air transport

Six months. It took six months for China to partially lift the ban on foreign travellers entering the country, with all the restrictions lifted for the type of traveller. So, for the past week, it has once again been possible to travel directly to Beijing. A real event,...

The world continues to dream of creating faster, more comfortable and, above all, more environmentally friendly aircraft. Supported by the Dutch airline KLM and the TU Delft, the Flying-V, a long-haul, highly energy-efficient aircraft, has made its first test flight. A success for the two protagonists behind the project. [link-block prefix="A...

The reopening of Paris-Orly airport at the end of June means that Air France is gradually returning to the southern Paris hub. Alongside its main hub at Roissy CDG, the airline now serves around twenty destinations from Orly. For the time being, the network is purely domestic, and includes the services of "La...

The debate raged a few months ago at the start of the pandemic. Should the middle seat in economy class cabins be blocked in order to maintain sufficient sanitary standards? The International Air Transport Association (IATA) raised the issue in April, but changed its mind in May. At a briefing,...

The United Kingdom's sudden decision to re-introduce compulsory quarantine for travellers to several European Union countries within a matter of hours has further dampened hopes of a return to normal traffic flows. The decision was justified by the upsurge in cases of coronavirus in certain parts of these countries. The UK's Department for...

It was an election with the flavour of a plebiscite. With a turnout of 82.63% and 90.37% in favour, the SNPL, the majority union of Air France pilots, finally validated on 12 August the plan to reorganise the domestic network proposed by the management of the Air France-KLM group, after months of negotiations....