In Avignon, private jets benefit from millions of euros in subsidies

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In Avignon, private jets benefit from millions of euros in subsidies

Avignon Provence airport has not received commercial flights since 2023. And yet, the Paca region injects 1.4 million euros in subsidies per year to maintain business, school and leisure flights. It is a small airport that receives only a small contingent of travelers — 3,758 passengers exactly in 2023, according to the latest publicly available count. They only disembark from private jets or business planes, but that the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A…