Eastern Airways’ first Cardiff-Paris Orly flight lifts off

Eastern Airways has launched its third Paris Orly service, this time from Cardiff, following the opening of routes from East Midlands Airport and Southampton in mid-April. “The new ticketing partnership between UK regional airline Eastern Airways and Air France, the national flag carrier of France and part of the Air France-KLM group, will develop in the coming weeks into a full codeshare agreement,” Eastern Airways announced on April 21. The carrier has at the same time returned to East Midlands as a base carrier, hiring 25 people for crew and engineering roles. “We are delighted to have launched Cardiff to