Business travel

Air France's hybrid subsidiary JOON does not seem to be generating much sympathy among Benjamin Smith, Air France's CEO. It has to be said that the new airline has still not succeeded in creating a strong identity for itself among passengers.

Air Canada has just inaugurated its new 'Maple Leaf' airport lounge at LaGuardia, the first in the new Terminal B of the New York airport.

Royal Air Maroc will join oneworld in 2020, becoming the alliance's first partner on the African continent.

Yotel is continuing to expand its urban hotels with the announcement of a second establishment in New York, on Long Island.

Air transport in Asia is like the rest of the world: in the throes of change! Alongside the major traditional airlines, there are niche long-haul carriers and a plethora of low-cost carriers. Here's an overview of Asia's increasingly complex skies.

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary and parent company of Google, is opening the first commercial autonomous taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona.

OUI.sncf presents a positive balance sheet for the first anniversary of its name change. Multimodal travel integrating train, bus and car sharing, voice assistants, bot: France's leading e-commerce site is accelerating its digital transformation.

United Airlines is now offering passengers the chance to book a seat in United Premium Plus class on international routes from 30 March 2019. The benefits: more options and greater comfort. This new product will be offered on the airline's latest aircraft, the Boeing 787-10.

Aigle Azur will be increasing the number of weekly flights between Paris Orly and Moscow Domodedovo from three to four.

Boutique Airline is expanding its transatlantic offer and from May will be offering five weekly flights between Nice and New York.

On 1 December, the German business brand opened a hotel ideally located in Frankfurt, close to the train station.

The European Union has updated its blacklist of airlines banned from European skies to include seven Angolan airlines.

Marriott has revealed that 500 million customers who booked a hotel with the former Starwood group had their data hacked.

While Le Figaro reports that Joon is likely to disappear, Air France-KLM denies that its new-generation airline will be shut down.

Blacklane and Shangri-La have just announced a new partnership enabling members of the hotel group's loyalty programme to collect points when they book a chauffeur-driven car.

BCD Travel has teamed up with the Lufthansa Group for a pilot booking project using the new New Distribution Capability standard.

One of Europe's pioneering Airbus A380 carriers, Air France has announced that it will be drastically reducing its fleet of superjumbos from next year. A handful of routes will continue to be served by the giant of the skies, first and foremost New York.

The airline is encouraging innovative companies through the launch of a new subsidiary, the BigBlank start-up studio.

Korean Air is launching a loyalty programme for European SMEs, called Kalbiz, offering business class upgrades.

With a global offering since the acquisition of NH Hotels, the Thai group Minor Hotels has a number of projects in the pipeline, notably for its Anantara luxury brand.