air transport

From 1 May 2024, the low-cost carrier Norse Atlantic will operate on the Paris CDG-Los Angeles route. Flights will operate from Monday to Sunday, with the exception of Tuesday. This flight will give passengers the greatest possible flexibility on this new route. The flight will leave Paris-CDG at 4.15pm and arrive in Los...

German air traffic continues to recover from the slump caused by the health crisis. But it has to be said that the recovery in traffic to Europe's 'economic engine' is more mixed than elsewhere. According to the ADV (Association of German Airports/Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Verkehrsflughäfen), between January and July 2023, passenger numbers reached...

Like the world's major cities, Vietnam's largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, will in future have two airports: the current one at Tan Son Nhat, which has been in service since the French era, and the future Long Thanh International airport 40 km to the east of the city. Except that until the happy day of...

In an interview with the weekly magazine L'Obs, French Transport Minister Clément Beaune talks about plans to impose a minimum fare on airlines within the European Union. The aim is to "combat social and environmental dumping". And to encourage rail travel, which is considered to be more environmentally friendly. A €10 flight? Unknown...

Cathay Pacific is offering its customers a new contemporary range of vegan dishes, developed in collaboration with VEDA by Ovolo, Hong Kong's leading vegan restaurant. The collaboration enhances the wellness dining options available to Cathay Pacific customers. Passengers in Premium Economy and...

On 28 August, the Finnish border police launched a pilot project on the use of digital travel documents at Helsinki airport. The DTC (Digital Travel Credentials) pilot project is being implemented by the Finnish Border Guard in cooperation with Finnair, the police and the Finavia airport authority. The DTC pilot project is aimed at passengers...

Political relations between France and Africa may be a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but there is at least one segment where everything is going swimmingly: air transport. The number of passengers flying from France to Africa is showing the strongest growth of all international routes. According to...

Its aircraft, emblazoned with an emblem reminiscent of traditional gingham fabrics, are increasingly present in France, particularly on cross-border routes, but also more and more at Orly. But also more and more at Orly. 11 years after its arrival in France, the Catalan airline Volotea has turned in a remarkable performance. It is the number one airline in France in terms of...

Finnair is overhauling its Finnair Plus loyalty programme by introducing Avios, its new "loyalty currency", at the beginning of 2024. Rewards will then be awarded on the basis of expenditure rather than the number of flights. The allocation of Avios and the accumulation of status points will fluctuate according to travel class, booking class and...

Nice is riding the wave of American interest in the Baie des Anges and the Côte d'Azur in general. The giant American Airlines will be starting flights from Philadelphia. In fact, the new route is part of a return to the East Coast airport as a hub for Europe. In an interview with...

This will be the longest route in Air Algérie's network in Africa. On 21 September, the Algerian national carrier will inaugurate its first non-stop service to South Africa. The carrier will be offering two weekly flights, every Thursday and Saturday, to Johannesburg. The two-class flights will...

Is the surge in air fares finally coming to a halt? In the United States, the statistics published in mid-July on the trend in domestic fares seem to confirm this. The FOCA found that the average domestic fare fell by 4.1% in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the fourth quarter of 2022. This means an average price...

Turkish Airlines and Thai Airways International signed a memorandum of understanding in Istanbul at the beginning of August with a view to the creation of a joint venture between the two airlines. This is an important step in strengthening cooperation between the two national carriers. Istanbul is strategically located to serve as a gateway to the rest of Europe.

A new Airbus A380 to Frankfurt-Singapore, more flights to Copenhagen, a return to non-stop flights to Barcelona and Milan and more frequencies to Australia, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. This is what Singapore Airlines is planning for its next winter schedule and for the 2024 summer season. The airline is...

Carsten Spohr, the CEO of the Lufthansa Group, is in no mood for modest triumph. The Lufthansa Group is well on course to record one of its best financial years ever. According to estimates, the Lufthansa Group now expects to achieve an adjusted operating profit (EBIT) of more than CHF 2.6 billion in 2023....

World air traffic is returning to pre-covid levels. According to IATA, in May 2023, the number of passengers (expressed in revenue/km) was only 3.9% lower than in May 2019. But with this return to normal in the aviation world, we can see that the infrastructure is not keeping up. Particularly in the...

79 out of 112 routes where the plane is cheaper than the train. This is the surprising finding of a Greenpeace study that compared air and rail in Europe. And this at a time when the European Union and national authorities are constantly hammering home the need to favour rail over air. But in...

Will the Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act become a sword of Damocles for US airlines? Not least in their efforts to make their aircraft more profitable... Over the last two decades, US carriers have been nibbling away year after year at the space devoted to...

Passengers flying from Geneva or Zurich airports will benefit from a "Special Holiday" service. The airline Swiss is offering its passengers the option of having their baggage transported to the airport free of charge using the AirPortr service. This service not only collects baggage, but also checks it in and secures it until it arrives at the destination airport....

Willie Walsh, the Director General of IATA, is not known for speaking out of turn. And for vilifying the institutions that impede the smooth running of air transport. In the crosshairs of the former British Airways CEO: air traffic control. Last month, I expressed my concerns about the performance of air traffic control," he said.