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Indonesia, despite its 250 million inhabitants, its enormous natural resources in gas, nickel and rubber among others, and its economic growth of more than 5%, is a dwarf in international air transport. Before Covid, the country carried almost 140 million passengers a year. Since the end of the pandemic, the...

May will be a month of firsts for several airlines. A few days before Air France makes its debut in Phoenix, Swiss will also set out to conquer a new destination. The Lufthansa Group airline will be serving Seoul from Zurich from 7 May. Seoul, the unmissable MICE hub The...

While the airline alliances are most often known for integrating new member airlines or opening airport lounges, they are not forgetting the MICE clientele. Several years ago, SkyTeam set up a dedicated programme, Global Meetings, aimed at facilitating the organisation of events. This portal, which, like...

So Germany, the UK and France do not have a monopoly on strikes affecting business travel. Finland will also be affected this week, on 1 and 2 February to be precise. In all, no fewer than 550 flights will be cancelled during these two days of action. Insofar as Finnair provides...

In the end, Turkish Airlines chose Melbourne for its first service to Australia. Three weekly frequencies will be offered with a technical stop in Singapore until the Turkish airline receives its first Airbus A 350-1000. Including this stopover, the Istanbul-Melbourne flight will last 19 hours. Fares have already been...

It's official as of 23 January: Phoenix will be joining Air France's American catalogue. The airline plans to connect Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Phoenix Sky Harbor for the first time on 23 May. Three flights a week will be operated between the French capital and the Arizona city, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and...

33: this is the number of destinations served by easyJet during the summer of 2024 from Bordeaux airport. This number will be reached thanks to the addition of a route to a leading leisure destination: Athens. Flights will start on 4 April, and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays, as in the past.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX-9s following a spectacular incident involving an aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. Last Friday, a panel of the fuselage separated about ten minutes after the aircraft took off from Portland airport (Oregon). Federal investigators...

The launch of the Privilege Club Collection marks a turning point in Qatar Airways' relationship with its frequent flyer programme. This new platform, unveiled on 8 January, extends the range of possibilities for business travellers who regularly visit the airports served by the airline. In addition to the traditional use of Avios - upgrades, flights...

2023 will have confirmed the recovery of air transport according to the consultant OAG, which analyses air capacity in terms of the number of seats offered. As the year draws to a close, OAG reports that airlines will have marketed 5.54 billion seats. This represents a total capacity that is only 3.7% lower than the previous year.

As 2023 draws to a close, Flightright is taking stock of the disruption experienced by business and leisure travellers when travelling in Europe. And the findings are clear for the passenger compensation specialist: "2023 has been a particularly complicated period for European travellers, marked by...

The improvement in diplomatic relations is having a positive effect on air travel: the national airline Air Algérie has just announced the resumption of its flights to Madrid following the re-establishment of relations between Algeria and Spain. Algeria had decided to suspend its relations following the Spanish Prime Minister's support for the autonomy plan of the autonomous region of...

It's the business travel news of the end of 2023, and perhaps the start of a new era for French SMEs on the eve of 2024: the launch of BusinessToGo in France and the UK was made official at the end of November. It extends the range of possibilities for booking and managing business travel,...

8 kg for cabin baggage, 23 kg for hold baggage. The drastic baggage restrictions for Finnair business class passengers will have lasted just over six months. The airline has just announced that it has changed the rules again, with immediate effect. The decision by...

After a 2023 marked by both the gradual return of business travel and widespread inflation, 2024 could be the year of stabilisation. This is the trend that emerges from the Air Monitor 2024 report published on Monday by American Express GBT: "In all regions, fluctuations in fares are expected to stabilise....

Ponte Aérea, the air shuttle linking Paris Orly to Lisbon, offers business travellers a choice of 16 daily flights operated by TAP Air Portugal between the two capitals - 8 from Lisbon and 8 from Paris. Spread throughout the day, these flights offer a wide choice of...

JetBlue's arrival at major European airports marks much more than the addition of a new code on the transatlantic route. With its own history, philosophy and positioning, the New York-based airline wants to change the game. Having patiently built up a strategy and a network in the Americas, the time has come for the carrier to breathe new life into its business...

While waiting for its first electric aircraft to take off, which it hopes will happen by 2028, SAS intends to start the New Year with good resolutions for more responsible travel. On Wednesday, the airline announced the launch of the EuroBonus Conscious Traveler programme in January. "SAS, like the aviation sector, is on the way to...

Nice remains a very popular destination for American airlines during the summer season. The city's image and its appeal for MICE and business tourism, as well as its proximity to Monaco and all the holiday resorts on the Côte d'Azur, explain this rush of US airlines. So 2024 will not escape the rush...

26 cities and destinations. This is the service offered by the Spanish regional airline Volotea from Strasbourg airport, which has established itself as the "national airline" of the Alsace metropolis. The Eurometropolis, once the stronghold of Air France, is now closely associated with the regional carrier. This will finally give it the European coverage it so coveted. Because...