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Notes on Nantes NTE: interesting in terms of the French market for BA flights can be competitive, plus there is no obviously good location for B2B in France.
Nantes has the advantage of being a small airport, a T5 service and a short flight time. It is however a landside route. I've put it as Good.
On arrival, try and be off the aircraft quickly so as to clear passports quickly, there aren't many non Schengen flights there. After going through the baggage hall, go through the arrivals area past the BA desks in hall C, continuing on a little further, then up the escalator to the first floor for security and departures. There is a short cut on the arrival level before that: you will see some stairs sign posted for an upstairs restaurant, this takes you to the back of the security area. Security at Nantes should be swift, the busy time for them is early in the mornings when there are a lot of flights before 08:00 hrs, but BA arrives off peak.
Alternatives to NTE would be Lyon and Nice, with possibly Marseille out of the busy season.
Fully airbridged, no buses.
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