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Corsair launched a recruitment campaign for 40 hostesses and stewards in Reunion Island in February, called to be based on the island at the end of their training period. Candidates pre-selected by Pôle Emploi undergo interviews with representatives in the company, those who are selected will then follow training in mainland France, as part of a....

A decree of February 12 eased the constraints imposed on travelers coming from or going to Reunion. The obligation to present a negative test to board a flight to mainland France is thus repealed for vaccinated passengers.. Likewise, travel restrictions to Mauritius and South Africa are lifted. He is not....

The first flights between Reunion and Abu Dhabi did not meet with the success expected by their organizers, Rabin Apavou's company Alena Holidays. In a context marked by the Covid-19 epidemic outbreak in Reunion, the average filling rate of the first rotations, carried out from January 2 with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner chartered from...

Roland-Garros airport welcomed 1,180,260 passengers in 2021, half as much as in 2019 but 13,5% more than in 2020. The recovery trend was only confirmed on services to mainland France and Mayotte, from July. Regional traffic in Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros and South Africa, restarting...

The regional joint commission of liberal professions (CPR-PL) was installed on November 17, 2021 by representatives of employee unions (CGT, FO, CFDT and CFTC) and the National Union of Liberal Professions (UNAPL). The latter, established in Reunion in February 2021 under the leadership of chartered accountant Abdoullah Lala, carried out this project allowing liberal professions in the sectors....

Jacques Billant, prefect, Huguette Bello, president of the Region and Cyrille Melchior, president of the Department, signed a declaration of intent at the beginning of December aimed at achieving the objective of “zero net artificialization” by 2050, set by the Climate and Resilience law of August 22, 2021. The preservation of natural soils represents an important issue in the fight against....

On January 2, the government presented the new aid formulas to which companies in Reunion Island placed in a state of health emergency and under curfew will be eligible.. A new device, known as “fixed costs” is put in place and replaces the solidarity fund. It concerns companies in protected sectors when they lose more..

In 2019, 37% of the Reunion population lived below the metropolitan poverty line, underlines a recent publication from INSEE. Despite a clear decrease since 2007, the poverty rate is 2,5 times higher on the island than in mainland France. Minor children are more exposed : 46% of them live in a poor household. This part ...

The 2020 agricultural census has just produced its first results. It shows in particular that Reunion Island has lost 4,000 hectares of cultivated areas (-10%) in ten years. In 2020, the agricultural area used (OR) of the island extended over 38,650 hectares, or 15% of the territory. The decline is especially noted in sugar cane, who lost 3...

Despite the deterioration of the health situation and the new constraints that accompany it (partial confinement and curfew put in place at the end of July), the Reunion economy once again demonstrated resilience in the 3rd quarter of 2021, according to the INSEE economic note. Salaried employment continued to grow, with 3,300 additional jobs compared to the 2nd quarter..