air transport

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.

In its latest bulletin covering the week from 26 June to 2 July, Eurocontrol reports that air traffic in Europe recorded 32,998 average daily flights. This represents an increase of +8% compared with 2022, or 93% of the level of movements recorded in 2019. For the month of June as a whole, the...

As part of Egypt's "Vision 2030" development plan, the national carrier Egyptair announced at the end of June the possibility of obtaining a free transit visa. The measure, announced by Mohamed Abbas Helmy, Minister of Civil Aviation, should help revitalise tourism. This facility offers visitors the chance to stay in Egypt for a few days,...

In response to strong demand, Swiss International Air Lines is expanding its flight schedule on European routes for the coming 2023/2024 winter season. It will include new destinations and more frequent flights to some of the airports already served. Swiss's short- and medium-haul network will thus comprise 68 destinations from...

Britain's Virgin Atlantic wants to capitalise on its recent entry into Skyteam by offering new intercontinental routes. The airline intends to capitalise on sustained demand for international long-haul travel, and to take advantage of a market with high demand. Virgin passengers should benefit from more than 250,000 additional seats between now and...

Air Tahiti Nui celebrated its inaugural flight from Paris CDG Terminal 2 to Seattle Tacoma on 14 June. The flight landed on time in the Emerald City after an excellent journey. The CEO of Air Tahiti Nui, Michel Monvoisin, took advantage of the inauguration of the route in Paris to thank the...