air transport

Is Air France a model in Europe when it comes to managing its staff and, consequently, its summer schedule? There is every reason to believe so, given the French airline's current flight planning situation. Unlike other European airlines - easyJet, British Airways, the Lufthansa group...

Lufthansa is justifying its latest cuts to its summer schedules. The airline cites air safety strikes, weather events and, in particular, a higher-than-expected Covid infection rate. This is putting additional pressure on the system. "The increase in the number of Corona infections we are currently seeing across...

Vueling has just announced that from 2023 it will accept payment for its airline tickets and services in crypto-currency. The carrier is integrating the BitPay crypto-currency platform and the Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) payment network. Crypto-currency payment will only be open to individual travellers. Vueling: 50 air routes from...

A whole month: that will probably be enough time to avoid going to Qatar. Except with the very strong motivation of attending a football World Cup match. The event, organised by FIFA, runs from 21 November to 18 December. It's not going to be easy, though, as...

Oneworld officially announced on 20 June that Oman Air would be joining the alliance by 2024. The arrival of Oman Air in the oneworld alliance will strengthen the position of this grouping of airlines in the Middle East. Oman Air will be the second Gulf carrier to join the alliance after Qatar Airways and, in the Levant, will be the first to join the...

For Spanish carrier Iberia, summer is the perfect time to resume flights on the North Atlantic. At the beginning of June, the carrier launched its new routes to Washington DC and Dallas. Iberia is also resuming frequencies to San Francisco. In fact, the airline's summer schedule for the United States now includes eight destinations, instead of five...

It will have taken just over two years to see an aircraft flying the colours of Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines on the tarmac at Conakry (Guinea) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) airports. This has been the case since 11 June. Since then, Brussels Airlines has been connecting Brussels to the two capitals three times a week....

Bukhara (Uzbekistan) but also Juba (South Sudan) and Tivat (Montenegro). Turkish Airlines has resumed the strong expansion of its network, adding these three destinations which have in common the absence of a major international air network. Turkish Airlines is therefore filling a gap. Since 1 June, the airline has been serving Juba, the capital of the independent state of South Africa...

Swiss is extending its partnership with AirPortr to Zurich airport and any other destination in Switzerland. This baggage service has already been available to customers departing from Geneva airport since last October. Travellers arriving at or departing from Zurich airport can now take advantage of the "AirPortr" service.

Transavia has just announced the opening of sales for the winter season. They are accompanied by a number of new features, including the launch of four international routes from autumn 2022. The low-cost subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group will be offering flights from its Paris-Orly base to Copenhagen (two flights/week), while Luxor and...

8,000 flights: that's roughly the number of frequencies that British Airways decided to cancel between March and October. This reduction in the number of flights is linked to the fact that the airline is understaffed, having not sufficiently anticipated the upturn in traffic since the start of the year. With the Covid pandemic,...

The cooperation between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Qatar Airways is expanding with a new step in the connectivity of the two carriers' networks. Malaysia Airlines is launching a non-stop service between Kuala Lumpur and Doha from 25 May. The result will be a stronger network of connections and shared flights...

Air France-KLM and IndiGo have confirmed that they have finally obtained the necessary regulatory approvals for their new codeshare relationship announced for December 2021. Air France-KLM had already been looking for a partner in India for several years following the bankruptcy of Jet Airways. The agreement will result in the establishment of a codeshare...

The launch of Star Alliance's 25th anniversary celebrations will mean a series of innovations for passengers. One of the most important is the launch of a future co-branded credit card. This will include all the airlines in the group. However, few details have been revealed about the future card....

The Algerian national carrier Air Algérie will finally be renewing its fleet of aircraft. This renewal had been suspended indefinitely by the government in 2020 with the health crisis. This is therefore a first for the airline since the pandemic. The previous fleet renewal took place in 2016, when Air Algérie...

A level playing field for Latin America. This is what will happen if the regulatory approvals are granted for the creation of a new major airline group in Latin America, the future Abra Group Ltd. The decision has been taken by the main shareholders of Colombia's Avianca and the controlling shareholder of Brazil's...

The news was eagerly awaited by everyone, especially business travellers used to long-haul flights: from Monday 16 May, masks will no longer be compulsory for travel. "The constantly improving health situation means that we can lift the requirement to wear a mask on all flights from Monday"...

The need to travel is strong despite the uncertain political and economic situation in Europe. This is the conclusion of ACI Europe, which brings together over 500 airports in some fifty countries across the continent. Compared with the figures for 2020 (the month of March and the 1st quarter of 2020 saw traffic...

The economic climate remains gloomy for the airline ANA, which has given some outlooks for its business over the coming months. In a note published to coincide with the release of its financial results for fiscal year 2021 (1/04/21 to 31/03/22), the carrier continued to see its results impacted by Covid-related restrictions, particularly...

A PCR test 48 hours before departure, a compulsory health declaration, followed by a quarantine reduced to seven days. This is what the Hong Kong authorities now require to visit the city from 1 May. In addition to these formalities, travellers are required to show confirmation of their stay and register on...