Business travel

The success of Delta Air Lines' Paris-Los Angeles route has prompted the airline to increase the frequency of its flights, which will become daily from June 2019.

Airbnb for Work wants to attract business customers beyond the individual traveller. Its new Team Building Experiences and seminar accommodation offers target group customers, with a view to further growth in the business segment.

The new version of Airline Checkins, the mobile application developed by Lufthansa, provides access to in-flight wifi on some thirty airlines.

With more than 2,900 flights a week this summer, the doubling of daily flights between Paris-CDG and Exeter, and the launch of 3 new routes, Flybe is announcing a busy schedule for the coming months.

On 4 September, EasyJet confirmed the choice of Nantes airport as the airline's seventh base in France, after Paris-CDG, Orly, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux. EasyJet plans to install three aircraft there in spring 2019.

For the third year running, Luton airport has come bottom of the UK rankings compiled by Which?, a consumer association.

Toyota has decided to invest $500 million (€428 million) in Uber. The aim is to work together to develop autonomous vehicles by 2021.

Marriott has just announced the merger of its Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty programmes, which together have 110 million members.

Latam Airlines wants to improve the comfort of its aircraft. To achieve this, the company has invested 400 million dollars. The first flights are scheduled for 2018.

Qantas is continuing its business lounge makeover campaign. The next lounges to be renovated and enlarged will be those in Tokyo, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart and Tamworth.

Korean Air's new Terminal 2 in Seoul, the first phase of which opened at the beginning of the year, can handle 18 million passengers a year and should make Seoul the biggest international hub in Asia. A strategy that also benefits the Skyteam alliance.

Benjamin Smith, who has enjoyed great success at Air Canada, faces a major challenge at Air France KLM. The group's new boss will probably mark a turning point in the history of Air France KLM, even if his nationality is causing controversy among the unions.

Level, IAG's low-cost subsidiary, is setting up a base in Vienna with flights to 14 intra-European destinations, including Paris. The airline could eventually open up long-haul routes, preparing itself for head-on competition with the Lufthansa group, present in Vienna with Austrian Airlines and Eurowings.

The Crowne Plaza London hotel and the Holiday Inn will share a building located three minutes from Heathrow terminal 4. It will be completed this year.

The Air France KLM Board of Directors confirmed on Thursday afternoon the appointment of Benjamin Smith as the Group's new Chief Executive Officer. The current number two at Air Canada will take up his post "no later than 30 September 2018". The joint unions are protesting against the appointment of a "foreign executive".

EasyJet, the number one carrier in Geneva and Basel, is continuing to strengthen its position on its two hubs with new routes perfectly suited to the needs of business travellers. In another development, the carrier has announced its arrival on the Paris-Pau route, albeit for a one-month trial period...

Brussels Airlines carried more than one million passengers in July 2018, a significant increase (16.4%) on the previous year. This increase can be explained in particular by the arrival of new aircraft.

Yotel Group will open a new hotel in Glasgow city centre in November 2019. The 256-room property will feature a bowling alley and rooftop bar.

easyJet is launching five new routes for winter 2018-2019, including three to Morocco. The Paris-Pau and Rennes-Geneva routes are also on the programme.

The business travel version of Airbnb is proving increasingly popular with companies. 700,000 of them have joined the booking platform.