Eric Didier , Director France Qatar Airways
How is your business doing in France?
Eric Didier – Last year, we doubled our capacity between Paris and Doha from 51 %...
Fabrice Ebner, Director, France, Etihad Airways
How is your business doing in France?
Fabrice Ebner - We are satisfied with this first year of operations. We started in May with...
Hervé de Place Director, Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport
Nice airport has been flirting with 10 million passengers for several years and almost reached this target last year. Why growth...
Air travel: increasing safety
Major progress has been made in terms of safety in the aviation sector. Roughly speaking, traffic has grown twice as fast...
Training centre and flight simulator
Air France has a pilot training centre at Paray/Orly. The airline also organises "Learn to fly" courses for stressed travellers...
Label Horizon
Created in 2006 at the initiative of the French government, the Horizon label is intended as a guarantee for consumers. It applies to airlines operating in...
Maxime Coffin, Director of Safety Control at the DGAC (French Civil Aviation Authority)
With global air traffic doubling in twenty years, how have safety and the number of accidents changed?
Maxime Coffin: Over the...
Internet Boom for online hotel sales
Picking up the phone to book a room or, worse, walking through a hotel door and asking if there is any availability: so cliché! Today,...
Kempiski Bristol Hotel
Most hotels offer an online booking tool and promotions on their website. They adapt their offer to different countries...
The triumph of business aviation
A real paradox! While the French economy has been languishing for several years, business aviation is doing better and better. Thus, the...
Pre-purchase of flight hours
The latest development in aircraft chartering is a pre-purchased flight hour card system. A scheme even better tailored to needs...
Business and low-cost travel go hand in hand
L’Avion, a new French carrier belonging to the Elysair group, is setting out to conquer the Paris-New York route with an innovative concept: an all-business-class service...
United Airlines is thinking ahead
United Airlines recently unveiled plans to refurbish its in-flight product on international flights. It is the first class that benefits...
Agencies may apply charges on the sale of the train
Since 1st January, SNCF has reduced the commission paid to travel agencies for the sale of train tickets, which has dropped from...
High-contribution passengers
"High-contribution" passengers are particularly looked after by airlines, who do not hesitate to outbid each other on the mileage quotas awarded for each trip...
Major airports: in search of lost time
Barely twenty years ago, flying passengers didn't ask themselves any questions: to get from point A to point B, the simplest option was a direct flight, if they lived near a major airport; if they came from a smaller town, they had to transit via a "hub", in aviation jargon a hub connecting flights from all over the world.
Architecture and airports
It's not enough to build an airport. It also has to look good! After all, the airport has become the emblematic symbol of the region...
High contribution: separate classes
Can airlines still outdo themselves when it comes to service? The last decade has seen a complete overhaul of products and services...
Ali Al Umeyri, General Manager France, Gulf Air
How did the year 2005 go? What are the objectives for 2006?
Ali Al Umeyri - Despite soaring oil prices and a...
The transformation of Aéroports de Paris
The Paris hubs symbolise the image of the country's capital. Today, if this concern is central to the strategy of Aéroports de Paris...
