air transport

Possible is a UK-based charity working towards a low-carbon British society. Its "A Free Ride" campaign seeks to limit the use of environmentally damaging forms of transport. Air transport is naturally one of them. But the campaign also includes - less frequently - the idea of justice...

Since US President Joe Biden took office, there has been a growing number of initiatives aimed at reopening the United States to international travellers. Last week, US airlines and travel agencies urged the government to draw up a plan to reopen international borders. On condition that the number of vaccinations and cases of...

For many years, the most prestigious Air France agency faced the Pont Alexandre III in Paris. The Air France branch at Les Invalides was housed in a beautiful structure reminiscent of an orangery, built in 1900. Air France moved there in 1946. It housed an agency, a baggage check-in desk,...

In an economic climate that is, to say the least, unfavourable to airlines, there is one company that is continuing to focus on expansion: Wizz Air. The Hungarian-born carrier falls into the category of ultra-low-cost carriers like Ryanair. But it is exploiting a niche positioning by essentially linking Central European cities. This strategy is certainly helping...

In accordance with Czech insolvency law, the national airline CSA has been in receivership with the Prague Municipal Court since the end of February. The court has officially recognised the company's bankruptcy. The application for receivership was lodged following the end of an extraordinary moratorium, and after...

Business and leisure travellers are waiting for just one thing: to board a plane again, and governments must quickly take the necessary measures to allow them to do so. This is the message sent by IATA with the publication of a survey conducted in mid-February among 4,700 travellers in 11 countries, including France....

480 million passengers in 2020, compared with 927 million a year earlier on US airlines. Only 36 million of these will be on international routes. This compares with 115.4 million passengers the previous year. The covid has of course had a devastating effect on air transport in the United States, if we...

In 2020, the Thai national airline began to reduce its workforce. With 29,000 employees, Thai Airways was one of the airlines with the highest number of employees in Asia, compared with carriers of a similar size. Singapore Airlines, for example, has 17,000 employees and Cathay Pacific 19,500. The carrier has...

It is called the "Northeast Alliance" and took shape on 25 February. This is the strategic alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue which was announced at the beginning of January. An alliance which, according to the management of American and JetBlue, will enable them to accelerate their financial and operational recovery. The...

United Airlines grounded 24 of its Boeing 777s on Sunday after an engine on one of its aircraft caught fire in flight. The engine sent debris flying over a suburb north of Denver at the weekend. The disaster, which caused no casualties, involved a...

From next week, airlines based in Hong Kong will have to comply with new quarantine measures. These stricter rules have been decreed by the Hong Kong government, which has been panicked by the resurgence of the virus. Under the new rules, all travellers arriving from abroad will have to remain confined for 14 days in the...

IATA has just drawn up a review of its members' activity in 2020. The association, which brings together 290 airlines - representing 82% of all capacity - recorded a 75.6% drop in international passenger demand compared with 2019. Expressed in revenue/passenger/km (RPK), the decline is 85% internationally. The decline is...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is temporarily reducing its flight operations to Geneva in view of the tighter travel restrictions imposed by the Swiss Federal Council on February 1. The measure will be in force until the end of February. The decision was taken in view of the fact that Swiss operates a so-called "low-cost" model in Geneva....

While La Compagnie and its all-business class flights are now a thing of the past, the idea of transatlantic routes specialising in premium traffic remains. JetBlue's arrival in Europe in summer 2021 is eagerly awaited. The US carrier is due to begin flights from New York JFK and Boston to airports in...

Passengers travelling to Dubai are now required to present the negative results of a PCR test for COVID-19, carried out 72 hours before travel rather than 96 hours (4 days) as was previously the case. Passengers must also continue to install a special mobile application on their phones. This application allows passengers to...

The publication in the Israeli media of travellers evading a self-quarantine has set off a firestorm in Israel. The measure is compulsory for all passengers returning from a trip. The health authorities put pressure on the government to close down air transport for at least two weeks. Satisfaction...

Following consultations with the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), KLM has developed a safe alternative testing protocol for crews arriving from high-risk countries. Under the agreed protocol, staff will undergo rapid screening tests on departure from and return to Amsterdam Schiphol....

Following the discovery of five covid-19 positive cases on an Air France flight between Paris-CDG and Tianjin near Beijing, the Chinese civil aviation authorities have suspended the route for 15 days. In practice, this decision complies with the rules laid down by the government. The government prohibits...