CityJet opens a new route out of Shannon to Paris today.
The new route from Air France's Irish subsidiary to Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport will open up more than 200 international destinations to Shannon airport customers.
Cityjet will operate the return flights twice a day during the week from Monday to Friday and once a day at the weekend.
The move has been welcomed locally following the loss of 51 jobs last month with the closure of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route on January 13th.
Commenting on the closure of the Shannon-Heathrow route, Shannon airport director Martin Moroney said: "It is a severe loss . . . but I believe that we have restored our global connectivity with the new Air France-Cityjet service to Paris Charles de Gaulle."