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In the frame of ACI Europe’s 32nd Annual Congress and General Assembly, currently taking place at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (ACA) and Athens International Airport (AIA) have just joined the international network “Airports for Innovation”, founded by Aeroporti di Roma and Aena in 2021 with the goal to explore innovative and sustainable solutions covering the whole passenger experience in the post pandemic context, setting the ground for a sustainable future.

From June 15 and for 3 months, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will be connected to Nice, thanks to Etihad Airways opening a second route to France. Operating out of Abu Dhabi, Etihad offers a wide range of connections around the world and an important gateway for the Côte d'Azur.

The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain is launching its second route to France by connecting its hub to Nice Côte d'Azur. This development of traffic from the Côte d'Azur airport will be possible thanks to the latest generation of Airbus A321neo aircraft with some the best environmental efficiency on the market.

Three years after opening for business in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria and France, the Sky Valet Connect label is continuing its development, with a new facility at Rodez Aveyron airport to support the growth of the platform’s business aviation traffic.

La Compagnie, the French 100% Smart Business Class airline, launched its first New York-Nice flight for the 2022 season this Saturday 7 May. This flight, which departed from New York Newark on Friday evening, arrived at the Nice Côte d'Azur airport Saturday morning and left immediately again for New York.

Air Transat, named best leisure airline in the world, is proud to announce the return of its flights departing from Nice as of 4 May with its all-new Airbus A321neoLR to Montreal taking off.

The summer season, which starts on Sunday 27 March, will mark the return to a network of destinations from Nice Côte d’Azur Airport close to what was offered before the pandemic, with a hundred of destinations, including 9 long-haul flights, to 42 countries. The 20 new features included in this programme reflect the ongoing appeal of the region.

As part of the European Airport-Collaboration Decision Making (A-CDM) project, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport is continuing its collaborative management between operators by equipping all of its in-contact aircraft stands with guidance systems from February 1st. This equipment reinforces airside security, makes plane parking more reliable, and streamlines ground-handling service operations.

Despite stringent health measures and travel restrictions, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport is ending 2021 with a higher traffic than expected – 6.54 million passengers – helped by the return of long-haul flights from the summer season. At the same time, and in accordance with its commitments, the airport has continued its efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, gaining highest level of Airport Carbon Accreditation, level 4+.