Hop! (A5, Paris Orly) has officially been introduced as a new brand for Air France (AF, Paris CDG)'s regional subsidiaries Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly), Brit Air (DB, Morlaix) and Régional (YS, Nantes) 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 CDG and Paris Orly 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, Lourdes/Tarbes, Perpignan, Quimper and Rodez. All international flights operated by the regional carriers from Bordeaux, Lyon St. Exupéry, Nice and Strasbourg 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) has reportedly been chosen as the new brand for the Air France (AF, Paris CDG) regional carriers Brit Air (DB, Morlaix) and Régional (YS, Nantes) that are expected to be merged with Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly) 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.

Kish Air (Y9, Tehran Mehrabad) has taken delivery of three ex-Brit Air (DB, Morlaix) Fokker 100s registered EP-LCP (c/n 11495), EP-LCR (c/n 11492) and EP-LCR (c/n 11330) flown to Kish from Kiev Borispol that were originally expected to be delivered to Georgian charter operator Air Batumi (BTM, Batumi). Kish Air had previously leased two Fokker 100 from Iran Air (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) and Iran Aseman Airlines (EP, Tehran Mehrabad) between 2007 and 2010. Four additional ex-KLM cityhopper (WA, Amsterdam) Fokker 100s are currently expected to be delivered to Air Batumi from Kiev.

Air France (AF, Paris CDG) will take full control of its regional partner Airlinair (AN, Paris Orly) 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). 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). 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.

Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has taken delivery of its first of 18 CRJ-1000s. The aircraft registered PK-GRA (MSN 19025) has left Montréal Mirabel on its delivery flight via Europe and the Middle East on August 8. Garuda is the third CRJ-1000 operator worldwide after Air Nostrum (YW, Valencia Manises) and Brit Air (DB, Morlaix).