Flights this month would have lower prices than normal, despite the presence of long weekends and public holidays. According to Kayak, “Traveling in May can allow for significant savings”. This could be of interest to people from the Côte d’Azur, in a context of rising fares and frequent cancellations.
Many people wish to take advantage of the month of May to organize getaways and escape. This would be part of the rise of “nanobreaks“, very short stays that would reflect a need for regular disconnection in an increasingly intense professional world. The drop in prices would consequently facilitate the planning of these excursions.
The most advantageous destinations would be Paris (€122 return), Rome (€123), London (€129) followed by Barcelona (€136) and Tunis (€165), cities that are relatively close by plane.
This is an opportunity to take advantage of events such as the European Night of Museums, to attend the Italian Internationals (tennis tournament in Rome), to admire the Chelsea in Bloom floral exhibitions (London)… “In this context, May stands out as a golden month for travelers”, affirms Kayak.
Inflation and cancellations
Ticket prices have experienced an increase in recent months due to the surge in kerosene prices and the extension of flight times since the beginning of the war in Iran. The airline Spirit Airlines even announced on Saturday, May 2, a “gradual and orderly cessation” of its activities. Its CEO explained: “to maintain operations, it would have required hundreds of millions of dollars in additional liquidity”.
This crisis has also led to the cancellation of numerous flights. For example, the airline Transavia was forced to cancel several flights scheduled for May and June 2026. The airline Air France also plans to reduce its number of flights between May and July.
However, against all odds, it seems that the situation is evolving positively in recent days. Euronews reported that several airlines have revised their summer fares downward, preferring to fill their planes at more attractive prices rather than leave seats empty. The surge in prices had reduced demand, which pushed airlines to lower them.
Faced with these tariff fluctuations and successive cancellations, travelers from the Côte d’Azur are also adopting new reflexes: comparing more, booking earlier and favoring direct routes to limit unforeseen events. Booking platforms are moreover noting an increase in price alerts and flexible searches, a sign of a gradual adaptation to the uncertainties of the aviation sector.
Thus new offers have appeared, such as those concerning the cities mentioned earlier. For people from the Côte d’Azur, May thus becomes a privileged time to travel at a lower cost, before the arrival of summer fares.
