air transport

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...

1,356: that's the number of train journeys analysed in a report by the European Commission, which wants to boost the share of rail travel within the European Union. The report (available in English only), entitled "How fast are rail trips between EU cities and is rail faster than air?", shows that air travel is still in the...

If there is one airline in the world that is particularly suffering from a hostile political and economic environment, it is Finnair. The Finnish airline had built its success on a niche positioning, linking Europe and Asia. But three years of Covid have affected traffic in Asia. Not least because of the bans on...

Are we heading for the demise of another national airline? There is every reason to believe so in Malta. The management of Air Malta has been a disaster for over a decade. Several local newspapers have reported senior government officials talking about a likely refusal by the European Union to provide further aid...

Air Transat is strengthening its presence in France. The scheduled carrier, which tends to focus on the leisure market, is now present at seven French destinations (Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris CDG and Toulouse). The airline also operates scheduled flights to Brussels and Basel-Mulhouse. During the summer, Paris-Roissy CDG is linked to five Canadian cities...

Last month at ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways announced the opening of seven new routes, including 3 in France. Nice-Doha will be the first route to return to the network. It will resume on 9 May with four weekly flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Flights depart from Nice-Côte d'Azur at 4pm and arrive...

Turkish Airlines is now offering free and unlimited messaging services to all passengers on international flights. The only limitation is that they must have internet access. Turkish Airlines has launched its new "Enjoy Limitless Messaging" campaign. Messaging services include WhatsApp, Messenger and iMessage. The CEO...

On the face of it, the airlines linking Europe and Asia can rejoice. After the absolute lows of 2020 and 2021, traffic has in fact recovered in 2022. And it continues to grow at the start of this year. However, there is a downside. The rebound is much weaker than expected. Inflation and the Russia/Ukraine war...

"Africa accounts for 18 % of the world's population, but only 2.1 % of air transport activity (freight and passengers combined). "Focus Africa" aims to close this gap, so that Africa benefits from the connectivity, jobs and growth associated with aviation," explains Willie Walsh, IATA's Director General at the...

Since 26 March, the official start of the summer schedules, Air India has strengthened its presence in the UK. The Indian national airline has launched 4 new routes from London Gatwick to Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Kochi and Goa. Each of these destinations is served three times a week by the airline's Boeing 787 Dreamliner...

2022 ended rather well for US airlines. According to statistics from the US Department of Transportation (DOT), US carriers carried 853 million passengers, compared with 658 million the previous year. This represents a year-on-year increase of 30%, equivalent to 194 million more passengers. With this result, the...

On Monday 27 March, Germany is preparing for a total strike across all transport services. The strike will affect trains, airports and even motorway companies. It's a situation reminiscent of what's happening in France, and one that the German Airports Association (ADV) is quick to point out, with talk of an escalation in the...

In the space of two decades, Gulf airlines have become essential to India's integration into international air transport. Thanks to them, business travellers can reach more than a dozen cities on the sub-continent. Qatar Airways offers the most extensive network with 13 destinations, followed by Saudia with 10 stopovers. Emirates and...

Following the inauguration of the Papeete - Seattle route on October 4 and the announcement of an extension to Paris of the twice-weekly service for the summer 2023 period, Air Tahiti Nui is announcing a new extension of the Papeete - Paris route via Seattle for the next IATA Winter season. From 12 June 2023, the new service...