By Air:
Fly-Drive
U.K. & Ireland
Fly-Drive packages provide a great alternative for visitors to the
Loire Valley who do not wish to take their own vehicle. The
area, as indeed all of France, now has airlines flying into the
smaller regional airports so there has not been a better time to
use this method of getting to your destination.
The
prices compare favourably with self-drive/ferry travel especially if
you are travelling from Ireland, Scotland or the north of England. Fly to the nearest
airport to your ultimate destination and finish the journey off in
your hire car - or fly to Paris, pick up a hire car and take in some
of the sights en-route to your 'Loire Valley experience'.
UK and Irish airlines flying into the region / Paris are:
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Air France |
www.airfrance.co.uk
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Aberdeen/Edinburgh/Newcastle/
Manchester/Birmingham/Southampton/
Dublin/ London City/ Heathrow |
Paris CDG |
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Air France |
www.airfrance.co.uk |
Gatwick |
Nantes |
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Ryanair
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ryanair.com |
Stansted |
Tours |
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Stansted |
Poiters |
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Dublin |
Tours |
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Birmingham |
Poitiers |
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Shannon |
Nantes |
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East Midlands |
Nantes |
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Bournemouth |
Nantes |
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Liverpool |
Nantes |
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Glasgow/Dublin/Shannon |
Paris Beauvais |
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Aer Arann |
aerarann.ie |
Manchester |
Nantes |
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Aer Arann |
aerarann.ie |
Bristol |
Nantes |
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Aer Arann |
aerarann.ie |
Cork |
Angers |
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Aer Arann |
aerarann.ie |
Cork
/Cardiff |
Nantes |
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BMI Baby |
bmibaby.com |
East Midlands |
Paris CDG |
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East Midlands |
Nantes |
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Easyjet |
easyjet.com |
Luton/Liverpool/
Newcastle/Belfast |
Paris CDG |
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British Airways |
ba.com |
Gatwick |
Nantes |
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Heathrow/Bristol/
Manchester/Birmingham |
Paris CDG |
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Aer Lingus |
aerlingus.com |
Belfast |
Paris CDG |
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Aer Lingus |
aerlingus.com |
Dublin |
Paris CDG |
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Eastern Airlines |
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Leeds/Bradford |
Angers |
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Flybe |
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Glasgow
Int./Manchester/Cardiff |
Paris CDG |
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Flybe |
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Glasgow Int. |
La Rochelle |
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Flybe |
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Birmingham |
La Rochelle |
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Flybe |
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Manchester |
La Rochelle |
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Flybe |
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Southhamton |
La Rochelle |
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Jet2 |
jet2.com |
Leeds,Bradford |
La Rochelle |
**Information
provided as a guide only - please check with airlines /booking
agents before planning your journey

Tours airport is a good option as a destination
as it gives excellent access to the whole of Loire
Valley/Centre region. The airport itself is a 10 minute bus/taxi
trip to the city centre
where you have access to the TGV and SNCF rail networks.
The airport is open seven days a week with frequent services from Ryanair to and
from London Stansted. The recently refurbished terminal is small but
adequate and enjoys free short term parking or car rental facilities.
You are just five minutes from the A10 motorway with its links to
Paris and the north or to Bordeaux and the south.
Although Tours Airport is a good option Angers, Nantes, Poitiers plus new flights into La
Rochelle and Angouleme offer alternative routes to access the
pleasures of this area. Both rail and road links are excellent
between all these destinations.
For further information:
Airports
within Ireland with services operated by Ryanair to London Stansted:
Dublin (also Gatwick and Luton)
Cork
Kerry
Shannon
Knock
Derry
Aer
lingus:
Belfast to London Heathrow
Links:
http://www.dublinairport.com/
http://www.corkairport.com/
Airports within
Scotland with services operated by Ryanair to London Stansted:
Glasgow (Prestwick)-also to Paris Beauvais
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