Business travel

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.

The results of the Skytrax World Airport Awards are in, confirming for the fourth time in a row Paris CDG's leadership as Europe's best airport. Singapore Changi regains its world title.

AirHelp has published its first-quarter report on air punctuality at French airports. Corsica, Bordeaux, Basel-Mulhouse and Toulouse are the best performers.

Accor is teaming up with IndiGo's parent company, the InterGlobe conglomerate, to accelerate its development in India.

Paris-Beauvais is the fastest-growing airport in France. Hence the urgent need to transform itself to bring it closer to the major international airports, as Anthony Martin, Executive Chairman of Bellova, the Egis subsidiary that manages the airport, explains.

ADP, Beauvais: what will the Greater Paris airports look like in ten years' time? A look at the plans for the various hubs, with moderate expansion at CDG and Orly and more ambitious plans at Beauvais.

Business and leisure travel to Greece was once again disrupted on 9 April by a strike.

Italian railways are in the process of launching a high-speed rail service between the two capitals as soon as the trains are available and authorisations have been granted on both sides of the Channel.