For those seeking an easy route from Southern England to Normandy there is now a new route operated by Chalair from Southampton airport to Caen.
The route runs twice a week from 30 June to 22 September on a Friday morning and a Sunday afternoon.
Chalair? New to me - French?
Do the passengers have to help wind the rubber band and push the plane down the runway and jump on?
Chalair are a French domestic airline based at Caen with 15 routes run with a total of 4 ATR turbo prop aircraft, and now 2 summer seasonal international routes- Southampton and Kerry (on a Saturday).