air transport

The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is beginning to spill over into Lebanon, raising fears of a conflagration in the region. Some airlines are therefore taking precautions when serving Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The Lufthansa group has announced that it is temporarily suspending its service. Its daily flight to Frankfurt and...

Bamboo Airways launched its flights to Vietnam in 2019 with great fanfare. With the promise of becoming a serious competitor to the national carrier Vietnam Airlines. 4 years later, the dream has been shattered by the realities of an Asian air transport industry that is still finding its feet since the Covid crisis. The Asian recovery is confirmed...

Avianca has been through a difficult period that has called its business model into question. Avianca was originally the national carrier of Colombia, but it also became the main carrier in Ecuador following its merger with the Ecuadorian national carrier TACA. The company also operated a large number of subsidiaries in...

Air Algérie is continuing to expand, with the airline aiming to serve more than 60 destinations over the next few years. The carrier has recently strengthened its presence on the African continent. At the end of September, Air Algérie inaugurated two weekly flights to Johannesburg. Last March, the carrier had already returned to Libreville in Gabon. The carrier...

2023 will have been an excellent year for Delta Air Lines, which has seen a steady rise in passenger numbers between Europe and the United States. The financial results for the three months to 30 September bear this out. Revenues on international routes were 35% higher than in 2022, with...

The announcement was short-lived. Officially confirmed to AFP on 10 October by a company spokesman, the resumption of flights between Paris CDG and Bamako by Air France only lasted two days. Late in the afternoon of 11 October, the Malian military junta announced that it was cancelling the authorisation granted to Air France...

Updated on 9 October at 2.30pm Air France-KLM, the Lufthansa group, Aegean, LOT, Easyjet, Transavia and Wizz Air: all these carriers have decided to temporarily suspend their flights from Europe due to the Hamas attacks in Israel. On the Tel Aviv airport website, a notice states that the airport is operating as...

On 4 October, Members of the European Parliament issued an important clarification, ruling that the imposition of a supplement for carrying hand luggage in the cabin is contrary to European rules. The airlines' different rules on hand luggage are leading to hidden costs for travellers. The...

Here's a "remake" that British skies could have done without: a wave of sick leave, which is forcing Gatwick airport to cap its operations. The aim is to "avoid last-minute delays and cancellations for passengers". Air traffic control is understaffed, with 30% staff "unavailable for various reasons".

This is a relatively unknown factor in the impact of the aviation sector on the environment. Aside from the debates on the relevance of domestic flights or the ceilings to be imposed in this or that European hub, AirHelp has looked into the consequences of flight disruptions on the planet. And according to the calculations in the study published on 26 September,...

Heart Aerospace is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, one of Europe's centres for environment-related industries. The company, which was founded in 2019, is an offshoot of a research programme into new sustainable transport solutions, funded by the Swedish government via its Innovation Agency. Heart Aerospace is in fact one of the...

Far behind the "behemoth" Brussels Airlines, the private carrier Air Belgium was nonetheless a major player in air transport in Belgium. The airline, based for holiday flights at Brussels South-Charleroi, was founded in 2016. But its expansion was affected from the outset by external factors that weakened the carrier....

Finnair has already announced its plans for the 2024 summer season by revealing some of the new features already scheduled in its flight programme. These include more frequencies from France. But also between Finland and Germany, Scandinavia and Poland. In France, the carrier will be...

18 destinations, including many flights operated on a daily basis. This is what Brussels Airlines is offering this winter on its Sub-Saharan Africa network from Brussels. The Belgian national carrier is bringing a tenth Airbus A330 back into service for the 2024 summer season. This will enable it to restore its fleet...

A terrible earthquake struck Marrakech on the night of Friday 8 to Saturday 9 September. The latest estimates put the death toll at 2,862 and the number of injured at 2,500. Unfortunately, this figure has to be regularly revised upwards as the streets are cleared. The consequences are still difficult to assess.

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...