air transport

Under discussion for 12 years, the European Union's transport ministers have finally agreed on the reform of EU261 legislation, which governs the rights of air passengers in the event of delays or cancellations. Predictably, the EU has tried to have it both ways. No one will find...

Predictions of a slowdown in demand for air travel between Europe and the United States are being confirmed week after week. And after the "bravado" of a number of airlines claiming at the beginning of May that they were not seeing any slowdown in demand, most are now quietly adjusting their frequencies. Airline consultancy OAG notes that in June, capacity...

Emirates and Air China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the IATA Annual General Meeting, establishing a strategic framework to develop their existing interline cooperation. The MoU, which still awaits approval from the civil aviation authorities of China and the UAE, was initialled by Adnan Kazim, Emirates' Chief Executive Officer...

Air traffic in mainland France over the first four months of the year continued to grow at a more than respectable rate. Between January and April 2025, France recorded 51.8 million passengers, an increase of 5.3% compared with the same period in 2024. We can see that the increase in air taxes, effective...

Europe is regularly pilloried by the leaders of IATA, the international air transport association. This was certainly the case at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, which has just ended in Delhi. Rafael Schvartzman, Vice-President Regional Europe, condemned the European authorities and their regulations for hampering the growth of air transport. They are making it difficult to...

The annual conference of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) was held in Delhi this year. The event highlighted India's increasingly important role as an airline nation. This is also confirmed by a new partnership between Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Indian carrier IndiGo. The agreement...

Blue Sky, the new joint programme between JetBlue and United Airlines, is set to bring a host of benefits to customers of both airlines. The two airlines hope to launch the programme this autumn. They detail the future benefits, which will nevertheless have to be approved by the relevant authorities. United MileagePlus customers will be able to earn and use frequent flyer...

Nothing is going well at Finnair. The company, already severely weakened by a negative international environment, has now been affected for several weeks by large-scale strikes. In fact, March 27 kicked off a series of further actions by the unions. The company had to cancel more than...

In Europe, Flightright is responsible for compensating passengers who are victims of flight disruptions. At a time when discussions are due to take place in the European Parliament on a possible re-evaluation of passenger compensation rights, the company has revealed its list of the airlines with the most delays. Over the first five months of the year, the performance...

It was the little low-cost airline that everyone in Vietnam watched with varying degrees of attention. But in just a few years, Vietjet has become the country's leading airline in terms of passenger numbers. In 2024, the company carried more than 25.9 million passengers on its 145 routes (44 domestic and...

Tougher rights for European travellers when flights are delayed. This is what the European Union wants. A proposal has been under discussion for several years. It should change the rules that airline lobbies consider too intransigent. At present, a three-hour flight delay entitles passengers to compensation. According to the...

The aircraft officially landed at London Gatwick for the first time on 18 May. The aircraft, operated by Uganda Airlines, Uganda's national airline, inaugurated a new era with this new direct flight to Europe from Entebbe International Airport. Until now, only three European carriers linked Entebbe: Brussels Airlines from Brussels, KLM from Amsterdam...

Delayed delivery of baggage, or at worst its loss, is a source of anxiety for air passengers. And with good reason. According to the 2024 baggage handling report by AirHelp, a travel technology company, 36.1 million units were not delivered correctly in 2023. This, out of a total of 5.2 billion passengers,...

BeOnd began operations in November 2023. The airline is marginal in its operations. The carrier has its administrative headquarters in Dubai, but its aircraft take off and land in Malé, in the Maldives. The company is increasingly emerging as the 'national' top-of-the-range airline of the small archipelago between the Arabian Sea...

Building on the success of its new Paris-Nouméa via Bangkok route, launched in December 2024 using A330neo aircraft, New Caledonia's international airline is announcing a third frequency on the route in November. The route between Noumea and Paris via Bangkok, currently scheduled with 2 flights a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, will benefit from a third...

A serious incident sounded the alarm last week, and was reported by all the major US media. The New York Times reported that employees at the Philadelphia air traffic control centre, which coordinates flights north of the US East Coast, panicked. They lost track of planes approaching Newark-Liberty on...

For decades, Air Bretagne, British Island Airways, Jersey European Airways and many other carriers operated flights between Paris and the Channel Island of Jersey. While its neighbour Guernsey regained two weekly flights to Paris-CDG in 2024, operated by Alderney Air Services, Jersey continued to suffer from...

A new problem is emerging for airlines: the military escalation between India and Pakistan. Until now, this has been a limited armed conflict, which could simply degenerate into a war between the two countries, enemies since the partition of India in 1947. Military fire in the Kashmir region means that...

2025 marks the fifth anniversary of Air France and KLM's joint venture (JV) partnership with Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic. This alliance continues to redefine transatlantic travel with excellent connectivity and enhanced customer benefits. It also means more frequencies and new destinations this summer. The four...

United is resolutely looking to the future, and intends to pave the way for defining the air mobility of tomorrow. With this in mind, a few days ago the company announced its ambition - shared with specialist Archer - to launch a network of aircraft taxis in New York. The aim is to link Manhattan to neighbouring airports by...