air transport

ASL Airlines is resuming services to Algeria. These services were suspended during the covid-19 crisis. ASL Airlines France has just announced that the Algerian authorities have approved the resumption of the airline's scheduled flights between France and Algeria. The carrier resumed its service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and...

A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the Department of Health of the Federated State of Georgia and Delta Air Lines has analysed passenger data on Delta flights with pre-flight Covid testing between New York-JFK, Atlanta and Rome-Fiumicino. It shows that the risk of exposure to Covid-19 on board an aircraft...

Keidanren, the very powerful and normally influential Federation of Japanese Business, sounded the alarm on Monday 6 September. The Japanese economy is weakening faster than it appears due to the isolation of the archipelago. On that day, the Keidanren presented a series of proposals aimed at normalising the country's economic activity. A pressing request at a time when...

It operates just over 20% of its pre-2019 flight volume to yet 70% of its destination network... This is Philippine Airlines, which continues to suffer from the almost total closure of the Philippines' borders since the covid pandemic in 2020. And last weekend, it submitted an application...

Following in the footsteps of its parent company Lufthansa, Swiss is launching a new business class catering concept. From September 1 and for the next six months, Swiss International Air Lines will be treating passengers on its long-haul flights from Switzerland to a selection of dishes prepared by Swiss chefs.

Pure chance? Probably not. Last April, Qatar Airways announced the launch in June of three weekly flights between Doha and Abidjan by Boeing 787, inaugurating its fourth route since the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The Qatari carrier also took the opportunity to sign an interline agreement with local carrier Air Côte d'Ivoire....

In July, passenger growth, expressed in RPK (revenue/passenger/km), was up by almost 130% on last year, according to the latest official figures from IATA. But the statistics can be misleading. After all, this growth is still at half-mast compared with 2019. The improvement is certainly visible compared with the first few months of...

Several years of unsuccessful restructuring and the coronavirus epidemic seemed to have taken their toll on the national carrier South African Airways. The carrier entered receivership in December 2019 and officially suspended all its flights in September 2020. The main reason for this was a total lack of cash. Last April, however, the company finally received the...

Ciao Alitalia! On August 18, the Italian civil aviation authority ENAC officially gave the green light to ITA (Italia Trasporto Aereo) to operate airlines and sell tickets. ENAC has granted an air operator's certificate to the new entity, which replaces Alitalia. Alitalia has also announced that it will stop selling...

As the pandemic epidemic continues to have its ups and downs, there is still total uncertainty about the conditions for entry into all countries. Hence Air France's decision to extend the conditions for total flexibility on its flight tickets. As part of its Air France Protect programme, the airline is allowing passengers to change their flight...

It has finally happened. At the end of last week, Air Austral made its first flight in a brand new Airbus A220-300. On 18 August, the aircraft connected Saint-Denis de la Réunion with the island of Mayotte. This is the first scheduled service between the two French departments in the Indian Ocean to welcome...

It's a modest return, but a return all the same. Since 20 August, Canadian carrier Westjet has been offering a weekly flight between Calgary - the capital of the province of Alberta - and Paris CDG. Every Sunday until the end of October, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner will fly between the two cities. The Westjet Dreamliner offers...

SAS Scandinavian Airlines is gradually returning to a network more in line with what it was before the pandemic. The airline has decided to increase the number of flights it operates as travel health protocols are eased and traffic resumes. SAS has just revealed what its network will look like from...

Air France has just inaugurated its new business lounge in Terminal 2F, with a monumental, transparent staircase, a sculpture of giant wings, and large windows allowing passengers to follow the ballet of aircraft. This is a complete change for Premium passengers travelling on Schengen routes, who until now have had to make do with a space in the basement, whose capacity...

Ryanair is expanding its presence in France this winter with around twenty new routes departing from the French regions. Many of these will be holiday destinations in Spain and Morocco. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="122177"] However, the new routes include two weekly flights (Monday and Friday) from Lille to...

Since the start of the restrictions, Brussels Airlines has increased the number of information channels on the documents required for travel. However, it seems that both passengers and ground staff are often overwhelmed by the mass of regulations. As these regulations are constantly evolving, they are slowing down check-in procedures. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="130527"]...

In a country where centralism remains a dogma, particularly in air transport, Corsair is going against the tide. The airline is launching a series of routes from Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes to the French West Indies and the Indian Ocean. Lyon is benefiting most from this strategic move. After launching two...

Bahrain-based Gulf Air now serves a network comparable to 80% of its pre-Covid destinations. The lifting of restrictions on duly vaccinated travellers has had a stimulating effect on the carrier, which has been steadily increasing its flights since the start of the summer season. To Europe,...

Delta Air Lines is ramping up its North Atlantic services once again. Following the reopening of flights from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon and Paris CDG, on 5 August the carrier re-launched flights from Dublin to New York JFK. The two cities have been linked three times a week since then by Airbus A330-300. The...

Cathay Pacific is giving in to the trend for "light" fares already practised by other airlines. In a letter sent to travel agents in Hong Kong, the Chinese airline said it would be introducing new fares in the coming months. However, the timetable for these changes has not yet been determined...