air transport

It's officially a done deal. On 30 March, flights operated by the national carrier Air Malta will be the last in its half-century history. The following day will see the first flights of KM Malta Airlines, the designated successor. The new entity has just received its air operator's certificate from the Maltese Civil Aviation Authority. On the same day, it...

Consolidation has resumed in the United States with the announcement on Sunday 3 December of the acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines. The Honolulu-based carrier is to be acquired by Alaska Airlines for around 1.9 billion dollars, including the purchase of Hawaiian's net debt (0.9 billion dollars).

Closing the Covid chapter in the airline offer once and for all. That's what FCM Consulting, a major player in travel management, is anticipating. The company is in fact a partner for thousands of national and multinational organisations, including many of the major national brands in the CAC 40. The increase in air capacity should finally make it possible to redress the imbalance between...

Officially launched by Airbus in December 2000, the Airbus A380 will have had the shortest life of any of the European aircraft manufacturer's models. Its production will have lasted just 19 years between the manufacture of the first wingboxes in 2002 and the last aircraft delivered to Emirates in 2021. Or even just 14 years, if you...

It's the eternal controversy over the rise in air fares and those responsible for it. For IATA, the international air transport association, the picture is somewhat Manichean. The good guys are the airlines, which are limiting their fare increases to well below inflation. The bad guys are the airports, which are indulging in shameless fee increases. IATA:...

The necessary modernisation of French air transport will involve a sharp reduction in airline activity in January and February 2024, the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has announced. This is in fact a necessary technological modernisation of a system that has not changed since the 1970s. A new software l...

Finnair has been one of the airlines most affected by the ban on EU carriers flying over Russian territory since the outbreak of Russia's war with Ukraine. With the ban on flights over Russia, Finnair can now only reach Asia via the southern routes. In other words...

Free Wi-Fi has found a new emulator in air transport. Since 1 November, Malaysia Airlines has been offering this service to all passengers on 20 wide-body aircraft. The service will then be gradually rolled out on certain narrow-body aircraft. This is the second stage of a free Wi-Fi service. In...

Ever since the Covid crisis, Amsterdam Schiphol airport seems to have been in the eye of the storm, both from Dutch political circles and from the airport management. Nothing seems to spare the hub, which could ultimately suffer from a widely degraded image. The authoritarian reduction in the number of flights by the government...

Airlines flying to China can offer more flights this winter, according to China's civil aviation authority CAAC. The increase in capacity mainly concerns domestic flights. The number of domestic flights is up by 34% compared with the pre-Covid period. This represents almost 97,000 weekly frequencies. Internationally, capacity to...

Rumours of the return of a direct service between France and Australia have been circulating for some years now, particularly following the launch of a non-stop London Heathrow-Perth flight by Australian flag carrier Qantas. Last year, the Australian airline finally chose Rome Fiumicino for a seasonal flight. It has now finally confirmed...

After a good summer season, particularly in terms of passenger numbers on long-haul routes, Air France is continuing to reopen and expand its global network. During the 2023-2024 winter season, the airline will serve 167 destinations, including 84 on long-haul routes and 83 on short and medium-haul routes. The national carrier will thus return to a level...

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...