air transport

2026 will once again be a good year for the world's airlines. That's the message from IATA, the International Air Transport Association. Despite a global and economic context that is far from serene, IATA predicts that in 2026 airlines will post a net margin of 3.9 % and overall profits of 41 billion euros...

Air Antilles announced on 9 December that the Direction de la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (DSAC) had informed it of its decision to temporarily suspend its Certificat de Transport Aérien (CTA). The measure took effect at midnight. The company asserts that the safety of its operations has never been called into question and...

In the latent war that now characterises the relationship between the United States and Venezuela, the Trump administration has decided to attack the airlines. On Saturday 29 November, Donald Trump warned airlines to avoid Venezuela's airspace from now on. He wrote on his Truth Social network, without giving any further details:...

The FNAM commissioned a detailed study by consultants Asterès on the costs of operations driven by public policy on long-haul and short-haul flights from a number of EU countries as well as Turkey and the USA. The final conclusion is clear: France can now...

In less than three weeks, two regional carriers have gone bankrupt in the UK. At the beginning of October, Eastern Airways, one of the UK's leading domestic carriers with almost 1.5 million passengers a year, went out of business. Its two main bases were Aberdeen airport in Scotland and...

It has been a struggle that has lasted several years, but it has finally borne fruit. After demonstrating for almost a decade that rising air taxes and operating costs were endangering German air transport - and the country's competitiveness - the airline industry has finally convinced the German federal government. The government...

"At last!", travellers will be thinking. The "shutdown" in the United States, which among other things paralysed air transport, has come to an end. But although air traffic controllers are being paid again and are returning to their posts, traffic conditions will not be normalised immediately. According to the Federal Civil Aviation Administration,...

Finnair is continuing to expand its European network. The carrier is adding a total of 12 new destinations for the summer 2026 season from its Helsinki hub. While many of these are holiday destinations aimed at Scandinavian tourists, Finnair's arrival in Luxembourg is important for French-speaking business travellers. Served...

According to the ALTA association, which represents Latin American airlines, air traffic in the first half of 2025 will continue to grow at a sustained rate. In its traffic zone (Latin America and the Caribbean), ALTA is reporting growth in passenger numbers of almost 4%, or 237 million passengers. This growth is in fact...

The merger of the Kuala Lumpur-based airline into a single entity, AirAsia Group, will make AirAsia the world's leading low-cost carrier, with operations on several continents. At the same time, the group will be the first in the world to operate only single-aisle aircraft on short and medium-haul routes. The...

Barely launched and already over. It took just over a year for the commercial partnership agreement between ITA Airways and Saudia to come to an end. Launched with great fanfare on June 1, 2024, the agreement officially ends on November 15. The commercial partnership included code-share routes. But above all...

The airlines Air Austral and Aircalin are strengthening connectivity between France's south-western and Pacific overseas territories by coordinating their schedules and services between La Réunion and Nouméa. From Saturday 1 November 2025, the new agreement will offer travellers a simplified link between the two territories and regions via Bangkok....

Thai Airways International was due to lease 8 to 10 long-haul aircraft in response to a shortage in its fleet... and pending the arrival of new aircraft. The company had not anticipated its future needs. Its financial restructuring, from which it has just emerged, has probably not helped it to plan for the future... The carrier has certainly spent...

With one million passengers carried between January and August 2025, France is one of the most dynamic European markets for TAP Air Portugal. The Portuguese national airline, which connects several major French cities to Lisbon and Porto every day, is thus consolidating its position as the benchmark carrier between Europe, Africa and North America....

"We've been talking about it for a long time, the destination is on the table but no concrete decision has been taken". These are the words of Yann Saint-Sorny, Director France at LOT Polish Airlines. "It's true that Bangkok generates a great deal of passenger traffic, and Thailand is in fact the number one destination for Europeans - including Poles - in...

Since 21 October, Air Algérie has been offering a new route to N'Djamena in Chad, with a stopover in Douala. The carrier offers two frequencies per week. The Chadian authorities have granted the carrier "fifth freedom rights". This allows it to carry passengers from N'Djamena...

How is the Réunion-Metropolitan France market faring this year? Hugues Marchessaux - Reunion remains a very attractive destination, as we can see from the traffic figures. It's not a more difficult market than before, but it has become more competitive. There are four competing airlines, which makes it...

While passengers have adapted to an increasingly digital world, it seems that the travel industry is now lagging behind. When it comes to getting on a plane, they still have to queue up, print out their document and possibly do it all over again. The 2025 edition of the SITA Passenger IT Insights report highlights a...

For the past 15 days, the island of Madagascar has been shaken by a youth revolt. Since the weekend, this movement has been supported by part of the army and the national gendarmerie. The particularly unstable situation has led to the introduction of a curfew, particularly in the capital, Antananarivo. Faced with uncertainty about the future...

"We're having an exceptional year," says Davide Ioppolo, recently appointed Managing Director France for LATAM. [caption id="attachment_209221" align="alignleft" width="265"] Davide Ioppolo, LATAM Director France[/caption] In fact, in the second quarter of 2025, the South American airline posted a profit of 205 million euros. "It's a record, but above all it's the growth in profits that...