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Volotea inaugurates the first flight from Luxembourg to Nice

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Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, has celebrated yesterday its maiden flight from Luxembourg to Nice. The inauguration of the route was celebrated in Luxembourg airport, where, Johan Vanneste, CEO of Luxembourg airport, and Edo Friart, International Development Director of Volotea, welcomed the passengers arrived from Nice with the traditional water arch. As part of the welcome ceremony the passengers flying from Luxembourg to Nice were offered Crémant de Luxembourg and Oberweis chocolates.

Volotea starts connecting Luxembourg with Nice

Wednesday 12th April, Volotea held a press conference at the airport of Luxembourg to communicate its maiden flight which connects Luxembourg Airport with Nice.

Volotea offers more than 14,000 seats for this year in this new route and more than 100 flights, with a frequency of 2 flights per week, every Wednesday and Saturday. A Boeing 717 will operate this route from April to October. The airline offers a special promotion with flights from €9 for this summer through its website.

Edo Friart, International Business Development Director of Volotea, has expressed his satisfaction for starting the operations in Luxembourg:

We are happy to see Volotea aircraft taking off from now at Luxembourg airport. We hope to see many Luxembourgers on board visiting the beautiful city of Nice.

Volotea offers more than 14,000 seats for this year in this new route and more than 100 flights, with a frequency of 2 flights per week, every Wednesday and Saturday. A Boeing 717 will operate this route from April to October. The airline offers a special promotion with flights from €9 for this summer through its website.

On behalf of the Luxembourg Airport, Johan Vanneste added:

It is a pleasure for us to welcome Volotea to the LUX airline family. The competitive offer of Volotea is a perfect match with our competitive airport products like e.g. the economy car park starting from 5 €/day and the long range coaches driving to Belgium, Germany and France starting from 5€ one-way.

Click here to check the website of Volotea for the new connection Luxembourg – Nice – Luxembourg

April 13th, 2017

This post was published on 14 April 2017 16:54

André Orban

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