LOGANAIR is set to launch direct flights from Jersey to Bordeaux this summer.
The Scottish carrier’s new service – which replaces its planned route to Dublin announced earlier this year – will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays from 19 June through to 5 October.
Tickets are due to go on sale from today, with one-way fares starting from £79.99 from Jersey to Bordeaux and €89.99 from Bordeaux to Jersey.
Explaining the change, Loganair chief executive Luke Farajallah said: “The way airlines tend to work is we talk to multiple airports at one time.
“We had reached agreement with Dublin, but very quickly, hot on the heels of that, we’d also had a very good offer from Bordeaux.
“As a consequence of that and because Dublin is already served from Jersey, we made a decision to switch from Dublin to this new route.”
He added that the airline was “very confident” about the decision.
“We can already see and feel some of the early excitement building, because Bordeaux is a key destination that was definitely missing from the portfolio in Jersey and we feel this is going to work really well for the summer,” he said.
Bordeaux is one of a number of new routes from Jersey being launched by Loganair this year, with flights to Norwich, East Midlands, and Paris set to begin next month.
Ports of Jersey chief executive Matt Thomas said: “The introduction of direct flights to Bordeaux marks an exciting step forward for Jersey’s European connectivity.
“Alongside our popular Paris service, this twice‑weekly route provides Islanders with greater flexibility for travel to the south of France, while also opening Jersey to a wider catchment of more than one million people living in the Bordeaux and Nouvelle‑Aquitaine region.”
Mr Thomas described this as a “valuable opportunity” for both inbound tourism and outbound travel.
Bordeaux Airport chief executive Simon Dreschel said: “The launch of this route to Jersey and the arrival of a new airline on our tarmac enriches the diversity of our network with a destination that is both unique and refreshingly different.
“This route also represents a valuable opportunity for inbound tourism, by attracting British travellers who particularly enjoy the region’s way of life, gastronomy and the wine tourism offering.”
