At Nice airport, Vueling planes land and take off several times a day. Direction Barcelona, the main hub and also head office of the Spanish low cost airline.
“Depending on the seasons, there are between three and four daily connections with a good occupancy rate, specifies Charlotte Dumesnil, the sales and distribution director who adds: Nice, where we have been since 2007, is an important destination for us.” As proof, the airline has just surpassed the milestone of two million passengers transported.
“Blaiser”
The capital of Catalonia is a mecca for “bleisure” [contraction de business et leisure, affaires et loisirs, ndlr] which attracts both leisure and business customers with conferences such as the Mobile World Congress or the Seafood Expo Global. “A phenomenon that we have seen since Covid and the advent of teleworking”adds Charlotte Dumesnil.
Good news for the airline which is celebrating not only its twentieth anniversary but also its two decades of presence in France.
“If Paris Orly is our only base on French territory with 300 employees and nine A320s and A321neos, takes over responsibility, Vueling is also present in the eight main French airports such as Nantes, Bordeaux and Lyon. This summer we have 42 routes that connect the province to Barcelona but also to all of Spain and the rest of the world. » With medium-haul flights served by Catalan and long-haul flights operated by other airlines in the IAG group such as Iberia or British Airways.
Another strong point of Vueling? His punctuality “which is both our commitment and our differentiating element”. According to Cirium, the specialist in aviation analysis tools, the low cost airline obtained an average punctuality rate of 82.1% between January and June 2023. Because in leisure or business, time is time.
Landmarks
> Vueling has been a subsidiary of the IAG group (International Airlines Group) since 2013, which owns British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level, IAG Loyalty and IAG Cargo.
> Annual results: the low cost closed the year 2023 with an operating profit of €396M.
> Employees: 4,600 in total, including 4,000 in Spain and 300 at Paris Orly.
> 250 routes connecting 30 countries; 200,000 annual flights and 34 million passengers in 2023.
> A fleet of 124 Airbus currently being renewed.
