Question 4521 — overseas

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Mr. Tematai Le Gayic questions the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, responsible for transport, on the Air France company project since the arrival of its partner, Delta Airlines, in French Polynesia. For more than twenty years, Air France and Delta Airlines have been part of an alliance of airlines called “SkyTeam”. On December 17, 2022, Delta Airlines carried out its first flight Los Angeles-Papeete, after having obtained authorization to carry out three weekly rotations on the Los Angeles-Papeete section for a period going from December 17, 2022 to March 25, 2023. The MP asks the Minister if the potentially permanent establishment of Delta Airlines on the Los Angeles-Papeete section is equivalent to the total or partial disengagement of Air France on this section. The arrival of this aerial juggernaut on Polynesian territory will have serious consequences on competition. Indeed, the companies Air France and Air Tahiti Nui have found a competitive balance in serving Papeete. However, Delta Airlines has announced that it can offer a first price of 334 euros, well below the prices charged by Air Tahiti Nui. The latter does not have the necessary resources to resist the price war which will be the product of the establishment of Delta Airlines and the disengagement of Air France. Ultimately, he asks him if the probable strategy adopted by the Air France company and, even more so, by the State within the framework of the “SkyTeam” alliance aims to destabilize one of the most important development tools of Polynesia and thus create an earthquake in the Polynesian economy since several hundred jobs are at stake, Air Tahiti Nui being the second largest employer in Polynesia.

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