{"id":22310,"date":"2023-05-15T07:35:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=22310"},"modified":"2023-05-15T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:42:00","slug":"movie-stars-and-racing-cars-special-flight-ops-in-southern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/movie-stars-and-racing-cars-special-flight-ops-in-southern-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Stars and Racing Cars: Special Flight Ops in Southern France"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sun\u2019s back out in Southern France, and so are the high rollers, race car drivers and movie stars.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right \u2013 it\u2019s that time of year again, with two major events stacked back-to-back \u2013 the Cannes Film Festival<\/a> (May 16 \u2013 27) and Monaco Grand Prix.<\/a> It\u2019s the jewel of the F1 calendar (May 25-28).<\/p>\n

This means an influx of business jet traffic to two major airports \u2013 LFMD\/Cannes<\/strong> and LFMN\/Nice,<\/strong> where some of the world\u2019s wealthiest will come out to play.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all caviar and roulette though \u2013 you\u2019ll still need to be able to land there first. Three AIP SUPs<\/strong> have been published to help that happen. Here\u2019s what you need to know about them.<\/p>\n

LFMD\/Cannes<\/h4>\n

AIP SUP 30\/23<\/a> has the deets here.<\/p>\n

The airport itself isn\u2019t normally co-ordinated, but you\u2019ll need a slot<\/strong> to go there between May 16 \u2013 29. That info is found on this website.<\/a> The apron is going to be chock-a-block too – a word of warning, you won’t be allocated a slot unless you have confirmed parking too.<\/p>\n

If you like to manage things yourself on the ground, you\u2019re out of luck. Handling services will be mandatory during this period, and it seems there\u2019s only port-of-call:<\/p>\n

AEROPORT CANNES MANDELIEU \/ SKY VALET
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/cy.myhandlingsoftware.com<\/a>
\nE-mail: operations-acm@cote-azur.aeroport.fr<\/a>
\nPhone : +33 (0) 4 93 90 41 10<\/p>\n

You may not get your requested slot, so a little flexibility may help here. When you get an authorisation number<\/strong>, this will need to go into Item 18 of your flight plan. Without it, EUROCONTROL will likely refuse it.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be tempted to fly the hop between Cannes and Nice either, in either direction. These flights will be banned<\/strong> between May 26 \u2013 29.<\/p>\n

LFMN\/Nice<\/h4>\n

AIP SUP 27\/23<\/a> is the one to check out here.<\/p>\n

Nice is co-ordinated year-round, so there\u2019s less of a surprise. As above, you\u2019ll need to co-ordinate a slot to arrive or depart.<\/p>\n

Once again, hiring ground handling services will be mandatory. This time there is a little more choice though. According to the AIP SUP, roll the dice and pick between:<\/p>\n

AVIAPARTNER EXECUTIVE
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/www.aviapartnerexecutive.com\/nice<\/a>
\nE-mail: nce.executive@aviapartner.aero<\/a>
\nPhone: + 33 (0) 4 93 21 37 37<\/p>\n

DC AVIATION G-OPS
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/www.dca-gops.com\/<\/a>
\nE-mail : nice.ops@dca-gops.com<\/a>
\nPhone: +33 4 93 21 58 12<\/p>\n

Monaco<\/h4>\n

Monaco itself doesn\u2019t have an airport. In fact, it is the second smallest country in the world and is found on France\u2019s C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur \u2013 its south-eastern coast. Inside Monaco is the district of Monte Carlo,<\/strong> where the F1 race is taking place. Most fans and participants will enter via Nice.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for crew accommodation there, book early. Things fill up, and it becomes astronomically expensive \u2013 if it isn\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Restricted Airspace<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Info on this is published in yet another SUP \u2013 this one: AIP SUP 076\/23<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From May 16 \u2013 28, unless you are special traffic you will not be able to overfly the city of Cannes<\/strong> at low level.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Flights over the city of Cannes are restricted throughout the film festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

Keep an eye out for intensive helicopter traffic. For IFR traffic departing on a SID<\/strong>, it is important to follow published climb gradients and altitude requirements. If you don\u2019t think you\u2019ll make it \u2013 let ATC know with your start request. You may get hit with a delay, but it\u2019s better than the alternative..<\/p>\n

We’re expecting another AIP SUP to be published closer to the F1 Grand Prix which may be more restrictive, and so we’ll keep this article updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sun\u2019s back out in Southern France, and so are the high rollers, race car…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":22323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2083,44,1192,2084],"class_list":{"0":"post-22310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-cannes","9":"tag-france","10":"tag-lfmn","11":"tag-monaco"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22310"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22324,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22310\/revisions\/22324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}