Since March 26, Nîmes Airport has been offering two flights a week to and from Porto. From April 13 to 16, Gard’s delegation went directly to the second Portuguese city to promote it.
And three! After opening the Nîmes-Dublin and Nîmes-Edinburgh lines last year, the Nîmes Grande Provence Méditerranée is heading towards southern Europe.
Since March 26, two weekly sessions of Nîmes-Porto (Thursday and Sunday) have boosted the commercial offer of Nîmes Airport, under the impetus of the city’s infrastructure owner and manager, Edis.
“The opening of this line, the seventh of its kind at the airport, testifies to the handiwork of these players, both focused on the same goal: to accelerate the development of the Nîmes destination, thanks to the development of the airport platform. Details Grégory Merelo, Director of Nîmes Grande Provence Méditerranée.
seduction process
For the inauguration of the line Thursday 13 April, Franck Prost, mayor of Nîmes, Jean-Paul Fournier, mayor of Nîmes and also Eric Girauder at the helm of the CCI du Gard accompanied by dozens of elected local and institutional officials, are part of the journey.
Gard’s delegation traveled to Porto to promote the new trade line.
In Porto, right on site and for three days, everyone rallied to promote the new airline to Triberus (they are “tripe eaters”, the nickname of the inhabitants of Porto), ” These travelers qualify as “comers” and who represent an essential interest in the economic development of our lands.” Franck Prost emphasized, during the first press conference offered to the press in Nîmes – while also traveling – at the Monumental Maison-Albar, in a very elegant avenue The return of the Aliados.
“A passenger who disembarks at Nîmes immediately incurs a whole series of expenses in favor of taxis, hotels and restaurants … The primary economic advantages of Nîmes and, more broadly, of Gard insisted the city chief.
To attract the attention of influencers, journalists and elected representatives of Portuguese tourism, all of them praised the attractiveness of tourism in Nîmes and the department. Supporting videos and thanks to the lively collaboration of the Portuguese language translator mobilized for the event.
Institutional and elected (here Pascal Fortunat Deschamps) convinced the Portuguese of the many attractions of the territory.
In the presence of the honorary consul of France in the city, or even a representative of Porto’s international airport, there will be a Roman of the second millennium, the Costières de Nîmes, or even the sunshine of more than 300 days a year, in more than 1300 km from Nîmes, he succeeds perfectly. Clear to make an impression.
Really balanced line
According to Gregory Merillo, the airport’s director, the numbers on the operation of the new line are already excellent, three weeks after it entered service. ” According to our expectations and the will of the airline (Ryanair, editor’s note), the Nîmes-Porto line is already balanced, with almost as many arrivals and departures and, above all, a very satisfactory filling rate already exceeding 80% ! rejoices the professional who hopes, on the strength of this observation, to convince the operating company of the desirability of opening this new airline throughout the calendar year. And no longer only in high season (April-October).
Precisely by October, 26,000 Nîmes-Porto tickets will be sold, while this time the Portuguese delegation is expected to be in Nîmes in May, to finish, if necessary, to persuade those Portuguese friends with all interest to come, stay, discover, invest and form economic partnerships in nim and gard.
At the same time, Grégory Merelo is already thinking about the next step that would enhance this unprecedented opening of Nîmes Grande Provence Méditerranée Airport in Southern Europe. It seems that a project for a new trade line to Italy or Spain is already underway.
