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  • Ryanair announces this Wednesday its plan for summer 2021 at Bordeaux airport with 33 destinations including Figari, Menorca and Agadir.

  • The company envisages a "very strong" resumption of air traffic thanks to the vaccination of the population.

  • This program is good news for an airport which saw its passenger flow fall by 70% in 2020.

A little hope !

While Emmanuel Macron could announce new measures this Wednesday to fight the Covid-19 epidemic in France, the airline Ryanair is already planning for the summer holidays.

It has just presented its new program for the summer period for Bordeaux airport.

A program "to date" she specifies because it could evolve according to the evolution of the health crisis.

Ryanair hopes "to boost air traffic to the region as vaccine programs continue and Europe reopens in time for the summer holidays."

The company plans to serve 33 destinations including three new ones (Figari, Menorca and Agadir) with 88 weekly departing flights.

"Passengers will have a wide choice of holiday destinations this summer, while foreign tourists can explore the beautiful city of Bordeaux and its world-famous vineyards," said optimistic Commercial Director Jason McGuinness.

According to this leader, "air traffic should pick up very strongly this summer".

Good news for the airport

To encourage travelers to book, Ryanair has been increasing flash sales for several weeks.

This Wednesday, the Irish company is launching "a sale of tickets from just € 19.99, for trips until the end of October 2021, to be reserved until Friday April 2 at 11.59 pm".

Jason McGuinness adds that passengers "will be able to extend their travel dates up to two times with no change fees until the end of October 2021."

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This announcement is in any case good news for Bordeaux airport in difficulty like many others.

Management is targeting the departure of at least 13% of its employees while the flow of travelers there fell by 70% in 2020. "We are pleased to see Ryanair's confidence in the neo-Aquitaine market and our teams," said Development Director Jean-Luc Poiroux, we are collectively in a positive dynamic and are pursuing our objective of offering our passengers optimal sanitary conditions during their journey.

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