air transport

Air Tahiti Nui is continuing its expansion in the Pacific. The airline, which already serves Auckland in New Zealand from Papeete, has announced the opening of a new direct route between Papeete and Sydney (PPT-SYD). This new route is part of the airline's strategy to strengthen French Polynesia's long-term connectivity with the rest of the world.

The launch by the United States and Israel of large-scale attacks against Iran has had an immediate consequence for all travellers: the dislocation of the Persian Gulf as the world's hub. While airlines had decided a few weeks ago to temporarily suspend some of their routes for security reasons...

There are hints of the Soviet Union in the United States. As in Stalin's time, when cities, schools and public squares were named after the "Little Father of the People", the American administration is toying with the idea of renaming certain institutions and infrastructures after the "greatest American president of all time", to use the terminology in vogue in...

The BDL - Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (Federation of the German Air Transport Industry) - has just published its annual review of German air transport. It's a gloomy assessment, even if there are signs of a timid recovery. The findings are bitter indeed. According to Joachim Lang, Managing Director of the BDL,...

Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary is now being deployed in Frankfurt, after Munich. The carrier launched the first flights of its City Line subsidiary on 10 February from its main hub, complementing its Munich base. The latter was inaugurated in the summer of 2024. Lufthansa City Line is stationing 13 aircraft there, having...

Protests are growing over one of the most decried open skies agreements since the European Union: the one signed in 2021 with Qatar, which allows the airlines of both political entities to serve any airline linking Doha to the European Union and vice versa. Except that the signing and application of the agreement...

Turbulence ahead at Lufthansa: the German airline will have to deal with a major last-minute strike this Thursday 12 July. The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) launched its call on Tuesday. And according to its leaders, "This industrial action will disrupt all flights departing from German airports between 00:01 and...

The Cuban authorities issued a warning on Monday 9 February. There is no more paraffin at Havana international airport in Cuba. This situation is expected to last for at least a month. And it is forcing the airline industry to take action to find alternative solutions. The energy crisis, present since 2025 with the...

It's a winter storm of the kind rarely experienced in the United States, which nevertheless experiences major snowfalls every year. Covering some 3,000 km from Nevada and southern Texas to the Canadian border, this storm is as exceptional in its size as it is in its scope. An episode the likes of which have not been seen since...

Growth, yes, but anaemic growth compared with the rest of the world. This can be seen from the results of the airports managed by the Vinci group in France compared with the rest of the world. This clearly confirms that the French aviation dynamic has been broken since the increase in air taxes in 2025. Air transport...

The agreement between Air Tahiti and Air Tahiti Nui, signed on 22 December 2025, marks an important step in the strengthening of services to the Pacific islands. The aim is to simplify travel for international passengers, initially to Bora Bora and Rarotonga. From 2 June 2026, Air Tahiti will be offering...

The future of African air transport will be built 40 km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. This is where the future Bishoftu International Airport (BIA) will be built, the hub of Ethiopian Airlines, already Africa's leading airline with 19 million passengers and 150 destinations. The hub will be built...

Aer Lingus is preparing to turn the page in Manchester. The Irish airline has confirmed that it will be ceasing long-haul operations from the British airport, a major European hub. Manchester is expected to welcome more than 32 million passengers by 2025, and is linked to around ten cities in...

Traffic of nearly 638,000 passengers in 2024, probably less in 2025, just enough for the operations of a single airport. But that's not the case in New Caledonia... Air transport in this Pacific territory has always been split between two airports at Nouméa: Nouméa-La Tontouta handles international traffic; Nouméa-Magenta...

For Hawaiian Airlines, 2026 will mean an ambitious $600 million investment plan, designed to fundamentally transform the travel experience for its passengers. A plan approved by its parent company, Alaska Airlines. The announcement was made by Diana Birkett Rakow, the airline's Managing Director, in the presence of the Governor of...

From 1 January 2026, Brussels Airlines will be offering African-inspired meals on flights from sub-Saharan Africa to Belgium. The airline is thus reinforcing its image as an expert on Africa and its art of living within the Lufthansa Group. Brussels Airlines, which serves no fewer than 18...

After Etihad and at the same time as MEA (Lebanon), Saudia is preparing to receive its first Airbus A321XLR, the long-haul version of the Airbus A321, in 2026. The aircraft can fly non-stop over a distance of around 8,700 km. This step forward will enable the Saudi national carrier to introduce a business class cabin with...

Turkish Airlines left Tirana in June 2019. It is returning just under six years later with one or two daily flights from Istanbul, depending on the day. The airline will operate a Boeing 737-800 with a business and economy class. The flight will leave Istanbul early in the morning with...

As 2025 draws to a close, it's time for the travel industry to take stock. OAG is no exception, unveiling its 2025 ranking of the world's busiest airlines. The results are clear: Asia is the undisputed leader of the OAG ranking, accounting for nine of the ten routes in the...

From 2026, Air France will end year-round operations on its Paris-CDG-Manila route, transforming it into a seasonal route. The airline will thus suspend its flights during the European summer season, from 4 May to 12 October 2026. In principle, however, it will resume this route in winter. Currently served three times a day,...