Emmanuel Macron warned over huge 'flop' as flights from UK dip to £27 and hotels lie empty
Airlines are rushing to cut fares in an attempt to fill planes to Paris over the Olympics.
Although the Olympic Games are underway in Paris the city remains “empty” as airlines rush to cut fares in an attempt to fill planes.
Air fares for last-minute flights from the UK to Paris are falling as anger grows in the Olympic host city about what tourism businesses are calling le flop, The Independent reports.
One hotelier described the city as “empty”, while earlier this month Parisian hoteliers sounded the alarm over the concerning number of hotel rooms still unbooked in Paris as occupancy rates were down as much as 25 percent down on what they were last year, according to some polls.
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Many tickets for next-day departures have fallen to around £60 one-way – far less than the usual rate for peak summer. Examples for travel on Tuesday 30 July include:
Belfast to Paris Beauvais (Ryanair) £27
Edinburgh to Paris Beauvais (Ryanair) £44
Glasgow to Paris CDG (easyJet) £54
Edinburgh to Paris CDG (easyJet) £57
Manchester to Paris Beauvais (Ryanair) £62
Bristol to Paris CDG (easyJet) £64
While British Airways is offering short-notice flights from London Heathrow to Paris CDG for redemption for Avios frequent-flyer points.
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Ze Hotel's director Aldric Duval told Euronews: "I think the Olympic Games effect is counter-productive since everything is very expensive."
This comes after France's high-speed rail network was hit by widespread "coordinated malicious acts" in the early hours of Friday, July 26, hours before the beginning of the Olympics' Opening Ceremony.
The incident sparked major travel chaos across France as Eurostar cancelled six of Sunday’s planned 15 trains from London to Paris, taking the total number to 13 cancellations since the attack. More than 10,000 passengers had their travel plans wrecked.
On Monday numerous telecommunications were been hit by acts of vandalism, the French government said, this affected fibre lines and both fixed and mobile phone lines.