Olympics Games Paris 2024: East Midlands Airport is offering daily flights to Paris during Olympic Games

If watching the Euros and Wimbledon ignited a love for sports, then another big sporting event should be on your radar.

The 2024 Olympics will be taking place in venues across Paris from July 26 to August 11, 2024.

Brits hoping to attend this year’s Games can do so with daily flights in each direction operated seven days a week by Eastern Airways from East Midlands Airport (EMA).

Operating into Charles de Gaulle’s terminal 3, there will be morning departures and evening returns.

72-seat aircraft operated by Eastern Airways flights has fares starting at £94.99 for a one-way ticket.

The city of Paris itself offers great connections into the city centre and access to Olympic events. Trains leave the airport every 10 to 20 minutes, taking just over half an hour to reach Gare du Nord, one of the city’s central stations.

There are also frequent buses taking around an hour to reach central Paris – the same as taxis or hire cars which can be booked from the airport.

The range of sports at Olympics appeals to all levels of sports fans

Many Olympic events are taking place in central Paris, including at the iconic Eiffel Tower where beach volleyball matches will be held.

Other events include road cycling at the Trocadero, basketball and gymnastics at Arena Bercy, archery at Les Invalides and Roland Garros for tennis and boxing.

The opening ceremony is set to break with tradition by being staged outside a stadium in the streets of Paris.

There will be a parade taking place on the River Seine with athletes on boats, meaning many spectators can watch the ceremony for free.

Eastern Airways, which previously operated flights from EMA to Paris Orly, switched to CDG earlier this year, which is better connected to Paris and offers flights to destinations across the globe.

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As the principal hub for Air France, EMA customers wishing to use the route as a gateway to the 180 destinations it flies to from CDG, can do so easily by booking the whole journey at airfrance.co.uk

EMA’s managing director Steve Griffiths said: “Sports fans have a great option for getting to this year’s Olympic Games in Paris, with the new route to Charles de Gaulle operated by Eastern Airways.

“As ever, we will aim to give our customers an effortless start to their trip, and in under two hours they can be in Paris ready to enjoy everything the Olympics and Paralympics have to offer.”

Eastern Airways’ commercial director Roger Hage said: “The anticipation of visiting Paris and enjoying the atmosphere and events of the Olympics is so close over the next few weeks with our service from East Midlands Airport.

“Operating to one of Europe’s largest connecting hubs in Paris Charles de Gaulle also opens so many onward Air France among other airline operator world-wide connections.”