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Direct Nice-China flight possibly in the pipeline
By Staff Writer - October 18, 2016
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Local French daily Nice Matin is speculating that Nice will soon have a direct flight to China. A French delegation is currently visiting Shanghai, and President of the Regional Council, Christian Estrosi, on Monday met the CEO of China Eastern, a member airline of the Sky Team alliance of which Air France is a member.
Also present was Marc Bayard, Air France’s Director General. Meanwhile, the official responsible for tourism in the Nice metropolitan area, Rudy Salles, said that work has been going on for some time to establish a link between Nice and Shanghai.
“What was unthinkable ten years ago is today very likely,” he said. For his part, Mr Estrosi is doing his best to convince the Chinese – unnerved by the July 14 atrocity in Nice – that security is not an insurmountable problem.
However, if the Chinese side favours a direct link to the Riviera, it would be some time before such a flight could be inaugurated, and under the French system, the national aviation authorities would have to give approval, which given the favourable treatment for Paris airports, would not be a foregone conclusion.
If everything goes to plan, France will gradually come out of lockdown over the coming weeks, meaning travel to second homes and flights out of the French Riviera will resume.
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While the last few weeks have been relatively calm for users of the regional rail service, this is about to change after a consortium of rail unions decided to strike on two days each week for three months, starting after Easter.
The industrial action will start on Tuesday, April 3 and last until Thursday, June 28, to protest against the reforms planned by France’s rail operator, SNCF.
Laurent Brun, a leader of the militant CGT union, said that the French government has no desire to negotiate with the unions and should carry the blame for conflict with the unions over a very long period.
A draft law allowing the use of executive orders to reform the rail system was presented last week before the Council of Ministers, meaning that changes, such as a reduction in the workforce, could be implemented without parliamentary discussion.
A three-month series of rail strikes would cause huge disruption to thousands of commuters who rely on the TER service to bring them to work in Monaco each day.