London City - Angers
On a trip to Angers in the Loire Valley, flying BACF on the LCY-ANE sector.
I knew Angers was a small airport but didn't expect it to be quite so small - just 5 commercial passenger seasonal round trips per week - 2 to London, 2 to Nice and 1 to Tunisia. BA were selling entry level fares until 2 days before flight. CAA stats show about 50 pax per flight in July. Angers Govt provide a *free* bus between city centre and airport (about 20 miles away). Can only assume local Govt is desperate to get some UK tourists visiting.
Looks like there is some hefty marketing payment from local Govt to BA
Are there any other short haul routes from LCY with a similiar setup ? (I think Dundee is just a Govt subsidy to the airport with no cash passing to airlines)
Anyone know how much BA get from Govt on the route per passenger ? Seen a figure of 90 euros per pax per one way flight but this seems very high
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 31st Aug 2013 at 22:45.