air transport

The increase this summer in congested airport terminals with interminable queues for passengers is prompting Star Alliance to speed up the introduction of biometric technologies. The world's largest airline alliance, with 26 members, wants to increase the possibilities for contactless travel. And to reduce congestion at airports, especially given the shortcomings...

Air Côte d'Ivoire has just signed its first order for two Airbus A330neo aircraft. These are the national airline's first two long-haul aircraft. The agreement was announced at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, in the presence of Amadou Koné, Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Transport, Laurent Loukou, CEO of Air Côte d'Ivoire, General Abdoulaye Coulibaly, CEO of Air France,...

With inflation at an all-time high and energy prices barely dropping in Europe, how can business travellers make up for the increase in air fares? According to an OAG survey carried out in the spring among 1,400 North American business travellers, the breaking point in the purchase of a ticket is around an increase of at least...

Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) will continue to expand its international network next summer, but at a slower pace than originally planned. The airline plans to offer only 85% of the capacity offered in 2019. According to the airline, the top priority remains the stability of its offer. Swiss will serve a total of 112 destinations from Zurich...

It's a landmark agreement: on 17 October the Open Skies Agreement between the EU and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations*) was officially signed. While this is not the first agreement of its kind with the EU, it is historic in one respect. It is the first time that two economic blocs...

Air Canada has announced the expansion of its international network for the summer of 2023, with the addition of new routes in Europe from Brussels, Toulouse and Copenhagen. The carrier is also announcing increased frequencies on eight other European routes. "We are continuing our progressive approach of expanding our network according to demand forecasts,...

Air traffic in France continues to improve, according to the latest statistics from the DGAC covering the period January-August. The number of passengers in mainland France in August represented 87.5% of its 2019 traffic level and 77.1% cumulatively since January. This translates into traffic of 94...

ITA Airways now operates a network of some 50 destinations, 23 of which are short-haul (Europe/North Africa/Middle East), 19 within Italy and 9 intercontinental. "We have resumed our intercontinental services where there was traditionally strong demand. This means to the United States - in particular New...

The difficulty in recruiting pilots and weaker than expected post-covid demand on certain routes are reflected in the ongoing restructuring of the United Airlines network. The US carrier has already closed some 25 routes and is preparing to suspend a dozen more. Most of these changes are not expected to affect...

Slow to get off the ground, the production of sustainable aviation fuel is gaining momentum in the face of growing demand from airlines and, above all, the prospect of more stringent regulations on its incorporation into aircraft. With a reduction of 65 % in CO2 emissions compared with paraffin for current fuels and -88 % in...

Thai Airways International continues to strengthen its international network. The Thai airline offers flights in Europe to seven destinations, having decided to discontinue its services from Brussels. From Paris CDG, the airline offers a daily flight by Boeing 777-300ER or Airbus A350-900XWB. Frankfurt and London with two daily flights to Bangkok...

It was almost an open secret. Or at least a predictable development. The very strong links forged over the years between Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic on the transatlantic route - and then by ricochet with Air France/KLM - could only lead to integration in due form within the Skyteam alliance. The announcement...

Where do things stand with the restructuring of Air Austral? Jean-Marc Grazzini - In the restructuring plan drawn up a few months ago, the option chosen is for private investors from Reunion Island to acquire a stake in the company. At the same time, we are continuing to renegotiate our debt with the government. This debt is approximately...

Until 2019, Finnair was the airline specialising in Asia, with a network that included many secondary cities with little or no service from competitors. At the time, the Finnair network included cities such as Sapporo and Fukuoka in Japan and Xian in China. "But the conflict between Russia and Ukraine...

Delta is expanding its transatlantic service for the 2023 summer schedule. The carrier has programmed a capacity increase of 8 % in additional seats compared to summer 2022. "Next summer, Delta will offer customers even more popular destinations on both sides of the Atlantic, continuing to strengthen its position as the carrier...

Air France has unveiled its flight schedule to the African continent. The schedule includes a number of downward adjustments to frequencies during the month of November. This reduction in the number of flights particularly affects Abidjan, Douala, Lagos, Libreville, Luanda, Malabo and Pointe Noire. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="130329"] The biggest...

The airline capacity analysis website OAG has been confirming this for some weeks now: South-East Asia is now the fastest-growing region for air transport in terms of the number of seats year on year. If we look at the first week of September 2022 compared with 2021, the number of seats...

American Airlines will soon be bidding farewell to First Class on its domestic routes. And with it, it will be a short and definitive farewell to a first-class product on domestic routes in the United States. American is in fact the last major airline to offer a genuine Flagship First service. This First service still equips...

The restrictions on passenger numbers - and therefore flights - continue at Heathrow airport. On 15 August, London's busiest airport informed airlines that it would have to extend its capacity ceiling until the end of October. Since June, the airport has been limiting the maximum number of passengers to 100,000. This...

Nigeria is a rich country, very rich, at least on paper. It is Africa's largest oil producer. In 2021, according to OPEC, Nigeria was producing 1.38 million barrels of crude oil a day. In July 2022, production even reached 1.8 million barrels. But the country...