Do you want to go on a trip at the last minute? Need to get away without breaking the bank? Low-cost airlines, which have become the real masters of the skies, are multiplying their connections like hot cakes from Paris, but also and above all from the large French capitals. It is these regional airports that the major low-cost airlines have been targeting since the beginning, and even more so in 2024, especially in: Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Montpellier, etc.
For both casual and professional travelers, it is almost no longer necessary to fly to the capital. What’s more, at a price that defies all competition. Benefits that make us forget the environmental impact of this mode of transport, which emits around 6% of global CO2 emissions, according to the Atmospheric Revue. It is clear that in certain cases it is cheaper to travel by plane than by train. Capital invites you to discover the routes closest to you, offered by four low-cost airlines – Easyjet, Ryanair, Transavia and Volotea.
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Easyjet
The British company begins 2024 by formalizing 16 new lines for the spring-summer season. Enough to maintain its position as the second most used low-cost airline in the country.
Bordeaux-Mérignac
From April 4, 2024, the Girondins will be able to fly to Athens from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport. Easyjet announced in early January the opening of this new service, which only operates in spring and summer, until October and two days a week. Departures will be at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday with arrival in Athens at 10:45 a.m. and on Sunday at 6:00 a.m. with arrival at 10:15 a.m. For return flights, they depart on Thursday at 11:25 and arrive in Bordeaux at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, departure at 10:55 a.m., arrival at 1:30 p.m. A trip for which you will have to pay around forty euros (for a one-way ticket). easyJet will also provide direct flights to Funchal, the capital of Madeira (Portugal), with two flights a week, every Wednesday and Saturday from 6 April 2024.
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Lyon Saint-Exupéry
From its base in Lyon, Easyjet will operate two flights a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, to Alicante from 4 May and also two flights a week, on Fridays and Sundays, to Madrid from 31 March.
Lille
Further north, in Lille, the British company is opening two new flights (on Wednesdays and Saturdays) from 1 May 2024, again to Alicante.
Marseilles
On the southern side, Marseille will be connected to Scotland’s second city Glasgow by only two flights a week from June 26 to August 31, 2024. Expect around thirty euros for a one-way ticket.
Montpellier
Still on the edge of the Mediterranean, Easyjet offers two weekly flights from Montpellier to Palma de Mallorca from 1 April 2024.
Nice
Easyjet strengthens its destinations from Nice with three new connections. The company will operate two flights a week, on Mondays and Fridays, to Alicante from 5 May, from 2 June 2024 up to three flights a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays, to Malaga and one flight a week on Sundays to Kefalonia. from June 30, 2024.
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Nantes-Atlantique
Alicante and Malaga, apparently very popular for this new year, also appear in Nantes. With two flights a week (Monday and Thursday) to Alicante from 1 April 2024 and three flights a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) to Malaga from 3 June 2024. Easyjet is adding one flight a week, on Sundays, to Larnaca (Cyprus) from June 30, 2024 to September 1.
Toulouse
The second airline in the Pink City, Easyjet unveils three new destinations: Berlin, Milan and Zadar. Two flights a week will take you to Berlin on Thursdays and Sundays from 31 March to 24 October. There will be departures to Milan on Mondays and Fridays from April 1 to October 27. And for Zadar (Croatia) it will be Wednesdays and Sundays from June 26 to September 1. These three new features bring the number of destinations served next summer by the Toulouse company to 21.
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Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle
And one more! British company Easyjet announced the opening of a new route departing from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport. Towards Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands. Only available in the summer, places to go will be limited. EasyJet will offer one flight per week to the island from 29 June 2024. The weekly route will be offered every Saturday. This is the fiftieth possible destination from Roissy during the summer.
Ryanair
Low-cost Ryanair launched its 2024 summer program on November 29, with more than 9 million seats available for French holidaymakers looking to depart this summer.
La Rochelle
A new airline will open at La Rochelle Airport in June. After maintaining the Cork, Ireland destination – from June 2 to October 24 – the company will provide the first test from June 4 to September 27 in the direction of Marrakesh. Ryanair is expanding significantly in Morocco in 2024 with a new base in Tangier and 11 domestic routes.
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Paris Beauvais
From April, it will be possible to travel to Trieste, Italy from Paris-Beauvais Airport twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 3 April 2024. Ryanair will also connect Beauvais with Dubrovnik from 5 April 2024. The two weekly flights are on Mondays and Fridays . Tickets will start at 40.99 euros and rise to 94.99 euros (for a one-way ticket) in the summer.
Bergerac
As of 2020, the UK no longer serves any other routes from the Dordogne. With the arrival of Ryanair in Bergerac Airport, which will connect Edinburgh from 2 April. Two flights a week are scheduled, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, for a return ticket worth approximately one hundred euros.
Transavia
The minimum ticket prices offered by the Air France-KLM group subsidiary are between 32 and 79 euros for all new destinations opened in 2024.
Paris Eagles
Three new destinations are planned from Paris-Orly airport, including two in Italy. From April 2024, it will be possible to reach Milan, Comiso (Sicily) and Varna in Bulgaria from Paris Airport. Low-cost airline Air France has just announced the opening of a new route to the far north. From now on, it will be possible to fly to the fjords of Bergen, Norway’s second largest city, with two flights a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from €62 one way.
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Marseilles
In Marseille, Transavia is expanding by offering at least five destinations across Europe. Let’s start with Biarritz, available from April 12, with two flights a week (Monday, Friday) from 49 euros one way. Then from April 19, head to Palermo (Sicily) with two flights a week (Monday, Friday) from 35 euros one way. In the Mediterranean, we continue through Heraklion, the capital of Crete, open from July 7 on Thursdays and Sundays from 60 euros one way. Antalya, Turkey will be available from April 22 once a week from 79 euros one way. And finally Stockholm, June 6, with two flights a week, Thursday and Sunday, for 49 euros one way.
Lyon
Lyon, for its part, is opening up sunny destinations with a long history. From April 12 and 13, it will be possible to fly to Fez (Morocco), Tirana (Albania) and Yerevan (Armenia).
Montpellier
In Montpellier, the offer is more reserved with the opening of a single destination, Heraklion, every Monday from 79 euros one way. The first plane will take off on April 22. And from July 7, the offer will be strengthened with connections every Thursday and Sunday, from 60 euros one way.
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Nantes
From April 15, 2024, travelers will be able to reach Kos, a Greek island in the Dodecanese archipelago in the Aegean Sea. One flight per week (every Monday) will be offered from Nantes Airport. A one-way ticket will be available from 50 euros.
Volotea
Brest
A trip under the sun? This is what Volotea offers to Bretons. Brest Airport offers four new destinations: Olbia (Sardinia), Malaga, Rome and Menorca (Balearic Islands). Departures will take place from next April with two flights per week.
Bordeaux-Mérignac
Certainly the star airport of 2024. Thanks to the partnership with the Spanish airline, Bordeaux-Mérignac will be connected to a total of 30 destinations in 7 countries (France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Croatia and Algeria), including the new city of Palermo twice from next April 12 weekly, Tuesday and Friday; and Verona from April 13, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The announcement boosts the company’s Italian offering from Bordeaux after it inaugurated routes to Rome Fiumicino and Naples this winter.
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Lyon
From April 2024, passengers will be able to reach Porto in Portugal and Kalamata in Greece. The first flights are planned for April 2024. Passengers will be able to fly to Porto from Lyon from April 12 with two flights a week, on Mondays and Fridays. As for Kalamata, this charming Greek city will be accessible from April 17, 2024 with a weekly flight on Wednesdays until October 2024.
Lille
The Volotea airline announced the opening of a new route from April 24, 2024. Northerners will be able to fly to Dubrovnik with one flight a week on Wednesdays. From Lille it is possible to fly to Tenerife in Spain, Italy, Sicily in Bulgaria or to Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nice, Toulouse, Ajaccia, Bastia and Calvi. In total, Volotea offers more than 30 destinations. British low-cost easyJet, second in number of passengers after Ryanair, opens six new exclusive routes from Lille airport: Bordeaux, Nice, Toulouse, Geneva, Mallorca and Alicante. From May 1, it will be possible to reach the Spanish seaside resort with two flights a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 35 euros.
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Montpellier
From 31 May 2024, travelers will be able to head to the Balearic Islands with Volotea on Menorca. Until November, two flights are offered each week, Monday and Thursday or Monday and Friday. Count between €34 and €72 for a one-way ticket.
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