Volotea is continuing its offensive in French airspace with the imminent arrival of a new flight from Montpellier. On Wednesday, the low-cost airline made official the launch of a flight Montpellier-Rennes. Expected in November Next year, this new link will be operated twice a week. Flights are scheduled every Monday and Thursday, with the exception of the Christmas period (Thursday and Sunday).
" We are delighted to announce the launch of this new air service from Montpellier to Rennes. "Gilles Gosselin is delighted. Volotea's Head of France continues: " We are committed to offering domestic destinations to the inhabitants of the Occitanie region, making it easier for them to meet up with family or friends in the four corners of France. This new offer illustrates Volotea's commitment to the Occitanie region and our ambition to continue to develop these domestic routes, which are so dear to our passengers' hearts. ".
Since his arrival at Montpellier In 2012, Volotea carried more than 2.2 million passengers. With the addition of RennesThe airline will link Montpellier airport to eight French destinations. Volotea serves Ajaccio, Bastia, Brest, Caen, Lille, Nantes and Strasbourg. The low-cost carrier has also increased the number of seats it offers by 13% this year compared with 2023, to exceed the 350,000 mark. "We are so pleased and proud to see that Volotea is continuing its development in Montpellier with the opening of this route to the capital of Brittany," says Emmanuel Brehmer, Chairman of the Management Board of Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport. In terms of the number of destinations and the number of people carried, Volotea has conquered a major position on our hub. In terms of fares and quality, it has become a vector of our attractiveness and usefulness".
The most French of Spanish companies
Beyond Montpellier, it's the entire home network which every year sees the number of leadership of the most French of Spanish companies. Volotea is offering almost 7.5 million seats this year and "has now reached more than 270 routes in France (+100 since 2019), of which 50 % are without competition", as the airline's management points out. "As part of this growth strategy, Volotea intends to play an important economic and social role in France at the 9 bases where it operates: Nantes, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon and Lille, Lourdes and Brest. Volotea will base 23 aircraft on French soil in 2024, a large fleet synonymous with 900 direct jobs and almost 5,000 indirect jobs".
