air transport

The aviation industry in Asia is still in a state of disarray, with the borders of a number of countries, including China, Taiwan and Japan, still hermetically sealed. Added to this is the resurgence of Covid in this part of the world - Macao is under confinement for the first time, for example -, the lengthening of...

The technological advance announced by Alaska Airlines will bring numerous benefits to passengers. The electronic baggage tags will allow passengers to avoid printing traditional baggage tags at the airport. Passengers will be able to activate their tags from anywhere - their home, their office or even their car - up to 24 hours before...

Enjoy a complete business class experience without paying the price of a business ticket. This is what airBaltic is now offering with its Business Light fare. The price represents an average reduction of 20% to 30% on a standard business fare. For example, a single ticket from Paris to Riga at the end of August costs...

Hardly a week goes by without London Heathrow airport being pilloried by the British and international media for its disastrous handling of passengers and baggage. And hardly a week goes by without the airport management officially apologising for the inconvenience caused. So the...

Swiss International Air Lines will be expanding its portfolio of destinations from the start of the winter schedules. The carrier is planning 83 destinations from Zurich and 26 from Geneva. This represents approximately 80% of 2019 capacity. The programme features a greater number of destinations than during the winter...

Qatar Airways is one of the few airlines to have permanently offered flights to Australia, even during the harsh confinement of the country. Qatar even launched a new route to Brisbane in early 2020. The carrier carried more than 330,000 passengers between March 2020 and December 2021. Qatar Airways returns to...

Under pressure from staff recruitment difficulties following the Covid crisis, British Airways is tightening its timetable once again. The British carrier explains: "The aviation industry as a whole continues to face significant challenges and we are fully focused on strengthening the resilience of our operations...

Korean Air has just announced that it will be returning to 50% of its pre-Covid international capacity at the beginning of September in response to the return of passenger demand. In Europe, the carrier plans to offer a network of eight destinations. Korean currently serves Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London Heathrow and Paris CDG. Barcelona, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino and Vienna will be added. Before the pandemic, the...

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been feeling the pinch for a long time now. The company, whose shareholders are the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, has been in a poor financial position for more than a decade. Its situation has been weakened by the Covid crisis, particularly with the fall in traffic to Asia....

The announcement is due to be made official on Monday 4 July. But the whole of the German press is already talking about it: Deutsche Bahn is to become a new member of Star Alliance, a first in the world of airline alliances. Deutsche Bahn is already a partner of Lufthansa on routes between Germany and Frankfurt airport. But now it is to become the...

As part of the European Commission's "Connecting Europe Days", five sustainable European flights converged on Lyon airport, where the EU event was taking place. These flights used innovative technologies, fuels and air navigation procedures to minimise their carbon emissions, demonstrating the potential for transforming...

How has traffic been since the reopening of French Polynesia? Mathieu Bechonnet - We've seen very strong activity and a major rebound since the reopening of the Polynesian islands to international visitors. Polynesia is in the process of returning to its pre-Covid levels, with the same pricing practices,...

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...