Hop! (A5, Paris Orly (ORY)) has officially been introduced as a new brand for Air France (AF, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG))'s regional subsidiaries Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly (ORY)), Brit Air (DB, Morlaix Ploujean (MXN)) and Régional (YS, Nantes Atlantique (NTE)) with Hop! to be used from March 31 onwards on many flights by the three carriers. Air France has set-up an own website to distribute Hop! flights that will operate under the A5 IATA code of Airlinair. All regional domestic flights currently served by the three airlines excluding flights from and to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Paris Orly (ORY) will solely be sold by Hop! from March 31 onwards. This also includes all routes currently served by Airlinair under its own code from Paris Orly right now as well as Air France routes from Orly to Lorient Lann Bihoue (LRT), Lourdes/Tarbes Pyrénées (LDE), Perpignan Rivesaltes Llabanere (PGF), Quimper Pluguffan (UIP) and Rodez Marcillac (RDZ). All international flights operated by the regional carriers from Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD), Lyon St. Exupéry (LYS), Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE) and Strasbourg Enzheim (SXB) will be operated by Hop! with Air France codesharing on these flights with the exception of flights to Italy and the Netherlands that will continue to operate under a wet-lease agreement on behalf of Air France. All three regional carriers will continue to operate flights on a wet-lease basis from both CDG and Orly on behalf of Air France on domestic and international routes.

Hop! (A5, Paris Orly (ORY)) has reportedly been chosen as the new brand for the Air France (AF, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)) regional carriers Brit Air (DB, Morlaix Ploujean (MXN)) and Régional (YS, Nantes Atlantique (NTE)) that are expected to be merged with Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly (ORY)) later this year. The new carrier will be based at Paris Orly and Air France hopes to decrease its costs for regional services by 15% as part of the initative. Additional details are to be made public by the end of January. Airlinair currently operates three ATR 42-300s, 13 ATR 42-500s, two ATR 72-200s and six ATR 72-500s and also operates some routes under its own brand name. Brit Air operates 12 CRJ-100s, 15 CRJ-700s and 13 CRJ-1000s while Régional has 23 ERJ-145s, 16 EMB-170s and 10 EMB-190s.

Air France (AF, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)) will take full control of its regional partner Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly (ORY)) according to a news report by Les Echos. Air France currently indirectly already holds a 39.85% stake in Airlinair through its subsidiary Brit Air (DB, Morlaix Ploujean (MXN)). The remaining 60.15% are held by Airlinair CEO Lionel Guérin who is reportedly going to be promoted to become CEO of the Pôle Régional Français subsidiary Air France plans to create to manage the then three fully owned French regional carriers Airlinair, Brit Air and Régional (YS, Nantes Atlantique (NTE)). Airlinair currently operates 3 ATR 42-300s, 13 ATR 42-500s, 2 ATR 72-200s and 5 ATR 72-500s on its own regional domestic services in France and under a wet-lease agrement with Air France.

Melaka Air (Batu Berendam Malacca International (MKZ)) plans to acquired a first own aircraft, an ATR 42-500, from an unnamed French airline, presumably Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly (ORY)). The virtual carrier had previously cooperated with Firefly (FY, Penang Bayan Lepas International (PEN)) offering regional services from Batu Berendam Malacca International (MKZ) to Kuala Lumpur Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), Medan Polonia (MES) and Penang Bayan Lepas International (PEN). Routes to KL and Medan had already been cancelled earlier but the route to Penang has operated until October 26. It now plans to resume services on the route to Penang once it is able to take delivery of an own aircraft.

Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly (ORY)) as well as Air France (AF, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)) subsidiaries Brit Air (DB, Morlaix Ploujean (MXN)) and Régional (YS, Nantes Atlantique (NTE)) will operate under a single brand from 2013 as part of Air France's "Transform 2015" restructuring plan. The new brand is expected to be announced in January and to be used from the summer schedule 2013. The three carriers will however continue to operate as independent carriers. Air France is planning to retire seven additional regional aircraft and to cut 64 jobs at Brit Air and Régional but does not expect any layoffs.