The low-cost airline Vueling is strengthening its offer of flights departing from France for the Easter period, with 67 international routes departing from Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Nice.
[Mis à jour le 4 mars 2022 à 11h36] Regularly present in the rankings of the safest airlines in the world, Vueling is an airline which transports several million travelers each year between France andSpain. From April 23 to May 9, 2022, the Spanish low-cost flight specialist will operate 53 direct international routes from Paris-Orly and Paris-CDG, to Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark , Germany, the Czech Republic, Morocco, Egypt and England. The airline will also operate 14 routes from Nantes, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon. Plane tickets are already available on the airline’s website.
Launched in 2004, Vueling Airlines is a Spanish low cost company belonging to the IAG group (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level). In France, it offers 66 routes departing from 12 airports: Bastia, Bordeaux, Brest, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Basel-Mulhouse, Rennes and Toulouse, as well as Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. First company in number of passengers transported between France and Spain, it also flies to many European and Mediterranean destinations. Since April 2017, Vueling Airlines has been marketing Level flights, the new long-haul low-cost airline of the IAG group, which serves Los Angeles, San Francisco (Oakland airport), Punta Cana and Buenos Aires.
If you need to board a Vueling flight from Paris, you will have to go to Roissy or Orly airport, the latter remaining Vueling’s main base in France. At Orly airport, located 14 km from Paris, Vueling operates from the west terminal. To board, go to hall 1, except for the flight to Casablanca, which departs from hall 3. From Orly, the company serves many Spanish destinations (Alicante, Arrecife, BarcelonaBilbao, Catania, Ibiza, Fuerteventura…) and European (Copenhagen, Florence, Lisbon, PortPrague, Venice…). At Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, located 25 km northeast of Paris, Vueling operates from terminal 3. It serves around ten destinations including Bari, Fuerteventura, Naples, Vienna and Tangier.
Outside Paris, Vueling takes off from 10 French airports, including Nantes. From Nantes-Atlantique, Vueling serves via direct flightsSpain (the Canaries, in particular) and theItaly. But it also offers flights with stopovers to other European and Mediterranean cities. From Rennes airport in Brittany, Vueling flies direct to BarcelonaMajorca and Rome, and with a stopover to several other destinations. At Lyon-Saint Exupéry, Vueling operates from terminal 1A. It serves Barcelona, Mallorca, Malaga, Rome and Seville directly. The low cost is also present in the airports of Bastia, Bordeaux, Brest, Lille, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse.
Before boarding your flight, you must check in. Vueling recommends online check-in. Free, this procedure allows you to confirm your place (free random placement, or choice of seat with additional costs) and to obtain your boarding pass (to be printed and/or downloaded on your mobile) which you will have to present the day of your trip in order to board. At Vueling, check-in is available between 7 days and 4 hours before the flight. At the airport, you will save time since you will only have to go to the security checks and then to boarding if you do not have checked baggage, or to the baggage drop-off if you have. . Barcelona, Rome-Fiumicino and Paris-Orly airports have a “baggage drop” counter where you can drop off your luggage if you have already checked in online. However, check on the website of your departure airport that online check-in is accepted. Otherwise, you can always check in free of charge at the Vueling counter at the airport.
Once your reservation has been made, you can always modify your flight (choice of seat, insurance, personal data, addition of suitcases, etc.). Note that you can change the date or time of your flight up to 1 hour before take-off. While this option is free with the Excellence tariff, it is chargeable for the Basic and Optima tariffs. It will cost you 50 euros per passenger and per trip, to which you will have to add the possible difference in price. In addition, in the event of a strike or other disruption, you can also follow the status of your flight in direct time via the module “flight status”.
The number of bags you can carry depends on your fare. In the Basic fare, the first price, you cannot bring checked baggage, unless you pay a supplement (from 13 euros online, 35 euros at the airport). You are, however, entitled to a luggage the dimensions of which must not exceed 55 x 40 x 20 cm and the weight 10 kg. On the Optima fare, you can take one piece of hand baggage weighing 10 kg and one piece of checked baggage weighing up to 23 kg. If you have chosen the Excellence fare, you can travel with checked baggage weighing up to 23 kg and hand baggage up to 14 kg, knowing that a space is reserved for your cabin baggage (it will not be placed in the hold for lack of space). In any case, in addition to your hand luggage, you have the right to take another smaller bag not exceeding 35 x 20 x 20 cm.
If you need information about your trip or wish to request a refund, you can contact Vueling customer service on 01 84 88 69 48, knowing that a personalized welcome is provided 7 days a week from 9 am to 9 pm. Remember to bring your reservation code. In case of delay, cancellation, overbooking or for any other question, you can also fill out a online request.