The company Chalair launched since Brest And Quimper two seasonal connections to Kerry in Ireland and around Paul.
From July 1 to September 2, 2023, the French company offers a flight every Saturday between Quimper-Brittany and the airport of Kerry in Ireland, operated in 70-seat ATR 72-500s. Departures are scheduled from its Brest base at 8:00 a.m. then from Quimper at 8:45 a.m. to arrive at the Irish airport at 9:20 a.m. Return flights leave the South West of Ireland at 9:55 a.m., landing at 12:30 p.m. in Quimper, then at 1:30 p.m. in Brest.
Also on Saturday from July 1 to September 2, the same ATR takes off from Quimper at 1:05 p.m. then from its base in Brest at 2:05 p.m. to land at the airport of Pau-Pyrenees at 3:45 p.m. Return flights leave the Pyrénées-Atlantiques at 4.20 p.m. to arrive at 5.55 p.m. in Quimper, then at 6.40 p.m. in Brest.
Chalair has no competition on the two separate or combined routes, with Pau airport having no route to Brittany and Kerry airport having no route to France (Ryanair offers seven destinations there).
” The opening of these two lines testifies to our commitment to the current challenge of safeguarding our equipment, not only as a starting point for Finisterians but above all as a gateway for tourists wishing to discover our territory. “, assures in a press release Jean-François Garrec, the president of the company Aéroport de Cornouaille, which manages the equipment of Qimper, property of the Brittany region.