Business travel

Trenitalia, which is expanding its frequencies and routes in France, has signed a distribution agreement with the Amadeus platform to enable its business and leisure tickets to be sold in virtually all French travel agencies.

Etihad has just announced that it will be strengthening its presence at Paris CDG from Abu Dhabi next winter with four additional weekly flights between the two cities from February, using Airbus A321neoLR aircraft.

Richard Hyde, CEO of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), shares the latest news from his group, including the 600 hotel mark and future developments, a partnership with Hilton and a new loyalty programme.

United Airlines and Archer have now teamed up to launch an air taxi network in New York, linking the heart of Manhattan with neighbouring airports using Midnight aircraft.

Oman Air, which is due to join the oneworld alliance at the end of June, is expanding its European network with the launch of flights to Amsterdam and more flights to London Heathrow.

LATAM Airlines has launched a major investment to welcome business travellers in brand new or completely refurbished lounges.

The Iberia Plus frequent flyer programme became Club Iberia Plus on 1 April, making it more attractive to its members by adding new features.

Lyft has affirmed its ambitions on the European market with the acquisition of Freenow, made official on Wednesday for €175 million.

President Trump's Republican administration has put an end to federal subsidies for the construction of the Amtrak Dallas-Houston line, which is intended to link the two main cities in Texas.

In a few months' time, business travellers will be able to access Wi-Fi free of charge on board American Airlines aircraft.

The island of Phuket in Thailand will now be served by a non-stop service from Paris-CDG operated by Air France from winter onwards.

On 1 April, oneworld welcomed a new member: Fiji Airways, one of the leading airlines in the South Pacific. Oneworld now has 14 members, including two in the Pacific.

Airbus has developed the "First Class Experience" concept for the A350-1000, with a new First Class Master Suite.

With almost 4,000 sites worldwide, 6 times more than its nearest competitor, WeWork, over 600 openings last year and a thousand more Regus, Spaces and HQ to come, IWG is taking advantage of the expansion of hybrid working to consolidate its position as world leader.

The ten largest US airlines posted an on-time performance of 77.75% in 2024. With Hawaiian and Delta Air Lines at the top with a punctuality rate of 84.93% and 81.17% respectively.

2024 was a turbulent year for Austrian Railways (ÖBB), with floods paralysing traffic and damaging infrastructure. But the growth dynamic remained intact, according to the company's management.

With the launch of Tesmo, the SNCF intends to take advantage of the opening up to competition to develop its business as a solutions provider for mobility players, businesses and local authorities.

Transavia France is increasing its capacity this summer with 12 new aircraft compared with summer 2024. This will provide 19% of additional capacity on the entire network departing from France.

Air France's new First Class now embodies luxury à la française on flights between Paris CDG and New York JFK, the first destination to benefit from this redesigned First.

In Germany, the future government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be giving a boost to air transport. On the agenda: cancellation of the increase in air transport tax and abolition of the quota for Power-to-Liquid (PtL), an environmentally-friendly fuel.