Brest Bretagne Airport
Brest Bretagne Airport Aéroport de Brest Bretagne | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Chamber of Commerce | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Brest, France | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Guipavas | ||||||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 325 ft / 99 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°26′50″N004°25′18″W/ 48.44722°N 4.42167°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  LFRB Location of airport in theBrittanyregion  LFRB LFRB(France) | |||||||||||||||
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Brest Bretagne Airport(French:Aéroport de Brest Bretagne) (IATA:BES,ICAO:LFRB), formerly known asBrest Guipavas Airport,is aninternational airportservingBrest, France.It is located in thecommuneofGuipavasand 10.2 km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within thedépartementofFinistère.[1]
Overview[edit]
Though the main operator isAir France(and subsidiaryHOP!), serving for the most partParis,other scheduled services are offered elsewhere in France,United Kingdomand Ireland. The aggressive efforts the Chamber of Commerce conducted allowed the airport to grow dramatically over the past decade thanks tocharter airlines,as can be seen below.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brest Bretagne Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal:Heraklion[3][4] |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal:Dublin[5] |
| Air France | Lyon,Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal:Biarritz |
| Chalair Aviation | Bordeaux Seasonal:Kerry,[6]Pau[7] |
| Finist'air | Bordeaux,Ushant Seasonal:Belle-Île,[8][9]Jersey,Vannes[8][9] |
| Transavia | Marrakesh,[10]Marseille,Toulon Seasonal:Porto[11] |
| Volotea | London–Gatwick(begins 7 November 2024),[12]Málaga,[13]Marseille,[14]Montpellier,Nice,Rome–Fiumicino[15] Seasonal:Ajaccio,Athens,[16]Barcelona,[17]Bastia,Faro,Figari,Menorca,[18]Olbia,[19]Palermo,[20]Palma de Mallorca |
Statistics[edit]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info onPhabricatorand onMediaWiki.org. |
Annual passenger traffic at BES airport.
SeeWikidata query.
| Year | Passengers | Change |
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| 1997 | 614,023 | |
| 1998 | 661,523 |  7.7%
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| 1999 | 719,014 | 8.7%
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| 2000 | 748,060 | 4.0%
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| 2001 | 719,774 |  3.8%
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| 2002 | 739,843 | 2.8%
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| 2003 | 704,237 | 4.8%
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| 2004 | 700,170 | 0.6%
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| 2005 | 775,079 | 10.7%
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| 2006 | 817,456 | 5.5%
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| 2007 | 850,433 | 4.0%
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| 2008 | 874,747 | 2.9%
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| 2009 | 881,500 | 0.8%
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| 2010 | 919,404 | 4.8%
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| 2011 | 990,927 | 7.8%
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| 2012 | 1,070,461 | 8.0%
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| 2013 | 1,003,836 | 6.2%
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| 2014 | 998,393 | 0.5%
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| 2015 | 1,000,192 | 0.2%
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| 2017 | 1,046,581 | 3.5%
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References[edit]
- ^abLFRB – BRESTGUIPAVAS.AIPfrom FrenchService d'information aéronautique,effective 13 June 2024.
- ^"Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018"(PDF).aeroport.fr.Retrieved31 August2019.
- ^"Flight schedule".
- ^"Aegean Airlines NS24 Animawings A320 Operations".
- ^"Emerald Airlines - Aer Lingus Regional to Commence New Services to Liverpool and the Northwest of France to Brest, Brittany, from Dublin".
- ^Goodbody, Will (27 March 2023)."Kerry Airport to get two new summer routes to France".RTE News.
- ^"Chalair".www.chalair.fr.
- ^ab"Vannes Belle-Ile (Tarif des vols)".
- ^ab"Finistair".
- ^"Transavia relie Brest et Marrakech cet hiver – Air Journal".7 November 2023.
- ^"Transavia mantém rota Porto-Brest (França) no próximo Inverno".9 August 2022.
- ^https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/volotea-lance-une-ligne-reguliere-entre-brest-et-londres-des-cet-automne-2128950
- ^"Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^"Aéroport Marseille Provence: Volotea ouvre trois nouvelles lignes".
- ^"Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^"La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes".8 November 2023.
- ^"La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes".8 November 2023.
- ^"Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^"Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24".
- ^"La compagnie Volotea s'installe à Brest et promet 13 nouvelles lignes".8 November 2023.
- ^"Union des Aéroports Français".www.aeroport.fr.Retrieved21 September2016.
External links[edit]
Media related toBrest Bretagne airportat Wikimedia Commons
- Brest Bretagne Airport(official site)
- Aéroport de Brest Bretagne(Union des Aéroports Français)(in French)
- Current weather for LFRBatNOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BESatAviation Safety Network
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