Low-cost carrier Vueling announced on 29 January that it will launch a thrice-weekly non-stop service between Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport and Seville from 2 June to 24 October 2026. The Spanish airline, part of IAG, will be the sole operator on the route, filling a long-standing gap in air connectivity between the French Riviera and Andalusia’s fast-growing tech and aerospace clusters.
For corporate travel managers, the new link shaves at least two hours off today’s fastest one-stop itineraries via Barcelona or Madrid and eliminates awkward overnight stays for 48-hour assignments. Companies in the Sophia Antipolis technology park and Monaco’s finance hub anticipate easier access to Airbus’s Seville final-assembly line and to the expanding renewable-energy projects in southern Spain.
While the flight itself is intra-Schengen and visa-free for EU nationals, many Riviera-based executives will tag on onward trips to North Africa, the Middle East or Latin America. VisaHQ’s French portal (https://www.visahq.com/france/) can take the hassle out of those additional legs by quickly determining entry requirements, processing e-visas and sending real-time status updates—saving travel managers from last-minute paperwork surprises.
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Tourism bodies on both sides of the western Mediterranean also expect a lift: Seville’s convention bureau has been pitching the city as a winter MICE destination for French firms, while the Côte d’Azur tourism board hopes to capture higher-spending Spanish visitors outside the peak summer season. Vueling says introductory fares will start at €49 one-way, hand-baggage only, aligning with its strategy of offering pan-Euro short-haul frequencies without cannibalising parent company Iberia’s long-haul feed at Madrid.
The announcement comes as Nice airport recovers to 106 % of its 2019 international seat capacity, with regional authorities pushing to diversify away from reliance on Paris-CDG feeder traffic. Vueling already serves Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia from Nice; Seville was one of the most requested unserved destinations in the airport’s 2025 survey of local exporters.
Travel-policy implications are straightforward: the route will be seasonal and limited to three weekly rotations, so negotiated corporate fares may be scarce. Mobility teams should therefore book early for June kick-offs and anticipate a winter hiatus unless load factors justify a year-round extension. Because the flight is intra-Schengen, door-to-door travel time should remain stable even after the EU Entry/Exit System goes live in October, but passengers transiting Spain onward to Latin America will still need to clear Madrid security checks.
For corporate travel managers, the new link shaves at least two hours off today’s fastest one-stop itineraries via Barcelona or Madrid and eliminates awkward overnight stays for 48-hour assignments. Companies in the Sophia Antipolis technology park and Monaco’s finance hub anticipate easier access to Airbus’s Seville final-assembly line and to the expanding renewable-energy projects in southern Spain.
While the flight itself is intra-Schengen and visa-free for EU nationals, many Riviera-based executives will tag on onward trips to North Africa, the Middle East or Latin America. VisaHQ’s French portal (https://www.visahq.com/france/) can take the hassle out of those additional legs by quickly determining entry requirements, processing e-visas and sending real-time status updates—saving travel managers from last-minute paperwork surprises.
Tourism bodies on both sides of the western Mediterranean also expect a lift: Seville’s convention bureau has been pitching the city as a winter MICE destination for French firms, while the Côte d’Azur tourism board hopes to capture higher-spending Spanish visitors outside the peak summer season. Vueling says introductory fares will start at €49 one-way, hand-baggage only, aligning with its strategy of offering pan-Euro short-haul frequencies without cannibalising parent company Iberia’s long-haul feed at Madrid.
The announcement comes as Nice airport recovers to 106 % of its 2019 international seat capacity, with regional authorities pushing to diversify away from reliance on Paris-CDG feeder traffic. Vueling already serves Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia from Nice; Seville was one of the most requested unserved destinations in the airport’s 2025 survey of local exporters.
Travel-policy implications are straightforward: the route will be seasonal and limited to three weekly rotations, so negotiated corporate fares may be scarce. Mobility teams should therefore book early for June kick-offs and anticipate a winter hiatus unless load factors justify a year-round extension. Because the flight is intra-Schengen, door-to-door travel time should remain stable even after the EU Entry/Exit System goes live in October, but passengers transiting Spain onward to Latin America will still need to clear Madrid security checks.
