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The arrival of the winter season will see an increase in long-haul routes on the Transavia network. These include routes to Africa and the Middle East, but also, for the first time, to the Gulf - in particular Dubai. To Africa, the low-cost subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group will be launching services to Cape Town at the end of October...

At over 3,250 m², the new lounge inaugurated this week at Denver airport is quite simply the largest in the entire United network. The lounge, located in Concourse B (gate B44), has three levels and a total of no fewer than 600 seats. It confirms the airline's ambitions...

Singapore Airlines has just announced that it will be returning to Brussels from April 2024. The airline had served the Belgian capital in the past, but decided to suspend the route in the early 2000s. SIA's return is scheduled for 5 April aboard an Airbus A350-900 tri-class...

18 destinations, including many flights operated on a daily basis. This is what Brussels Airlines is offering this winter on its Sub-Saharan Africa network from Brussels. The Belgian national carrier is bringing a tenth Airbus A330 back into service for the 2024 summer season. This will enable it to restore its fleet...

The Air France-KLM Group and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, have just finalised a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their collaboration in the fields of commercial passenger transport, frequent flyer programmes, talent development and aircraft maintenance. As part of this partnership, and subject to...

"Before meeting you on the pitch, I'm delighted to welcome you to the station throughout the Rugby World Cup France 2023": professionals travelling through France will be surprised to hear the voice of Antoine Dupont guiding them during their journeys. Throughout the competition, the captain of the French rugby...

Finnair is overhauling its Finnair Plus loyalty programme by introducing Avios, its new "loyalty currency", at the beginning of 2024. Rewards will then be awarded on the basis of expenditure rather than the number of flights. The allocation of Avios and the accumulation of status points will fluctuate according to travel class, booking class and...

Air India's new image was presented recently as part of the transformation of the Indian national carrier into an international-standard airline, following the entry of the TATA group into its shareholding. The powerful Indian industrial group had paid 2.4 billion dollars to acquire the airline in 2021. The facelift...

A welcome new satellite at Suvarnabhumi airport, the effective disappearance of Thai Smile, reintegrated into Thai Airways International and, finally, the launch of new airlines. Thailand's air transport sector is once again moving fast. The end of 2023 and 2024 should bring their share of initiatives and openings....

Carsten Spohr, the CEO of the Lufthansa Group, is in no mood for modest triumph. The Lufthansa Group is well on course to record one of its best financial years ever. According to estimates, the Lufthansa Group now expects to achieve an adjusted operating profit (EBIT) of more than CHF 2.6 billion in 2023....

Airlines are taking advantage of the summer to do their holiday homework, with the obvious aim of improving the in-flight experience. For some carriers, this means making connectivity available to all, like Swiss, which is now offering free wi-fi for all classes of travel on long-haul flights. For other airlines, the...

Swiss has therefore decided to capitalise on a trend that benefits business travellers. The airline will be offering its passengers in-flight Wi-Fi from 2 August. And unlike other carriers who have also adopted a "generous" stance towards their connected customers -...

The return to post-crisis normality has been a painful one for France's transport industry... The annual report on quality of service 2022 published on 26 July by the AQST (French Transport Quality of Service Authority) sums it up as follows: "After the upturn during the health crisis, 2022 marks...

79 out of 112 routes where the plane is cheaper than the train. This is the surprising finding of a Greenpeace study that compared air and rail in Europe. And this at a time when the European Union and national authorities are constantly hammering home the need to favour rail over air. But in...

On Wednesday, Volotea launched its new Strasbourg-London route. It will be operational on 9 November. Volotea, which will operate to Gatwick airport, will thus be launching its first scheduled service to the United Kingdom. Volotea will be the only airline to offer this route. A route that will probably be of interest to business travellers from Strasbourg,...

Iberia continues to work on improving the customer experience on board its flights. This concerns all cabins: Business, Premium Economy and Economy. These improvements include the redesign of menus, services on long-haul flights and a new personalised digital experience. Iberia has redesigned its in-flight meals on a global scale...

Air France is continuing to strengthen its long-haul routes. From 29 October 2023, the airline will be offering a new route between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The daily flight will be operated by an Airbus A350-900 with a capacity of 324 seats (34 in the Business cabin, 24 in the Economy cabin and...

Emirates business travellers can once again benefit from an airport lounge at Paris-CDG. The renovation of Terminal 2 had deprived the airline of this major asset for business customers. Emirates has therefore decided to turn to the ADP Group by simply privatising its Extime lounge in the...

It's been a (good) habit at Air France for a long time: the airline aims to vary the pleasures by regularly installing new chefs at the helm of its kitchen. The latest rotation is not insignificant insofar as, for the first time, it is the famous chef Thierry Marx who has been appointed, alongside...

Norse Atlantic's roadmap for the French market is taking shape. Present at Paris-CDG since the end of March, the long-haul low-cost carrier has just named its next transatlantic route. After New York, French business travellers will be able to fly to Miami from 11 December. Four flights a week will be offered, while the...