The positive signals are multiplying for the SNCF.
After a rather satisfactory summer with 92% of the frequentation of 2019 in main line trains, the French confirm their desire to travel by rail.
"On October 6, the opening day of
sales for the Christmas period
, we sold 15% more tickets compared to 2019"
, rejoices Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs.
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During these All Saints' Day holidays, the historic rail operator is carrying as many passengers as before the pandemic.
And the Advantage card, which promises ceiling rates (39 euros maximum for a trip of less than 1h30) has already been sold to a million customers when it was launched only in June.
Health crisis and opening up to competition
But the health crisis has still left a deep imprint and changed travel habits: thus, business travelers, who generate significant margins for the SNCF, are not yet massively present.
Only 60% of them are back
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