air transport

The Biden-Harris administration has just announced the adoption of a non-reversible rule to protect passengers, effective in July. The administration's target: the surprise charges applied by airlines when buying a ticket. Admittedly, the Biden administration is not going so far as to call these charges into question. However, it is requiring airlines and travel agencies to...

At the end of March, Air Tahiti Nui joined the American TSA PreCheck programme. This is good news for its passengers. This programme allows travellers considered to be "low risk" to benefit from relaxed controls at more than 200 airports in the United States. For the summer season, the Polynesian carrier is offering 5...

Passengers will be facing a major strike in French air transport on Thursday 25 April. The SNCTA (Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien - National Union of Air Traffic Controllers) is calling a 24-hour strike in protest at a new version of a protocol being negotiated with the French Air Transport Authority, which is deemed "unacceptable".

China Eastern is opening a direct service between Marseille and Shanghai from 2 July, with 3 weekly flights on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The service is expected to be seasonal during the summer, but could be extended throughout the year depending on the success of the route. The flights will be operated by Boeing Dreamliner...

Services to the Middle East continue to be affected by climatic and geopolitical events. Two days after torrential rain fell on the United Arab Emirates and Oman, the situation remains chaotic in Dubai (DXB in IATA code), the region's main airport and one of the world's leading international hubs....

American Airlines has decided to improve the experience on board its aircraft in preparation for the summer season. Redesigned bedding, new toiletries and a fresher, more natural meal menu are just some of the new features that passengers can expect this summer. They come ahead of the introduction of Flagship Suite seats in...

It was to be expected: the conflict between Iran and Israel immediately led to a suspension of flights and changes of trajectory in the aviation sector. With tensions rising from Friday onwards, many airlines decided to suspend their frequencies in the region. This affected Israel, Iran, but also...

Faced with the growing needs of airlines, the production of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) is gradually changing scale. Last year, as part of the Singapore Expansion Project, the world leader, Finland's Neste, increased the production capacity of its refinery to one million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel, which will be used to supply Singapore...

SAS Scandinavian Airlines this week announced a change in its commercial strategy following the arrival of new shareholders. In future, the shareholding will be made up of the Danish State and Air France-KLM in association with investors Castlelake and Lind Invest. By joining Air France-KLM, SAS is naturally leaving Star Alliance to join SkyTeam. The...

Korean Air has confirmed an order for 33 Airbus A350 aircraft, becoming a new customer for one of the most powerful aircraft of its generation. The Korean carrier's order includes 27 A350-1000s and six A350-900s. Offering the longest range of any aircraft, the A350 will be able to provide all the services required to...

The threat has been confirmed. Some 50,000 passengers of Austrian Airlines will be affected by a strike from midnight on Thursday 28 March until midday on Friday 29. During these 36 hours, the company will cancel 400 flights, according to the vida union. The union is calling for staff to...

Luxair is planning to consolidate its strong expansion for the summer of 2024. It is true that the airline had an exceptional year in 2023. And it can now take a break! In 2023, Luxair broke a record by carrying more than 2.5 million passengers for the first time in its history. That's a...

The Aviation-Event 2024 CLJ conference was held in the middle of the Cluj Napoca airport expansion site in Romania. The conference brought together a large number of airport managers, particularly from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, as well as airlines and air transport specialists. Cluj Napoca airport is a perfect example of the sector's growth...

Cathay Pacific seems to have finally emerged from the turmoil into which the airline had plunged since 2020. First with the political crisis in Hong Kong and China's control of the semi-autonomous territory; then with the Covid health crisis. According to the airline's management, "the primary objective...

Last year, AAPA reported an increase of 161.0 % in the number of international passengers carried by airlines in the Asia-Pacific region. This represents a combined total of 278.5 million passengers. In terms of revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), demand rose by 131 %, reflecting in particular the strength of short-haul markets. The increase in demand...

IdeaWorksCompany, a consultancy that analyses airline ancillary revenues, and CarTrawler, a global B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions for the travel industry, have in a recent study estimated that airline ancillary revenues will have reached $117.9 billion worldwide by 2023....

Spain wants to ban certain domestic short-haul flights as part of its plan to reduce carbon emissions. The resolution has just been adopted by the two political parties in the government coalition, the PSOE socialists and the radical left-wing Sumar. However, it still has to go through various committees and the European Parliament...

It was the most popular buzzword in Sweden in 2018: 'flygskam', literally 'shame of flying'. A movement designed to castigate travellers who prefer flying to other, more environmentally-friendly modes of transport. Flygskam" was in fact a way of making people feel guilty about the environmental impact of their travel...

It's often forgotten that Dublin is one of the European airports with the best connections to the United States. In fact, Aer Lingus has greatly increased its range of services and destinations over the last few years, in particular with the introduction of small-capacity aircraft, the long-range Airbus A320 and A321. This has enabled it to...

On 13 February, the European Commission announced its agreement to the merger between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines. This decision follows that given by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on 31 January. At that time, the JFTC approved the integration of Asiana into Korean Air on condition that competition was preserved. The JFTC considered that...