" Everything is going well " in stations and terminals at Paris airports for the start of summer departures, SNCF and the Aéroports de Paris group told AFP on Saturday.
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" Everything is going well, there is no significant incident on the network ", with " an occupancy rate of almost 80% " in TGV trains, indicated SNCF Voyageurs at midday, while 800,000 travelers are expected on the trains for this first weekend of vacation departures.
The whole range of services has resumed, including bar cars and support for minors, after being interrupted due to the Covid-19 epidemic. " The bar cars have been redesigned to take into account the rules of distance " and it is " 8,000 children from 4 to 14 years old who will travel this weekend with the Junior & Co. service ," said SNCF Voyageurs.
Historic record for Ouigo ticket sales
" Currently, the pace of reservations is very good, similar to that of the same period last year ", after a delay in the spring due to the confinement imposed by the epidemic. Wednesday, the number of sales of tickets Ouigo, at low prices, " broke a historic record ". On average over the month of July, the occupancy rate is estimated at more than 50% and in August " we are at this stage on an average of 35% ", according to SNCF figures.
For the summer, the railway group expects 20 million passengers against 25 million at the same period last year. Over the extended weekend from July 10 to 14, more than 1.5 million travelers are expected at stations.
On the air transport side, " everything is going well in the terminals ", apart from "some delays in check-in at Orly," a spokesperson for ADP told AFP. According to forecast figures communicated by the group, 76,063 passengers were expected for 640 takeoffs or landings on Saturday alone, including 55,400 passengers at Roissy airport and 20,603 at Orly.
