To avoid the stress and congestion of the major Parisian platforms, why not plan your departure on vacation from a regional airport?
In this regard, Brittany offers an interesting network, mainly driven (apart from domestic flights) by low-cost airlines for this summer season 2022. The latter offer a good number of leisure destinations served directly.
From Brest to Rennes via Quimper and Nantes to sunny Dakar or the Greek islands, here is a selection of air connections to save time... and money.
Brest: Mallorca, Heraklion and Porto live
Brest - Palma de Mallorca
:
by the Spanish low cost company Volotea.
From April 11 to August 31, 2022, one rotation per week on Wednesdays.
Departure from Brest at 6:55 p.m., arrival at 9 p.m.
Return flights at 4:15 p.m., arrival in Brest at 6:25 p.m.
From €19 one way.
Brest - Heraklion
:
by the Greek company Aegean.
From April 18 to October 18, 2022, one rotation per week on Tuesdays in Airbus A320.
Depart Brest at 11:20 a.m., arrival at 4:05 p.m.
Return flights at 7:30 a.m., arrival in Brest at 10:35 a.m.
From €64 one way.
Brest - Porto:
by the French low cost company Transavia (subsidiary of Air France).
From March 21 to October 28, 2 rotations per week on Fridays and Sundays in a Boeing 737. Departure from Brest at 2:20 p.m. on Fridays, at 1:35 p.m. on Sundays (arrivals at 3 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.).
Return flights at 3:45 p.m. on Fridays, 3 p.m. on Sundays (arrival in Brest at 6:25 p.m. and 5:40 p.m.).
From €41 one way.
And also:
Corfu, Rhodes and Malaga (with TUI Fly), Corsica and the south of France (11 destinations served by Transavia, Volotea, Air France, Chalair, easyJet, Ryanair or TUI Fly).
Brest-Bretagne Airport, 29490 Guipavas.
brest.aeroport.bzh
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Quimper: London live
Quimper - London City:
by the British national airline British Airways.
From June 13 to September 4, 2022, up to 4 rotations per week, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays in Embraer 190. Departures at 10:45 a.m., 2:05 p.m. or 4:50 p.m., 1 hour and 15 minutes flight time.
From around €130 round trip.
Good to know:
from Quimper-Bretagne airport, an agreement between the Chalair company on the one hand and French bee, Air Caraïbes and Air France on the other, makes it possible to connect each day, in an optimized connection to Paris-Orly , about twenty destinations on the planet.
Among the latter: most of the overseas departments, Papeete, New York-Newark, San Francisco and even Punta Cana.
Quimper-Bretagne Airport, rue de l'Aéroport, 29700 Pluguffan.
quimper.aeroport.bzh
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Rennes: Amsterdam and Frankfurt live
Rennes - Amsterdam:
by Air France.
All year round, up to 4 rotations per week, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
1h35 flight time.
From €160 round trip.
Rennes - Frankfurt:
by the German company Lufthansa.
From May 3, 2022, 3 rotations per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Bombardier CRJ900.
Scheduled departures from Rennes at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesdays (arrival at 9:05 a.m.), at 3:15 p.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays (arrival at 4:50 p.m.).
Returns scheduled on Tuesdays at 9.40 a.m. (arrival Rennes at 11.15 a.m.), Thursdays and Saturdays at 5.25 p.m. (arrival Rennes at 7.00 p.m.).
From €149 round trip.
Good to know:
Air France
will relaunch several direct domestic lines from Rennes for the coming summer: Ajaccio, Figari, Calvi, Biarritz and Nice.
Also note that the direct connections to Casablanca (Air Arabia) and Porto (easyJet) are only open during the winter season.
Rennes-Bretagne Airport, 1 Av. from Joseph le Brix Airport, 35136 Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande.
rennes.aeroport.fr
Nantes: Montenegro, Dakar… live
Nantes - Podgorica (Montenegro):
by Air Montenegro.
From May 7, 2022, 1 rotation per week every Saturday in Embraer 195. Scheduled departures from Nantes at 10:20 a.m. (arrival in Podgorica at 12:55 p.m.).
Returns scheduled at 7:00 a.m. (arrival in Nantes at 9:40 a.m.).
From €150 one way.
Nantes - Dakar:
by the French low cost Transavia (subsidiary of Air France).
From May 25 to October 26, 2022, 1 rotation per week on Wednesdays in Boeing 737-800.
Departures scheduled at 1:40 p.m. (arrival 2:55 p.m.).
Returns scheduled at 3:45 p.m. (arrival Nantes 11:00 p.m.).
From €129 one way.
Good to know:
for the 2022 summer season, Nantes-Atlantique airport, in full expansion, will have
12 new direct routes
: to Brindisi (Volotea), Budapest (Transavia), Dakar (Transavia), Frankfurt (Lufthansa), Izmir (Sun Express), Oujda (Transavia), Mykonos (Volotea), Podgorica (Air Montenegro), Reykjavik-Keflavik (Transavia), Southampton (Eastern Airways), Zakynthos (Volotea), Zurich (Swiss).
In total, the large western airport will offer 88 direct destinations to 25 different countries by 21 scheduled airlines.
Nantes-Atlantique Airport, 44346 Bouguenais.
nantes.aeroport.fr