air transport

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...

Qatar Airways and catering company gategroup have announced a new partnership focused on enhancing the in-flight dining experience. Structured around a commercial management agreement, the partnership aims to work closely together on various aspects of in-flight catering. This includes passenger dining experiences, the supply chain, the promotion of healthy eating and the...

Artificial intelligence is making inroads into all segments of business travel. While the trend sometimes borders on the merely fashionable or even gadget-like, the objectives unveiled at the beginning of February by KLM are promising, to say the least. Based on technology developed by Kickstart AI, the Dutch airline aims to reduce wastage by 63 %...

This February - but also in April and May 2024 - Finnair is collecting data on the average weight of customers and their hand luggage. The operation will only take place on flights departing from Helsinki airport. This anonymous data is then used to optimise the balance of the aircraft. Customer volunteers and their baggage...

At the last ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) tourism trade fair, tourism ministers, hoteliers and tour operators regularly voiced one criticism: the lack of air capacity and connectivity. This is a factor that affects flight prices and the ease with which travellers can...

The year 2023 saw global air transport amplify its recovery, which began in 2021. Initial figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that total traffic in 2023, measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, increased by 36.9 % compared with 2022. Overall, traffic has thus...

Qatar Airways this week received the go-ahead from its regulators to launch daily flights to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. This will be the first - and only - flight from Africa's largest island to the Middle East. And beyond to Asia and Europe, thanks to...

The next two Aviation-Event conferences will be held on 15 March in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, followed by Chisinau, Moldova, on 30 May. The first will focus on the environment and, above all, the integration of AI into airport services. The second will focus on Moldova as an aviation market and the future of aviation in the Balkans...

By the end of 2024, the Lufthansa group will be equipping its short- and medium-haul Airbus aircraft with internet connectivity. Passengers travelling on European routes will thus be able to use Wi-Fi on board. The plan is to equip all aircraft in the Airbus A220/320 family (A220, A319, A320ceo, A320neo, A321ceo, A321neo) operated by Lufthansa...