Business travel

The SNCF unions have called for strike action to oppose the division of Fret SNCF into two companies from next January, and to oppose the opening up of regional services to competition.

The increase in the air transport solidarity tax approved by MEPs last week is provoking anger among pilots. A strike is looming on Thursday 14 November. One day earlier, there will be a rail strike in the Netherlands.

As a result of its ongoing problems with Rolls Royce, British Airways has been forced to make further cuts to its long-haul programme for the 2025 summer season.

Volotea is adding four new routes from its base in Brest. These include two business destinations. In Nice, easyJet is also expanding its network.

In a phase of consolidation, Air Austral is adjusting its winter schedule with modest growth in its offer in line with its return to financial equilibrium, according to Claire Tabakian, Executive Commercial Director/Chief Commercial Officer.

Paris CDG was the first airport in the world to welcome the first Airbus A321XLR, the long-haul version of the single-aisle aircraft launched by Spanish carrier Iberia.

Sofitel is continuing its expansion near the hubs of the British Isles with a future hotel connected to terminal 2 at Dublin airport. Another development already in the pipeline is a greet hotel in Brussels Zaventem.

Monaco could become the smallest country in the world to have a metro. A project launched by the Principality that could become a reality as early as 2031...

Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Americas: the Mama Shelter brand will be extending its lifestyle footprint to virtually every continent over the next two years.

With the renewal of its TGV catering contract, the Franco-Swiss rail company is entrusting two Michelin-starred chefs, Michel Roth and Danny Khezzar, with the development of its culinary offer in Business 1st as well as in the bar car for Standard and Standard 1st classes.

Norse Atlantic Airways, which tends to specialise in low-cost flights to the North Atlantic, has inaugurated its first route to the African continent with a flight from London Gatwick to Cape Town.

An ME by Melia hotel with a large MICE area in a tower designed by Zaha Hadid, another lifestyle establishment under the Hyatt Centric brand: the seaside resort of St Julian's in Malta is strengthening its hotel offering.

Barcelona, Cork, Dubai, Lusaka, Madrid: the Marriott group has strengthened its business hotel offer in numerous destinations.

Singapore Airlines has announced that it is investing 766 million euros in a large-scale transformation of the cabins on its Airbus A350 aircraft. The main aim of the programme is to improve the comfort of the First and Business classes.

The largest Sofitel in the world, with a panoramic view of the Nile and meeting space, as well as an arty Hyatt Centric: Cairo is home to two new hotels.

Demand for air travel reached a record high in September, according to the latest figures released by IATA. The devastating effects of the pandemic are now far behind us.

The increase in the solidarity tax on air transport planned by the French government is already being applied to Air France tickets. The national carrier has already incorporated the increase for all tickets put on sale from 1 January 2025.

Saudi Arabia's new international airline, Riyadh Air, has completed its future aircraft fleet with an order for 60 Airbus A320neo aircraft. The aircraft are still scheduled to take off in 2025, despite the uncertainty surrounding the delivery schedule...

As a leisure or MICE destination, Air France will be inaugurating a non-stop service to Orlando in Florida for the summer 2025 season.

François Durovray wants to make TGV lines rhyme with regional development through original proposals that will be unveiled before the summer of 2025.