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Between €6 and €14. This is what Volotea was asking its passengers for as a supplement to offset the surge in kerosene prices. A supplement discreetly named "Fair Travel Promise", which the company justified as follows during a booking: "At Volotea, instead of applying fixed fuel surcharges which only increase the price of your ticket,..."

The airline is continuing its expansion on the French Riviera by announcing the extension of its direct route between Nice and New York-Newark for the 2026–2027 winter season. This will be a first for the airline, which operates a 100-seat business class cabin, and is in response to strong demand, particularly from the United States. The airline states…

A masterful change of fortune. Last April, the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Discover Airlines) had decided to increase the refund fees on its "flex" tickets – that is to say, fares that normally allow for the cancellation or change of a flight without penalty. These tickets, historically designed to offer...

With the launch of the route to Seattle by Alaska Airlines on Friday 22 May, the oneworld airline alliance is further strengthening its presence at London Heathrow Airport, giving the latter absolute control over Europe's largest hub. Heathrow now welcomes 14 member airlines of the oneworld alliance. During this summer season of 2026,...

Bengaluru – or Bangalore – will be added to Swiss's catalogue from October. The airline plans to operate five flights per week from Zurich to India's Silicon Valley. The departure from Zurich Airport is scheduled daily except for Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:20 PM. The aircraft will travel...

This is a small revolution brewing in the railway sector if the European Commission manages to get its proposal adopted. In order to reduce the role of air travel and thus carbon emissions at the European level, it intends to promote train travel in Europe. After supporting the creation of ten cross-border routes, the European body…

Will there be enough kerosene this summer? That's the question many households are asking themselves when booking their holidays, as are all business travellers who need to travel before the summer break. Passengers may well be put off by the flight cancellations announced by several airlines. "A subject that..."

This is a strategic focus for both business travellers and holidaymakers: easyJet will once again strengthen its presence between France and Morocco. And as a sign that the corporate market is being targeted by the low-cost airline, the new flights will operate all year round. Marrakech is setting out to win back travellers and…

Star Alliance is sending a message to the Chinese market, and in particular to business travellers. A few days ago, the alliance opened its new business lounge at Guangzhou Baiyun. Located in Terminal 3, it confirms Guangzhou's special status in Star Alliance's Asian strategy: it is already there (in Terminal...

So this is a first, an unpublished route which was launched on 2 May. ITA Airways now connects Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (IAH). The fourth-largest city in the United States thus becomes the airline's 9th US destination. The Rome-Houston flights are operated by an Airbus A330-900,…

Singapore Airlines will therefore be no exception: the airline will also turn to Starlink to boost its in-flight connectivity offering. "Fast and seamless connectivity is now an integral part of the travel experience," summarises Mr Yeoh Phee Teik, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience at Singapore Airlines. He continued, "Singapore Airlines...

It had been 35 years since a major American company ceased operations. The year 1991 had been particularly fatal for the airline sector in the United States with the disappearance of Eastern Airlines, a historic airline, and Midway Airways, a low-cost carrier. On May 2, 2026, Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Spirit Airlines, announced it was beginning "a..."

What is the strategic importance of the new Paris-Monterrey flight for Aeromexico? Sonia Oliveras - The launch of the Paris-Monterrey route is a natural evolution of our international expansion strategy. Monterrey has established itself as one of the main industrial and business hubs in Latin America, with increasing economic ties to Europe, particularly France...

“A plane packed to the rafters”: the – proven – observation made by Elsa David, Aeromexico’s sales manager in France, bodes well for the inauguration of the new Paris-Monterrey flight. This aircraft, a Dreamliner, took off from Paris-CDG on April 14th as scheduled, despite the festivities surrounding this launch – Aeromexico…

Updated on 29 April at 09:30 Since 28 February, the skies of the Middle East have been in turmoil, even though activity is on the rise again. If, in the first days of the conflict, cancellation rates peaked above 65 %, according to Cirium, a recovery trend emerged from mid-March, with cancellations being…

60,000 additional seats, spread across some 170 new flights: this is how Brussels Airlines intends to respond this summer to "growing demand for travel within Europe". But this appetite for travel within the Old Continent is, of course, not the only factor to consider: Brussels Airlines anticipates –…

As agreements multiply between Starlink and airlines around the world, to the point of making SpaceX's technology a new standard, Delta is taking a step to the side. The American carrier has turned to another giant – at least, for now, in the online sales sector…

Air Canada is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its France-Canada operations, marking over seven decades of continuous connection between Paris and Montreal – a historic route that remains one of the airline's transatlantic network pillars today. Air Canada first launched its services to France on 1st April…

British Airways is now officially connected to Starlink. And can boast of being "the first airline in the UK to launch the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky." This new milestone was reached on Thursday, with a Boeing 787-8 bound for Houston, Texas. According to British Airways' schedule, all aircraft in the...

Updated on Tuesday 23 March at 6pm. Although EL AL has suspended almost all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until 21 March, with the exception of special flights to New York in coordination with the US State Department, the Israeli airline is slowly reopening its flight schedule as the feast of…