air transport

Malaysian airlines will now have to refund passengers in full for flights delayed by five hours or more, the country's transport minister, Loke Siew Fook, said a few days ago. These measures are part of the amendments made to the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection Code...

Brazil continues to play a special role in TAP Air Portugal's intercontinental strategy. The airline has just announced the resumption of flights between Lisbon and Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonia. The route had previously been operated from 2014 to 2016. TAP Air Portugal will operate three weekly flights with a stopover in Lisbon...

The sharp rise in costs since 2020 in Germany continues to have consequences for German airports. Admittedly, in the first half of 2024, air passenger traffic reached 97 million, i.e. 10% more than in the same period of 2023. However, the recovery at all the country's airports remains well below what was achieved in the...

Something is not quite right for European airlines flying to China. The wake-up call came at the beginning of August with the announcement by British Airways that its London Heathrow-Beijing route would be suspended on 26 October. The airline had resumed this route in June 2023 with four frequencies per week....

The signs are all red for the national carrier Air Sénégal. The company, created in 2016, had the ambition to become one of the flagships of air transport in West Africa. To no avail. The company is sinking into crisis due to the costly leasing of aircraft. Until now, the fleet consisted of 7 aircraft. Except for...

The Middle East witnessed the biggest clashes in 10 months of war between Israel and Hezbollah last weekend. The terrorist organisation fired hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel early on Sunday. In retaliation, the Israeli army struck Lebanon with around a hundred jets to thwart an attack by Hezbollah on...

Qatar Airways' imminent entry into the African market by taking over an airline on the continent has been announced for several years. This has now happened, with the Qatari carrier taking a 25% stake in Airlink. This independent regional airline is based in Johannesburg and has become, with the restructuring...

African air transport continues to grow, according to the latest market study by consultants OAG. A positive situation despite the structural difficulties that persist on the continent, such as regional conflicts (Burkina Faso, Democratic Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan, among others) and the absence of national airlines, as in South Africa, for example....

The Lufthansa group has just announced that it will continue to suspend a large proportion of its routes to the Middle East. The ban concerns not only Lufthansa flights but also those of Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Swiss and ITA Airways. The group is now putting forward a date of 13 August for a possible resumption of flights. In the...

With a precarious political situation between Israel on the one hand, and Iran and Lebanon - home to armed factions supported by Iran - on the other, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is asking French nationals to leave Iran and Lebanon as quickly as possible. The ministry is referring to "an increased risk of regional military escalation and...

Information updated on 4/8/2024 Since the weekend, many airlines have decided to suspend services to Beirut and Tel Aviv in the face of rising tensions in the region. A sort of replay of what happened last October after the Hamas attack on Israel. Air France-KLM, which was due to resume...

It's a revolution at Southwest Airlines. For some 50 years, passengers boarding the low-cost airline's aircraft have sat wherever they wished. Or wherever there was still room. The first passengers to board were in fact the best served, with the others filling up as they went along...

If you haven't planned to arrive in Paris or travel to the Ile-de-France region, you'd better not think about it this Friday 26 July, with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Not to mention the malicious acts affecting the SNCF. Some 60,000 people are providing extra security in the capital for the event....

It is called Suite Crystal and is intended to replace the current long-haul business class on Turkish Airlines aircraft. With this new product, the Turkish national carrier aims to continue to position itself among the best airlines in the world. Particularly in the face of its Gulf rivals. The biggest change offered by...

A member of the oneworld alliance and the leading carrier on the West Coast of the United States, Alaska Airlines is aiming to attract more high-spending passengers. To this end, the carrier will be adding more seats to its two Premium classes (First and Premium Economy) from September. The programme involves the reconfiguration of more than 200 aircraft,...

In 2022, Croatia Airlines signed an order for 15 Airbus A220s, the largest in its history. At the end of July, the Croatian national carrier received its first aircraft, which passengers departing from Paris-CDG 2 will be the first to be able to test. The airline will in fact be operating 9...

Vietnam Airlines continues to expand steadily in ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The Vietnamese national carrier is also continuing to strengthen its position in Europe. On 17 June, the Skyteam alliance member airline launched its first flights to the Philippines. Flights depart from both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

17:20 for 14,264 km. That's how long the new flight between Perth and Paris, operated by the Australian airline Qantas, has been running since 14 July. Qantas is no stranger to France. In the 90s, it operated a flight between Paris and Sydney with a stopover in Singapore. Another time...

US carrier United Airlines is now sending passengers links to live local radar maps in the event of weather-related delays. This initiative is part of the airline's efforts to provide passengers with all possible information in real time about their journey, in particular...

It was a decision that the Lufthansa group had been waiting for since May 2023, when it announced its intention to take a 41% stake in the Italian airline ITA. The European Commission finally gave the go-ahead after receiving assurances that Lufthansa would withdraw from certain markets. In order not to...