Elected officials of the metropolis of Bordeaux and the chamber of commerce and industry wrote this Monday to the Prime Minister to ask him "the maintenance" of the air shuttle Bordeaux-Paris, whose disappearance would deal "a new blow" to the local economy. The abolition of the shuttle between Paris-Orly and Bordeaux-Mérignac is "a bad answer to a good question", warn the elected officials in this joint letter addressed to Edouard Philippe.
In this letter consulted by AFP, Alain Rousset, the president of Nouvelle-Aquitaine; Patrick Bobet, president of the Metropolis; Patrick Seguin, president of the CCI of Gironde, Nicolas Florian, mayor LR of Bordeaux and Alain Anziani, his counterpart PS in Mérignac where the Bordeaux airport is located, defended the link threatened by reductions in the airfoil of Air France on the domestic network, for ecological reasons.
An “ambitious plan” aiming for carbon neutrality at the airport
As part of the compensation requested by the government with the help of seven billion euros granted to Air France, the executive had invited the company at the end of April to "reflect" on the network "in particular when there are alternatives less than 2 hours and a half ”, as in Bordeaux connected to the capital by the LGV in 2H04.
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- 20minutesbordeaux (@ 20minutesbord) May 5, 2020Faced with a possible "questioning of all daily connections" Bordeaux-Mérignac and Orly, elected officials and the CCI plead "for the maintenance of a sufficient number of shuttles". To the "ecological imperative", they respond that an "ambitious plan" aiming for carbon neutrality at the airport was adopted in December. They also argue that "the primary vocation" of this link "is not to satisfy tourist aspirations, but to allow employees to make trips back and forth during the day".
"The shuttle maintained traffic of 550,500 passengers"
On the Paris-Bordeaux route (1.21 million passengers in 2019), "the Bordeaux-Orly shuttle maintained traffic of 550,500 passengers despite competition from the LGV", for the most part workers, the aeronautical sector which employs around 35,000 employees in Bordeaux-Mérignac, emphasize the defenders of Bordeaux-Orly.
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“The disappearance of the shuttle would deprive Bordeaux and its region of an essential asset of attractiveness. After the disappearance of Ford, it would strike a new blow, more progressive but ultimately larger, to local industry and employment, "conclude the elected officials. "The economic recovery of our companies cannot be exonerated from ecological and climatic counterparts," reacted in a press release the environmental opponent to Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic, who came second behind the outgoing mayor in March.
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