air transport

If not green, the lights are at least orange, if not pale orange, according to OAG. The British consultancy, which specialises in analysing airline schedules and capacity, is analysing the growth in seat volumes in the various traffic segments around the world week after week. According to OAG, the number of seats...

What was the state of air transport in France at the end of September? The good news is that passenger traffic is picking up again and seems to be out of the rut seen between February and April. During this period, traffic was barely 10% of what it was in 2019... September certainly saw a slowdown in the number of...

It has been a long wait for airlines following the Biden administration's announcement in September that they would once again allow vaccinated European travellers to come to the United States. But now it's done. As of November 8, travellers who have been duly vaccinated and who test negative for the Covid virus before departure will be able to travel to the...

ITA has just taken off, with ambitions to become the benchmark airline on the Italian peninsula. It is starting its activity with a limited network and a compact fleet compared to what Alitalia was before the pandemic. For its debut, ITA serves 44 destinations on 59 routes, including the...

The agreement has been signed, but it has taken five years. It was in 2016 that the European Commission received a mandate to negotiate a "comprehensive air transport agreement" with Qatar. Negotiations were due to be concluded in 2019. But the dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom over the management of the airport...

United Airlines announced at the end of last week that it would be making the biggest transatlantic expansion in its history, with 10 new flights and five new destinations. The new destinations to be served from next spring include Amman, Bergen (Norway), the Azores as well as Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife...

It's a timid first step. But a first step nonetheless. With the start of the IATA winter schedules on October 31, Thai Airways International is resuming its international flights from Bangkok. A fleet of 21 long-haul aircraft has been reactivated out of the 38 officially registered. 7 other aircraft...

On Friday 15 October, the White House decided to finally lift all travel restrictions linked to covid-19 for fully vaccinated international visitors from 8 November. This decision puts an end to a historic travel ban in the country's recent history. The United States had kept its borders virtually sealed for 21...

A week ago, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published the results of a survey. Carried out among 4,700 people in 11 countries in September, the survey shows that passengers are generally weary of the restrictions still in force on air travel. But there is one important point concerning vaccination. It is true that...

From Paris-Orly, Transavia is already showing its colours for this summer. From 27 March 2022, several new routes will be added to the network from the Air France low-cost subsidiary's main French base. For the moment, these are routes to Bilbao, La Palma, the Azores (Ponta Delgada), Yerevan, Glasgow, Ljubljana, Podgorica and Skiathos...

"The customer and sustainable development". These were the two terms used by Henri de Peyrelongue, Executive Vice President Commercial Sales Air France-KLM during a presentation at the IFTM Top Resa tourism trade show. "Air France has prepared for this difficult period. We have continued to invest to maintain our entire network. We have also shown ourselves to be...

Italian carrier ITA is in the starting-block, with its first flights scheduled for 15 October. And even before it takes off, the company has already confirmed an initial option to lease and acquire new aircraft. ITA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 28 aircraft and with Airbus for...

The brand new Airbus A220-300, which the airline is particularly proud of for its environmental performance and comfort, will serve nine destinations this winter. This is according to the first announcements for the French carrier's 2021/2022 winter schedule. From 31 October, Air France will introduce the aircraft on routes...

Vueling should be able to launch nine daily return flights from Orly after receiving all 18 slots released by Air France in exchange for the European Commission's green light for its recapitalisation. New routes should begin operating from November. Vueling is already the third largest airline operator at Paris Orly...

The first route operated by Norwegian airline Flyr will connect Oslo-Gardermoen to Paris CDG on 14 October. Services to Copenhagen (CPH) and Rome Fiumicino (FCO) will begin one day later. Each of these three new routes will be operated twice weekly by Boeing 737-800. Launched on 30 June, Flyr already serves Nice to...

According to statistics from the US Bureau of Transportation, US scheduled passenger airlines reported a net profit after tax of $1 billion in the second quarter of 2021. A significant improvement despite a pre-tax operating loss of $3.6 billion. The second-quarter results represent the first profit since...

Eurocontrol, the body in charge of coordinating flights in Europe, has just published its latest report on air activity on the continent. And there is good news for airlines. In August, flights were back to 71% of 2019 levels across Europe. However, this average conceals a wide variation between countries...

This is confirmed almost daily. Air travel in Europe is picking up with the acceleration of vaccination. Travellers in possession of the precious sesame that is a vaccination are increasingly authorised to travel. This is good news for Finnair, whose traffic in Helsinki is largely made up of...

Munich airport authorities are smiling again. The autumn/winter 2021 season is shaping up very favourably with the return of many airlines and the rise of Lufthansa. In total, the airport will be linked again this September to 170 destinations, representing 80% of its pre-Covid network. At intercontinental level,...

September 11 2001 was a staggering event for the world. Anyone who lived through the event will remember the staggering, surreal images of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the devastation that followed. According to the Director General of IATA, Willie Walsh, as the...