carried in 2022, including 6.5 million on French routes.
Forecasts for 2023: 10.5 to 11 million passengers and sales of 700 million euros (compared with 557 million in 2022).
Volotea fleet increased from 36 to 41 aircraft between 2019 and 2023. 76% of Europe's population lives in medium-sized cities, which account for 25% of air traffic.

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