Volotea starts today, 12th of April, a New Route for Madeira Airport from Marseille, a summer operation, that will bring around 2.200 passengers, from the 2nd biggest city of France, and the oldest French city. This flight will run, once a week, on Thursdays, using an B717-200, with the capacity to carry 125 passengers. Volotea also operates from Bordeaux on Thursdays and from Nantes on Mondays.

To celebrate this new route, Madeira airports prepared a reception for the first arriving passengers, with traditional tastings of Madeira wine and honey cake.

“We are very excited to launch this route connecting Madeira and Marseille, allowing a direct link with the Provence in France. Two extremely charming regions in Europe with outstanding attractiveness at both ends that we are pleased to offer with no stop-overs, good travel experience and competitive prices”, has stated Corporate Development and Communications Director, Carlos Cerqueiro.

Duarte Ferreira, Madeira’s Airport Director said that “we are very enthusiastic about receiving this new flight from Volotea, that connects Madeira to one of the largest and most emblematic French cities. This venture to the destination Madeira leaves us very proud and we will work closely with the airline and all the stakeholders to ensure the success of this new route “