NEW Ryanair route: Charleroi - Pau

ERICAIRLINES · Post by **ERICAIRLINES** » 19 Jul 2007, 17:34

Charleroi -pau ,3 x a week,starting in oct 07

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 19 Jul 2007, 17:36

ERICAIRLINES wrote:Charleroi -pau ,3 x a week,starting in oct 07

This route start on 30 october

lcc · Post by **lcc** » 19 Jul 2007, 21:58

ski route probably, both direction with some belgians families in the south west of france
I would have prefered BIQ but this is a beautiful region anyway

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 19 Jul 2007, 22:24

lcc wrote:ski route probably, both direction with some belgians families in the south west of france
I would have prefered BIQ but this is a beautiful region anyway

I think this route could be operated the whole year because there is a lot of tourists going to the Pyrénées in summer too.

eu01 · Post by **eu01** » 20 Jul 2007, 22:17

ski route probably

there is a lot of tourists going to the Pyrénées in summer too

Isn't Belgium in part Catholic, is it? I'd like to remind you that Pau is an alternative airport for Lourdes, a big pilgrimage centre (all year round).

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 20 Jul 2007, 22:40

Lourdes has a season from Easter (start April-ish) to end October, and apart from Saint Benedicte's day in February it's a relative ghost town for the rest of the winter. Very nice place to visit though, and a spectacle in itself, so interesting even if you're not Catholic or Christian.

Pau is pretty little city in itself, and as already mentioned it is a gateway to the Pyrenees, and not a million miles away from the Basque coast (Bayonne, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz) either.

I used to live in that neck of the woods and am delighted by this route. Have already been planning a visit there, and organising that my friends from there come visit me here in Belgium.

Go Ryanair!

lcc · Post by **lcc** » 23 Jul 2007, 20:51

eu01 I agree with you, it is not far from Lourdes, so it could attract some pilgrim passenger during the summer, in order to compensate the lost of ski travellers.

Btw, considering the nationality of the airline, I don't understand why Lourdes is not already a Ryanair airport?
I suppose they are working on it

As well as on a BIQCRL route, which I am sure we all agree to say that it should be a very good route

eu01 · Post by **eu01** » 24 Jul 2007, 13:43

FR not necessarily chooses the airport closest to the site, they choose the one giving best financial conditions /support. In case of Pau as a substitute for Lourdes it shouldn't be a problem, however.

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 24 Jul 2007, 17:20

It seems Pau has been chosen as a ski destination - as were Turin and Grenoble last year.
But Lourdes is not far away. Next year will be celebrated there the "Jubilé", the 150th anniversary of the (alleged) apparitions of Our Lady to Bernadette Soubirous (from february to july 1858).
The celebrations will begin as early as december this year, and will no doubt attract a great number of pilgrims and visitors until the end of 2008.

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