The French Riviera is one of the main tourist destinations in the Mediterranean during the northern summer season, with attractions such as the Cannes Film Festival and the popular resorts of Monte Carlo and the Principality of Monaco.
Nice is the region’s main city and the Côte d’Azur Airport is France’s third busiest airfield.
With the easing of international travel, airlines resumed operations to the French Riviera after two consecutive summers without nonstop connections to North America, in addition to the arrival of a new entrant such as United Airlines.
Data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, indicates that during summer 2022 between Nice and North American there will be an offer of 38,000 seats per month, representing an increase of more than 10% over 2019 levels.
Return of Air Canada
On May 16, Air Canada resumed nonstop service to the French Riviera with three weekly flights on Airbus A330-300s with a capacity of 297 seats in three classes.
- Montreal – Nice Flight AC 878 YUL 20:50 – NCE 10:25+1
- Nice – Montréal Flight AC 879 NCE 13:15 – YUL 15:55
“For Nice and the entire Côte d’Azur, the return of Air Canada represents a strong signal of the intensification of its connectivity with North America,” said Franck Goldnadel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur.
An exclusive service by La Compagnie
On May 7, La Compagnie resumed services between Côte d’Azur and Newark operated on Airbus A321LR aircraft with 76-seat capacity in a Business Class only configuration, flights will be available until September 25.
- Nice – Newark Flight B0 200 NCE 13:30 – EWR 17:00
- Newark – Nice Flight B0 201 EWR 21:40 – NCE 12:00+1
“This year, with the lifting of health restrictions in France and the United States, as well as the effort that all our employees have put into development, we are already seeing real enthusiasm for our route and for the exciting city of New York,” said Christian Vernet, President of La Compagnie.
La Compagnie est de retour sur la plateforme niçoise ! ✈️Premier vol en 2022 ce samedi 7 mai à destination de New York Newark à raison de trois vols par semaine à bord de son nouvel Airbus A321neo et ce, jusqu'à fin septembre ! #lacompagnie #newyorknewark #IloveNY #nicenewyork pic.twitter.com/O9U7OV4o2j
— Aéroport de Nice (@AeroportNice) May 7, 2022
Air Transat
The popular leisure airline was the first to reconnect Côte d’Azur with Canada on May 4 with weekly flights operated on 199-seat Airbus A321LRs in two classes.
- Montréal – Nice Flight TS 628 YUL 23:30 – NCE 13:05+1
- Nice – Montreal Flight TS 639 NCE 14:50 – YUL 17:25
“The connection between France and Canada is invaluable. It is therefore a real pleasure for us to bring back our direct flights departing from Nice, which is a route that has been an integral part of our schedule for more than 30 years,” said Cyril Cousin, Director of Air Transat France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany.
Delta Air Lines
On March 26, the Atlanta-based airline became the first carrier to reconnect Nice to North America this year, the company offers daily flights from New York (JFK) operated in 238-seat Boeing 767-400ER.
- New York – Nice Flight DL 28 JFK 19:40 – NCE 10:00+1
- Nice – New York Flight DL 29 NCE 12:00 – JFK 15:05
United Airlines
As part of the company’s major transatlantic expansion, on April 30 United inaugurated flights to Nice, the airline’s second destination in France. Flights will be operated daily in 167-seat Boeing 767-300ER High J aircraft in three classes:
- Newark – Nice Flight UA 272 EWR 19:55 – NCE 10:00+1
- Nice – Newark Flight UA 273 NCE 12:10 – EWR 15:45
See also: United Airlines inaugurates its flights between Newark and Nice
Retour en images sur le 1er vol @united reliant #NewYork à #Nice ce weekend. Plus qu'une troisième compagnie vers Big Apple, c'est un réseau de plus de 85 destinations à travers l'Amérique qui s'ouvre. pic.twitter.com/WBTgyylqKi
— Aéroport de Nice (@AeroportNice) May 2, 2022
