Taxis, planes, hotels… little by little, lack of tourists

Few planes take off and they remain half empty

One after the other, the companies reopen lines departing from France. Air France, which only served 43 destinations at the end of May, has reached 100. On June 15, easyJet relaunched ten French routes with a Nantes-Nice route. Corsair made its first Paris-Fort-de-France on June 18 after a three-month hiatus. "But the supply remains low with mainly domestic flights, a few routes in Europe and very few long-haul flights, mainly to the French overseas territories ," said Georges Daher, general delegate of the National Federation of Commercial Aviation. In all, we are around 10 to 15% of the normal program. ”

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More proactive, Air France has increased to 20% of its offer. The appetite for air transport remains limited. "On average, the planes are filled between 40 and 50%," says Georges Daher. Businessmen and women are missing, the big companies having launched savings plans. Now, with

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