air transport

After several months of depressed air travel in Europe, the acceleration of vaccination against Covid-19 on the European continent is beginning to bear fruit. Better immunity coverage and the travel protocols introduced by the European Union have eased restrictions. This is benefiting the business of...

This is a turning point in the service policy of German airline Lufthansa. The German carrier is definitively putting an end to its image as a "full service carrier" by offering only a paying meal service in economy class. Its subsidiary Austrian Airlines had already shown the way in the spring. From now on, it will be called "Onboard Delights". This attractive term...

France's first long-haul flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) took place on 18 May. It was Air France flight 342 from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to Montreal. Its fuel tanks contained a sustainable aviation fuel produced in its own factories...

Austrian Airlines must emerge from the health crisis smaller and more agile, according to a recent interview with the airline's CEO, Alexis von Hoensbroech. "We can only count on ourselves to pull through. Our main shareholder Lufthansa no longer has the means to support us financially again. Nor does the Austrian government",...

Priority Pass, a leading private lounge programme, has announced that 150 new lounges will join the group in 2021. They add to an extensive portfolio of more than 1,300 lounges, which also includes premium dining, rail and maritime lounges. This represents growth of 20 % for...

Etihad Airways has teamed up with DUBZ to transform passengers' place of residence into a subsidiary of the airport. Passengers will be able to complete their check-in formalities in advance. This includes not only baggage, but also seat selection and the issuing of boarding passes from home. A test...

After the three weekly flights launched by Air Senegal to Lyon in March, the airline is continuing its international expansion. From 2 September, the carrier will be offering two weekly non-stop flights from Dakar's Blaise Diagne international airport to New York JFK....

The upturn in domestic air traffic is having a negative impact on travellers. Since 1 May, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United have no longer offered full flexibility on travel. These three carriers are following in the footsteps of American Airlines, which had already decided in April to further restrict the conditions under which changes could be made. All of these...

Vaccination campaigns are gaining momentum in Europe and North America, offering fresh hope of recovery for air transport. Finnair, for example, is now anticipating a return in traffic. The Finnish carrier has announced a network of 65 destinations for this summer. With the resumption of flights from June...

American Airlines has just taken possession of a new terminal for its regional routes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, including 14 boarding gates. The new 22,500 m² facility can handle several thousand passengers a day. Designed in cooperation with the airport authorities, the terminal has a capacity of 850 seats. Coming soon...

In a video interview at the Routes Reconnected conference, Dieter Vranckx, CEO of Swiss Airlines, outlined the shape of the recovery in air travel. "There's no doubt that we're seeing dramatic changes in business travel at the moment. I therefore expect a reduced volume of...

The evaporation of international air traffic to the African continent over several months will leave its mark. Overall, even with the recovery in the second half of 2020, the region is unlikely to have attracted more than 45 million passengers over the year, compared with 155 million in 2019. Worse still, the return to this...

North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. These are the three geographical areas which benefit most from the new summer routes at Marseille-Provence international airport. In North Africa, the first airline to inaugurate new routes is Air Arabia Maroc. The low-cost carrier now offers flights to Fez and Oujda. Marseille-Fès is served...

Turkish Airlines is once again offering a hot meal service on routes with a flight time of at least two hours 15 minutes. The service had been reduced to a strict minimum because of the pandemic. Boxes containing a cold meal had been available in all classes since last year...

Since 1 April, Vietnamese airlines have once again been authorised to operate international flights, albeit in very limited numbers. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) announced this at the end of March. The CAAV then submitted a three-stage plan to the Ministry of Transport for the reopening of international flights. In...

Dubai's national carrier, Emirates Airlines, has just updated its reservation policy, offering its passengers even greater flexibility. The carrier is now offering a free change of reservation for a period of between 24 and 36 months from the date of issue. In detail, passengers with...

The restriction of domestic routes to a two-and-a-half-hour rail journey, proposed as part of the Climate and Resilience Bill, has been adopted at first reading by the National Assembly. This first vote paves the way for the abolition of four air routes from Orly to Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes and Rennes. It will...

This has been the great soap opera of Canadian air transport. That of the takeover and merger of Air Canada with its competitor Air Transat. It began in the summer of 2019 and came to an abrupt end at the beginning of this week. The reason: the covid crisis and the fear of reduced competition on...

The transformation of the three billion euro loan into a capital increase by the French state in the airline Air France makes it a definitive aid for the company's survival. The four-year loan of three billion euros granted by the French government to Air France last year will no longer have to be repaid. In...