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Air France is gaining momentum at Orly by resuming services to Nice as well as Biarritz and Montpellier. On the latter two routes, however, it will have to rely on the return of EasyJet. This August, EasyJet is launching a regular service between Paris airport and Biarritz and Montpellier. The decision...

While the government has just unveiled the details of the second phase of deconfinement - and the return to mobility in France and then Europe - Nice airport is doing the sums. And at a time when many players in the travel industry are counting their losses and waves of redundancies, this is yet another...

Hilton is continuing to grow in France at an accelerated pace. From 15 establishments at present, the American group is preparing to double in size by 2022. And this after having already doubled its offering over the last four years. Hilton is proud to have opened more hotels in France than at any time in its history.

On 2 July, Gulf Air's Airbus A321neo will take to the tarmac at Nice airport for the first time. The 166-seater aircraft, including 16 seats in Business Class, will connect the Côte d'Azur airport with Bahrain every Thursday and Sunday. The route will nevertheless be limited to the summer period,...

Challenging the centralisation of the French air transport model, and the omnipotence of Paris-CDG: this is the ambition of the major regional airports, and in particular the Nice hub. With this in mind, Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur has found a major ally on the transatlantic route: after unveiling its ambitions for Toulouse airport, Air Canada...

This is a real victory for Nice airport, which becomes the first regional airport to obtain a direct air link with China. From August 2, Air China will be offering three flights a week to Beijing-Capital in Airbus A330-200s with a two-class configuration and a capacity of 227 passengers, including 28...

Israeli carrier El Al has been offering a direct service between Nice and Tel Aviv since Thursday 4 April. These services are offered three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. These flights, which last almost four hours, are operated by Boeing 737-900s with 172 seats, 16 of which are in...

Nice airport, which recorded its eighth consecutive year of growth in 2018, is stepping up its announcements for business customers. In addition to new air routes - notably to Russia with Ural Airlines, or with the forthcoming arrival of La Compagnie to New York - news is just as busy on the ground....

Nice has never seemed so close to Moscow. From 1 May, Ural Airlines' A321-200s will be landing on the Côte d'Azur airport tarmac. The Russian carrier will operate two flights a week between Nice and Moscow Zhukovsky airport, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A breath of fresh air for a saturated Northern European sky The airport...

Following on from Lyon-Saint Exupéry, Nice-Côte d'Azur airport has now posted record results. Last year, the airport welcomed 13.85 million passengers, representing traffic growth of 4.1 %. This is the eighth consecutive year that the Côte d'Azur hub has improved its performance. However, the Nice hub scheduled fewer flights...

Since 15 December, business travellers have been able to travel directly to Nice airport on line 2 of the tramway from Magnan station in the city centre. On 14 December, the city inaugurated part of the West-East tramway line, linking Grand Arénas to Nice-Côte d'Azur airport. In particular, it serves...

Regular business travellers on the Paris-New York route will soon no longer be the only ones able to take advantage of La Compagnie's 100 % business concept. From 6 May, the French carrier will be offering a seasonal service between Nice-Côte d'Azur and Newark-Liberty airports. Until the end of October 2019, the airline...

The summer period is often very quiet, sometimes too quiet. Fortunately, Qatar Airways is no slouch when it comes to news: a few days after its bid to acquire a stake in American Airlines, and against a backdrop of turbulent diplomatic relations with its Gulf neighbours, the Doha-based carrier is making its presence felt this week on the French market...

Who could have imagined a few years ago that a low-cost carrier would add a helicopter transfer service to its range of services? Yet this is the latest news from easyJet on the French market. It is the official announcement of an agreement with Monacair for the...

The main road that cuts through the pine forest gives access to buildings that are buried deep in nature, the whole being located around fifteen kilometres from Antibes, in a very strong smell of conifers where cicadas rustle. "Sophia Antipolis is 1,300 companies and 30,000 employees united by the same desire to...

How did the idea of completely restoring Le Negresco come about? Nicole Spitz - Negresco will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2012. So it was a fantastic opportunity to bring it into the 21st century. We undertook a complete renovation in line with our eco-palace approach, with the agreement of Madame Augier, the famous owner, who decided to...

How would you define Euroméditerranée? Paul Colombani - Euromed, managed by the Établissement public d'aménagement Euroméditerranée (EPAEM), is a project of national interest that was launched in 1995, at a time when the French government was beginning to feel the need for a Mediterranean capital. This vast project is financed to the tune of 50 % by the French government and in part by the city of Marseille,...

Today, Euromed is brimming with projects, some underway, others nearing completion. Like the CMA CGM tower, the first of Marseille's future skyline, served since March by the Quais d'Arenc tram station. This is a central point in the district, and other skyscrapers by Jean Nouvel, Yves Lion and Baptiste Piétri will soon be springing up.

How does the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille intend to continue to stand out on the world stage? Jean-Claude Terrier - By diversifying the products we receive. In addition to crude oil, we are adding refined petroleum products, biofuels and, above all, liquefied natural gas, with a terminal currently in the start-up phase and a future one currently under appraisal....