air transport

September 2024 seems to have put the Covid episode in air transport behind us for good. It's about time, more than four years after the start of the pandemic. But the publication of the latest data on global passenger demand by IATA, the international air transport association, has given the entire sector cause for optimism. "The high season...

Last year, Saudi Arabia's new national airline Riyadh Air announced its first aircraft order: 39 Boeing 787-9s for its long-haul network, with an option for a further 33. A few days ago, Riyadh Air transformed the trial. The carrier placed an order for 60 Airbus A321neo...

This is good news for Copenhagen airport, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Air France-KLM and the Skyteam alliance. Scandinavia's leading international hub is regaining momentum. Over the first 7 months of 2024, its passenger traffic grew by 12% compared with 2023. Its...

The conflict in the Middle East, with the regular dispatch of drones and missiles to the region, is increasingly compromising the safety of air passengers. This has led to the suspension of most international airline routes. Air traffic is still handled by national carriers such as El Al in Israel and...

How can you slip into the shoes of a VIP, even when travelling in economy class? This is the solution offered by Austrian Airlines to its passengers. Austrian now allows passengers to book a private check-in counter at Vienna airport. This counter can be personalised with a message or logo. At first glance, you might think of a...

The 2024/2025 winter season will see an increase in the number of flights by US carrier United Airlines to Africa. The carrier, which currently serves Accra, Johannesburg, Lagos and Cape Town from Newark and Washington, will be adding Dakar and Marrakech to its network. Departing from Marrakech, United Airlines will thus become the first airline to fly to...

When it comes to the environment, there's a lot of talk, good resolutions and sometimes greenwashing... and then there's the reality on the ground. Business travel is no exception. While all business travel players are more or less openly involved in eco-responsible initiatives, travellers remain... "pragmatic'. And when it comes to booking their flight,...

Something is definitely amiss in the air transport industry, particularly among aircraft suppliers. The inability of both Airbus and Boeing to deliver their aircraft on time is also reflected in the difficulties that some suppliers are experiencing in supplying spare parts. They all blame disruptions in supply chains... It's...

We've often talked about it on the Voyages d'Affaires website: the increase in taxes on air transport in Germany is now having a major impact on the development of air travel in that country. The decision by the French authorities to multiply air taxes and charges between three and eight times through the "Solidarity Tax on...

There is a great deal of concern, incomprehension and mobilisation in the skies over France. The cause, of course, is the new tax envisaged by the government to replenish its coffers as part of the Finance Bill. Through the FNAM (Fédération nationale de l'aviation et de ses métiers) and the UAF (Union des aéroports...

Passengers are witnessing a veritable haemorrhage: the abandonment or reduction in the number of flights by European airlines to China. At the beginning of the summer, Britain's Virgin Atlantic announced that it was stopping flights between London Heathrow and Shanghai. A few weeks later, it was British Airways' turn to announce...

Of all the airlines to have suffered the Covid crisis and then Russia's offensive on Ukraine, the one to have paid the highest price for the consequences of both events is certainly Finnair. Covid decimated traffic, particularly in Asia - the last continent to reopen to international traffic at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023. While the...

The airline industry is once again up in arms over an idea put forward by Michel Barnier's new government to reduce France's abysmal deficit: raising taxes on air transport. There's nothing original about this idea, which is often seen as an easy way to bring money into the budget....

Qatar Airways and Australia's Virgin Australia signed a classic cooperation agreement in 2022, which included codeshare flights between the two carriers' destinations, the possibility of earning miles on frequent flyer programmes and the use of premium airport services. Today, Qatar Airways is going one step further...

Have we reached saturation point on the France-US route? This could be the case, as Delta Air Lines' 2025 summer schedule does not include any increase in frequencies or new routes from France. However, Delta has declared that the 2025 programme will be the biggest in its history on the Atlantic...

From 28 October, Swiss International Air Lines will be expanding its network of destinations from Geneva. The most important new development is certainly the launch of a daily flight to Berlin. This new route will strengthen Swiss's presence in Northern Germany, adding to the four weekly flights already operated from Geneva to Hamburg....

Ethiopia is about to embark on an ambitious project to build a new airport. A hub with dimensions worthy of its counterparts in the Middle East, at a cost of six billion dollars. With this project, Ethiopian Airlines is realising its vision of becoming THE carrier of the continent. A company that is already the number one in Africa...

Malaysia Airlines has been a loyal customer of Paris airports for decades. The Malaysian airline opened its Paris CDG-Kuala Lumpur DC10 service in 1976. Forty years later, in 2016, the carrier discontinued its service due to financial difficulties and a painful restructuring. All its European routes had been...

This is always good news for both business and leisure travellers. Air fares in France are continuing to fall, a trend that has been observed for several months. The downward trend even accelerated in July. Whereas air fares had risen by a cumulative 8.6% over the year 2023, they did not move at all (0%)...

Ethiopian Airlines is continuing its expansion in Europe this winter. In particular, it is introducing new services to Marseille. The route, inaugurated in 2019 with three weekly frequencies with a stopover at Milan-Malpensa, will be transformed from 2 December, adopting a different trajectory. The airline will be offering three weekly flights...