French routes continue CityJet’s Cork expansion

CityJet has announced two extra routes from Cork Airport and is hopeful of closing another deal with a major European carrier in the coming months, following the deal struck with Scandinavian Airlines earlier this week.

The Irish carrier will operate two new routes from the country’s second largest airport to France beginning next June with La Rochelle and Nantes first to get the green light as part of a wider European expansion.

The airline is also examining the possibility of expanding into other French cities like Toulon and Brive (near Bordeaux) but executive chairman Pat Byrne ruled out an Italian expansion until 2017 at the earliest.