France promises Channel ferry companies 30 million euros of help

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Half of the package will go to a single company, Brittany Ferries, to allow it to navigate 'an extremely difficult course.'

French cross-Channel ferry operators will receive 30 million euros' worth of help from the government to keep them afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Tuesday, September 15.

Half of the $35.5-million package will go to a single company, Brittany Ferries, whose passenger numbers dwindled to 200,000 in July and August from 780,000 a year earlier, Castex told parliament. This"exceptional effort" would allow the company to navigate"an extremely difficult course," he said.Brittany Ferries has closed several routes between France and England as passenger numbers plunged, and has already used the government's furlough measures to cut costs, as well as a state-backed 117-million-euro loan.Since Britain imposed a quarantine on several countries including France, the company has received some 65,000 cancellations for September and October.

This month, the government mandated restructuring experts to examine the company's situation and propose long-term solutions to make it viable again.

 

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