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2020 : 245 263 2021 : 120 800 -50,7% Nombre de passagers à l’aéroport Roland-Garros en janvier. (source : ARRG) Roland-Garros airport welcomed 120,800 passengers in January 2021, figure down by 50,7% compared to January 2020. Most of the activity was concentrated on the mainland-Reunion axis. (103,508 passengers), qui enregistre malgré tout une baisse de trafic de 21% par rapport à l’année...

After several weeks of negotiations between representatives of large-scale distribution, local importers and producers, freight operators, freight forwarders, and a delegation of members and citizens of the Price Observatory, Margins and Revenues, the agreement on the quality-price shield was signed on February 25. It evolves in several ways. The number....

The government announced at the end of January an increase of 1,000 euros in the ecological bonus enjoyed by buyers of an electric vehicle., hybrid or hydrogen in overseas territories. Individuals, but also businesses and local authorities are affected by this boost, intended to partially offset the high prices of these vehicles in the territories..

The Casino group retains the exploitation of Leader Price master franchises internationally. The sale by Casino of Leader Price to Aldi France was confirmed after several months of negotiations. Aldi France acquired 545 Leader Price stores (out of 640), two Casino supermarkets and three warehouses located in mainland France for a value of 717 million euros. The first step....

Household consumer prices fell by 1% in Reunion, according to INSEE. Those of services fell by 0,8% in twelve months, while the prices of manufactured goods fell by 0,7%. Energy prices have for their part fallen significantly on the island (-11%), more than the average in France (-7%). The costs...

Employment in tourism-related activities has increased significantly (+37%) in Réunion between 2011 and 2018, i.e. growth 2,3 times higher than that of total employment according to an INSEE study. Tourism employed 13,500 people in 2018, or 4,6% of total employment. Self-employed people held 20% of these jobs (contre 12 %...

28,864 vehicles were registered in Reunion last year, figure down 136% compared to 2019. The decrease was a little more pronounced for commercial vehicles (-16,8%) only for private vehicles (-12,9%). The decline in sales to rental companies, on the other hand, was brutal (-40%), linked to the collapse in tourist numbers....

From June 20, Corsair will offer a program of flights to Reunion from Marseille and Lyon, twice a week. These connections will also be accessible to customers from Mayotte, via express connection in the departure lounge of Roland-Garros airport (one hour in the Mayotte-metropolis direction, 1h35 in the return direction to Mayotte). Ces...

In 2018, 340,000 Reunion Islanders were in a situation of material and social deprivation, or 40% of the population, according to INSEE. This share is three times higher than in mainland France and of the same order as the monetary poverty rate. Some of these basic deprivations affect a majority of the population, like the lack of savings (seven out of ten people),...

In 2017, the state entrusted Qualitropic, the overseas tropical bioeconomy cluster, the coordination of a project consisting in creating agricultural personal protective equipment adapted to tropical conditions. Existing PPE, unsuitable for heat and humidity, are in fact shunned by Domian farmers who thus expose themselves to the phytosanitary products that they spread on their....