Volotea opens its 20th base at Brest-Bretagne airport in France
Spain’s Volotea announced Thursday a new base in Brest, France, where it will have an Airbus A320 aircraft from April 2024 to improve connectivity in the region, and plans to create 30 direct jobs and nearly 200 indirect jobs. This brings the airline’s total number of bases in France to nine and brings the total number of bases in its European network to 20.
The airline began operations in Brest ten years ago. Since then it has carried nearly 700,000 passengers on more than 5,300 flights.
The opening of the new base will mean a significant increase in routes and frequencies. In this regard, in 2024 Volotea will launch a historic offer of seats with nearly 400,000 seats, 200% more than in 2023, to fly to and from Brest. Thus, next year the airline expects to carry more than 345,000 passengers, 190% more than in 2023.
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In terms of destinations, in 2024 Volotea will add 13 more to the seven it had this year and will connect the airport with three new countries: Italy, Portugal and Greece. The company will connect Brest-Bretagne airport with Athens, where it will offer more than 20,500 seats on 114 flights, with two weekly frequencies, on Tuesdays and Saturdays; Barcelona, with an offer of more than 26,600 seats on 148 flights, with two weekly frequencies, on Mondays and Fridays; Faro, making available 21,000 seats on 116 flights, with two weekly frequencies, on Thursdays and Sundays; and Palermo, with 21,000 seats on 116 flights and two weekly frequencies, on Mondays and Fridays. In addition, new destinations will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We are very pleased to consolidate our local presence in Brest through the opening of our ninth base in France and our 20th in Europe since we began operations in 2012. This development demonstrates our commitment to the Brittany region, marks a historic milestone for our company in France and is very symbolic as it coincides with the celebration of our 10-year presence in Brest,” said Carlos Munoz, CEO of Volotea.
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