This is in addition to the possibility of travelling during the festive season, as specified yesterday by the Prime Minister, rail and air services on the up again until the beginning of January. SNCF's long-distance train services will therefore be gradually increased, currently 30 %100 % by mid-December. From 15 December, " all scheduled TGV and Intercity trains for the Christmas holidays will be able to travel, health conditions permitting" said the company.
For its part, the Lyria will reach 76% of its initial capacity as the festive season approaches. Anticipating the end of confinement in France from 15 December and following the withdrawal of the quarantine requirement in Switzerland For travellers from the Paris region, the company will be increasing services in two stages, starting on Wednesday 2 December with the resumption of the Paris-Lausanne route via Vallorbe with one return trip per day. Then, from 13 December until 4 January 2021, TGV Lyria to offer 13 daily return servicescompared with three today. This means 5 return trips on both the Paris-Geneva and Paris-Basel-Zurich routes, and three between Paris and Lausanne (via Vallorbe). On international routes, Thalys had announced at the beginning of the week that it was increasing frequencies on the Paris-Brussels route and the resumption of services to Germanywhich have been suspended since 2 November.
As far as air travel is concerned, Air France will triple its capacity on the home network compared with the current offer, reaching up to 55% programme at the same time in 2019. A large number of routes, which had been suspended since the confinement, will now be reopened: Bordeaux-Marseille, Bordeaux-Nice, Lille-Marseille, Lille-Toulouse, Lille-Nice, Lyon-Biarritz, Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Biarritz, Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Rennes, Paris-Orly-Pau, Rennes-Toulouse, Strasbourg-Toulouse and Strasbourg-Nice.
What's more, 13 seasonal routes will be offered from 18 December 2020 to 3 January 2021: Biarritz-Nice, Bordeaux-Lille, Brest-Toulon, Caen-Marseille, Caen-Nice, Strasbourg-Marseille, Strasbourg-Biarritz, Strasbourg-Brest, Strasbourg-Pau, Rennes-Marseille, Rennes-Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Ajaccio and Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Bastia.
To the French Overseas Departments and Territories, in addition to an increase in service from Paris-Orly to Cayenne, Pointe-à-Pitre, Fort-de-France and Saint-Denis de La Réunion, Air France will be serving Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France. from Paris-CDG from 14 December. It should be noted that a negative COVID test is currently compulsory for all travel to the French Overseas Departments and Territories.
