26 August 2024

Rodez is Volotea's tenth base in France

In addition, the company won the Paris Orly-Rodez Aveyron territorial continuity tender. The new route, after Lourdes, is the second in territorial continuity from Paris Orly

Volotea continues its growth by winning the tender to operate the Paris Orly-Rodez Aveyron route under territorial continuity. Starting in September, the company will inaugurate its tenth French base at Rodez Airport to guarantee this service.

The first flight under the territorial continuity regime will take off on September 2, connecting Paris Orly airport with Rodez, the capital of the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region.

Thanks to this new connection, eligible citizens will be able to benefit from 2 daily flights from Monday to Friday and a flight every Sunday at discounted rates. The flights will be operated with an Airbus A319, with a total of 178,000 seats available for the year 2025.

The route to Rodez joins the numerous destinations reachable from Paris Orly with Volotea, including Bilbao, Ancona, Geneva, Olbia, Turin, Verona and Lourdes, the latter also operated under territorial continuity.

With the opening of the Rodez base, Volotea adds its tenth base in France, joining those of Brest, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Lille, Lourdes, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Toulouse. This is the third new base inaugurated by Volotea this year, after Brest (April 2024) and Bari (July 2024), and will create over 30 jobs at Rodez-Aveyron airport.

Volotea

Volotea, founded in 2011 by Carlos Muñoz and Lázaro Ros, former founders of Vueling, is an independent airline that has expanded its fleet to 44 Airbus A319s and A320s. It achieved a 4-star rating in 2024 and was recognized by Skytrax as the "Best European Low-Cost Airline 2024" at the World Airline Awards 2023 and 2024 and won three awards as "Europe's Leading Low-Cost Airline" at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 World Travel Awards. It flies to more than 110 airports and has bases in 22 European destinations: Asturias, Athens, Bari (new 2024) Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brest (new 2024), Cagliari, Florence (from April 2023), Hamburg, Lille, Lyon, Lourdes, Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Rodez (new 2024), Strasbourg, Toulouse, Venice and Verona. In 2024, it will operate over 450 routes, offering between 12.5 and 13 million seats, an increase of 12%-16% compared to 2023, and will carry out around 80,000 flights.

By the Editorial Board of Avion Tourism Magazine

Text source: Volotea Press Office

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