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Beziers Airport – Ryanair makes it Half a Million Passengers

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Ryanair, the world’s most popular airline, welcomed on May 2nd 2012 its 500,000 th passenger Beziers Cap d’Agde airport. The lucky winner, Mrs Margaret Barry was awarded two free flights from Bristol to Beziers.

In just four years of attendance, Ryanair has opened seven destinations with Béziers Cap d’Agde as the hub: Bristol and London Luton (2008), Düsseldorf Weeze (2009), Stockholm Skavsta (2010), Oslo and Paris Beauvais Rygge ( 2011), Manchester (2012).

To celebrate this event, Ryanair has announced additional flights during peak summer season 2012: a fifth weekly flight Bristol/Beziers and the third weekly flight from Dusseldorf Weeze are implemented during the months of July and August.

Michael Cawley, Ryanair’s Deputy Director General said: “In four years, Ryanair carried 500,000 passengers to Beziers, with tourists who have saved a total of over 107 million euro by choosing the lower rates of Ryanair compared to tariffs of Air France. Ryanair will carry over 210,000 passengers this year to Beziers Cap d’Agde, providing more than 210 jobs and stressing its commitment to the airport.

To celebrate our 500,000 passengers and four years of growth in Beziers Cap d’Agde, we offer tickets at € 10.99 for travel in late May, early June to Bristol, Manchester and Oslo. These tickets are available on www.ryanair.com until midnight Monday, May 7. ”

Daniel Galey, Chairman of the Joint Association said: “We are pleased to be celebrating the milestone of 500,000 passengers Ryanair to Beziers Cap d’Agde since March 2008. This level of activity is the result of a win-win partnership between the airline and the airport, with positive consequences on the local economy and employment. The Local owners and managers of the platform can only be welcomed and are calling for the continuation of this wonderful development. ”

About Ryanair
Ryanair is the most popular company in the world and operates over 1,500 flights a day from its 51 bases and more than 1500 lines low-cost serviced in 27 countries on over 160 destinations. The company manages a fleet of 290 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has placed a firm order for 13 new aircraft to be delivered during this year. Ryanair currently employs over 8500 people and aims to carry 80 million passengers during this fiscal year.

About the airport Beziers Cap d’Agde
The airport Béziers Cap d’Agde offers 8 destinations in Europe and has two partner airlines Ryanair and Flybe. He recorded a traffic of 195,000 passengers in 2011, becoming the first national growth for airports + 100,000 passengers (+48.8%). The economic impact on the catchment area of ​​the airport have been valued at € 58.9M in 2011. The platform now has more than 100 jobs. Béziers Cap d’Agde is the 14th French airport for low cost traffic.


For more information
Pascal Pintre, Director of the Joint Union Airport Beziers Cap d’Agde 00 33 680 45 72 76
Jonathan Brisy, Sales & Marketing Executive France / Belgium
Ryanair Ltd., Unit D2 Airport Business Park, Swords Road, Co. Dublin, IRELAND
Phone: 1508 353 17 97

Mayday Mayhem and Mud

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Mayday – I am setting today as the day to start getting some projects under way at Wikibnb – the aim is to encourage all Guest House and independent B&B owners to share marketing resources to help give abetter service;

It is a new idea and all are welcome – open source, no fees and you don’t have to run a B&B – all guests are welcome to tell us what they would like to see.

The mud was walking Helios today , our Daughters’ Beagle dog – he likes mud and found a quite spot on the river near Villa Roquette

Helio in the River Thongue near Villa Roquette

Helios in muddy water

The Real South of France

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I started using our websites on the Internet fifteen years ago in 1997, five years before Google.

My aim was to start a photography school in our old rambling house in the village of Nizas so I made some of the rooms into small apartments for the students and started one of the first ever blogs and made a website. We got so many enquiries for rentals that I a-only ever did a couple of courses and found myself making one of the first Online Travel Agencies to cope with the demand and ended up with thousands of rental properties all over France.

I needed lots of things to write about as at that time not many people had heard of Languedoc, so I found out what i could and just blogged about life here.

I wrote about the 300 days of sunshine we have each year in Languedoc, more than any other region of France, I wrote about the beaches, the longest sandy beaches in France, I wote about the Cathars and the Knights templar, the history, the special foods, and I called the region the Real South of France to show the difference from the Cote d’Azur.

It is flattering that so many of my words and comments are now appearing in a lot of tourism brochures and websites about the region. When I started there were none apart from a fe I had, now there are hundreds of online information sites and local tourist websites giving information.

One of the best ones is our local Beziers Cap d’Agde site sponsored by the excellent beziers Airport people – I am delighted to see they have a phrase I first used in 1998 on advertising as their headline – The Real South of France –

May 1st on Tuesday – we already have bouquets of Lilly of the Valley perfuming our home – the weather today is warm and sunny and I discovered another quiet secret wood just round the corner from us – I keep discovering these islands of tranquility only a few hundred yards from us, yet I can walk the dog for hours and not see another person, just kingfishers and coypu by the river.

It is good to be living in the real South of France – come and join us – From One day, to a Lifetime, From Us – (another one of my 1998 slogans 🙂

Montblanc in the real South of France

Walking Rocky in Woods Near Villa Roquette