Nantes

If you have an hour... Closed for six long years for renovation, the Musée des Beaux-Arts - renamed the Musée d'Arts - was sorely missed by the people of Nantes. When it reopened in June 2017, no fewer than 100,000 visitors flocked there in two months, discovering in particular the Cube, a new space dedicated to contemporary art. A few...

Report and photos by Florian Guillemin. Last year, Nantes Atlantique airport recorded the biggest increase in passenger traffic in France (+14.9%). What's more, since the Notre-Dame des Landes project was abandoned, airlines from all over Europe have been fighting for a piece of tarmac, a small slot, at the Nantes hub. This new dimension...

After announcing the installation of its seventh French base at Nantes airport, easyJet is now setting out its ambitions. The airline has just announced the forthcoming opening of eight new routes from Nantes. From 31 March, there will be three flights a week to Rome Fiumicino and two flights a week to Nantes.

Business travellers in the Nantes region are certainly being pampered by the airlines, which are opening more and more routes at Nantes-Atlantique airport. Following in the footsteps of Lufthansa, British Airways, Brussels Airlines and, more recently, Aigle Azur - which has scheduled its first domestic flight here - easyJet is strengthening its position at the Nantes hub. The airline has just...

The directors of Aigle Azur may be thinking big - with the launch of long-haul flights to China and Brazil - but they are nonetheless keeping a close eye on Franco-French opportunities. The French airline has just unveiled its first domestic route, scheduled for 28 October. Aigle Azur will link Nantes and...

Polls showed that over 70% of French people disapproved of the construction of a new hub. To compensate for the abandonment of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes project, the government is going to speed up the development of Nantes Atlantique and - to a lesser extent - Rennes-St Jacques. Officially launched in 1974, the Notre-Dame-des-Landes project symbolised the confidence in the future so typical of the time. The...

More and more routes are opening at Nantes Atlantique airport, including Lufthansa, British Airways and Brussels Airlines. In total, 17 new routes were opened in 2017, contributing to the dynamism of the Nantes hub. This effervescence is reflected in the airport's figures, which recently reached the...

In 1988 - just over 25 years ago - Nantes airport was handling just one million passengers. It wasn't until 2005 that the two million passenger mark was reached. Since then, in the space of a decade, Nantes has multiplied its traffic by 2.5. Last year, the airport managed by...