Corsica

Almost all of France was conquered, even its distant territories like Réunion and Martinique. Only one had resisted B&B HOTELS' wave of growth until now: the Island of Beauty. An absence now remedied by the opening of a first hotel in Corsica, south of Bastia. Located less than...

Updated on 2 July at 8:30 pm The attempt at conciliation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on 25 June has failed. The call for strike action on 3 and 4 July issued by the UNSA-ICNA union, the second largest among air traffic controllers, has even been joined by a...

The report published on Thursday by AirHelp analysed some 125,000 flights that took off from French airports in the first three months of 2025. And of these, 22.6 % were delayed, according to the disruption compensation specialist. That's more than 4 million passengers affected by these...

The skies will be disrupted by industrial action on Tuesday 17 December following a mobilisation called by the Syndicat national des contrôleurs du trafic aérien (SNCTA) in response to the blocking of discussions on the organisation of work in 2025 at several French airports. "The current organisation of work has proved its effectiveness, both in terms of...

The four new routes unveiled by Volotea on 26 January will start operating next spring. Unsurprisingly, the airline is focusing on sun destinations and leisure customers. But business travellers could also benefit from these new options. In particular, Volotea is planning to launch a new flight to Luxembourg from...

"Corsica ticked all the right boxes to be one of France's favourite summer destinations. And that's had a stimulating effect on our business": Luc Bereni, Chairman of Air Corsica, immediately displays a certain satisfaction that contrasts with the more pessimistic views of other airline directors. "As early as June, we...

The TousAntiCovid application, long shunned and even scoffed at, is set to see its download rates soar over the coming weeks. The government has just decided to integrate test certificates and vaccination certificates into the application. This will transform the tool into a health pass, a new sesame being used by a growing number of...

Text Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet First there's the Mediterranean. Blue, as it should be; with, most of the time, a sky to match, whether very early or very late in the season. As a result, in Corsica there are long white sandy beaches as well as secluded coves,...

The Prime Minister's speech on 28 May kick-started a vast recovery movement in French airspace. In the wake of these announcements - and in particular the lifting of the 100 km restriction on travel - the ADP group made official the date of 26 June for the reopening...

"Look at our territory: a green, mountainous, relatively compact island with a small population of less than 350,000. This could be a weakness. In fact, it's a real asset for tourism. These are the words of Daniel Charavin, Director General of the Corsican Tourist Agency...

What has changed for Air Corsica in recent years? Jean-Baptiste Martini - Competition from so-called low-cost airlines has forced us to rethink our model, to get out of our comfort zone as a traditional airline with its fare offer. It hasn't been easy to rethink the model. We...

It's the little airline on the rise. Present since 1989, Air Corsica is now accelerating its hold on transport to and from Corsica. "Corsica is a superb destination for both leisure and business travellers. And we want to capitalise on our island's appeal", explains Hervé Pierret,...

Gastronomy is omnipresent in the operations we organise," says Laurence Benoit of Corsica Events, the business tourism department of the Ollandini group, the island's historic incoming agency. "And it lends itself particularly well to the development of off-season business," adds Fanny Carré, from Corse Escapades, an agency that has been working hard for 16 years...