air transport

It's called the Comac C919 and it's the latest commercial jetliner. But its difference from other aircraft is already causing a stir. It is the first commercial aircraft from a Chinese manufacturer. The C919 marks China's entry into a market essentially dominated by the giants Airbus and Boeing....

Reconciling the filming of a blockbuster or the next hit series with the normal running of an international airport: it's not an impossible task... Provided you bring together a cast of specialists. This is the role of Paris Aéroport Studios, set up by the ADP Group. Here we meet Céline Bianchi, who is in charge of the project for the airport...

On 25 May, Lufthansa reached an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance to acquire a minority stake in Italy's ITA Airways. Following a capital increase of 325 million euros, Lufthansa will have a 41 % stake in ITA. As part of the agreement, the Ministry is also committed to...

Passenger traffic has more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. This would give Fraport Slovenia, the airport authority managing Ljubljana International Airport, something to celebrate. The Slovenian capital's airport welcomed more than 977,000 passengers in 2022, compared with 431,000 a year earlier. Except that this result...

According to FCM, the world of business travel is returning to the habits it had before the health crisis, with flight frequencies picking up again and hotel occupancy rates approaching the norm. The business travel agency recently published its Global Trends Report, which summarises...

On Tuesday, France officially banned the operation of domestic short-haul flights on routes where there is a rail service linking two points in less than 2.5 hours. This provision had been announced in August 2021 when the Climate and Resilience Act was promulgated. However, it had to be suspended following a...

Since 15 May, Emirates has required almost all its passengers to use a digital boarding pass. The carrier is thus rendering the paper version obsolete for passengers departing from Dubai. Announced on 12 May, the airline said that passengers checking in at terminal 3 of Dubai International will now only receive a digital boarding pass...

The Covid parenthesis is well and truly over for the Singapore Airlines Group with the announcement of profits for the 2022/23 financial year ending 31 March 2023. After 3 fiscal years of losses, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the SIA group has returned to profit. The carrier has even recorded the best results in its history, with...

Premium Economy Swiss Flight LX180 on 02 May 2023 between Zurich and Bangkok. Night flight with a duration of 10h30. Conditions of purchase Upgrade purchased at the last minute for 150 euros. This upgrade does not entitle the holder to additional baggage allowance, free seat selection or priority access....

Finnair announced a reduction in its in-flight catering service and the abolition of pillows in economy class just a month ago. And now the Finnish national airline is doing it again. This time, Finnair is attacking cabin baggage and reservations...

Simplifying the airport passenger experience using biometric technology. This is what Berlin airport is testing with its new facial recognition application BER Traveller. The airport authority is working in partnership with the Lufthansa group and biometric service provider FastID. The three companies have just launched a test phase. During this period, the service...

Qatar Airways has resumed its direct flights between Nice and its hub, Doha's Hamad International Airport. May 9 marked the airline's return to the Côte d'Azur airport after a three-year interruption. Qatar Airways now offers four weekly flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays by Boeing 787-8. The aircraft has a...

On Tuesday, the Chaire Pégase, dedicated to the economics and management of air transport and attached to Montpellier Business School, presented its new report on the acceptability of green innovations in the air transport sector. And for an event organised at Roissy during a month of May that is not the most studious, the audience gathered at the...

These flights will be a bit like flying in a private club. British Airways is launching a series of flights exclusively for members of its Executive Club frequent flyer programme. 100% of the seats offered can only be paid for with "avios", points collected on the airline through its FFP. The first...

A new battle is brewing between the DOT and the airlines in the United States. For the first time in American history, the Department of Transportation wants to change the compensation rules. They would require airlines to compensate passengers. In addition to covering certain expenses in the event of controllable delays and cancellations. Of course, there are...

After the euphoria of China's reopening to the rest of the world at the start of the year, the time has now come for uncertainty and doubt. While air traffic between China and Europe has picked up again, it is still well below the initial post-reopening estimates... The consultant OAG, which analyses...

The new interline agreement between Emirates and Etihad is aimed primarily at tourist circuits. But it will also have an impact on business travel. The new agreement signed at the beginning of May 2023 offers travellers additional itinerary options by allowing departure or arrival from both Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Abu Dhabi:...

It used to fly to Bangkok, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Osaka, Beijing, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo. In recent years, SAS Scandinavian Airlines' Asian network had shrunk to a trickle. The airline was faced with financial difficulties, Covid and the closure of borders in Asia. In recent months, however,...

In the face of increasingly fierce competition, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are stepping up their joint services from New York. The two carriers are offering their "Northeast Alliance" from the three New York airports of JFK, La Guardia and Newark. The La Guardia hub, however, is the first to benefit from the new...

The airline easyJet has commissioned a report from travel experts outlining what travel might be like in 50 years' time, in 2070. The report, entitled "easyJet 2070: the travel report of the future", was written by a group of leading academics and futurists, including Professor Birgitte Andersen...