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On Tuesday evening, Air France's management presented what had been announced as "a major new stage in the airline's move upmarket in long-haul services". This will be based in particular on the refurbishment of the Boeing 777-300s, as Anne Rigail confirmed: "After the refurbishment of our 15 A330s and our 12...

Delta is clearly aiming to win over business travellers. The airline recently unveiled its roadmap for airport lounges. And it's clear that the US carrier is investing heavily in this area. Two top business destinations will host the largest Delta Sky Clubs. The 20...

From July 2022, Eurowings customers will benefit exclusively from Miles & More, the Lufthansa Group's frequent flyer programme. Members of the programme will have access to numerous benefits not generally available to customers of low-cost airlines. For example, they can earn and redeem...

"In May, do as you please", they say... And Lufthansa clearly likes to do more than just air transport. Over the last few days, the German group has been diversifying its activities, announcing two new platforms in quick succession that open up new horizons. Starting with the official launch of...

Good news for business travellers who regularly fly with Brussels Airlines: masks are no longer compulsory from Tuesday. "From tomorrow, 3 May, it will no longer be compulsory for passengers and cabin crew to wear masks on board Brussels Airlines aircraft. This...

French bee celebrated 30 April. The low-cost carrier, a member of the privately-owned Dubreuil group, became the first French airline to operate non-stop scheduled flights between Paris-Orly and Los Angeles International Airport. "It's a development we would never have thought of a few years ago. It's...

The A350-1000 will be a small revolution for Qantas. Its entry into the Australian carrier's fleet is in line with the company's ambition to launch its "Sunrise" project. This will enable the airline to operate the longest commercial flights in the world. CEO Alan Joyce has already announced...

This is good news for travellers who need to get to Mali from France. Corsair has just announced the resumption of its service between Paris-Orly and the Malian capital Bamako. A route that the airline was unable to resume because of the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020. [link-block prefix="See also:"...

The Biden administration was seriously considering it. With the Covid pandemic turning into an endemic disease, the civil aviation authorities were seriously considering the possibility of abolishing the compulsory wearing of masks in May. Then, at the beginning of the week, a judge's ruling in Florida brought matters to a head. Mandatory masks...

Air France is working to reduce its CO2 emissions, and has just launched a programme called "Air France ACT". It aims to: reduce as a priority the direct emissions generated by Air France's operations, reduce indirect emissions, upstream and downstream of the airline's activities,...

Royal Air Maroc has become the first African airline to join oneworld. Why did you wait so long to take this step? Rob Gurney - It was a question of finding the right candidate and being able to identify mutual benefits. I think there was a sort of confluence of events. Royal Air Maroc entered...

From 7 May, La Compagnie will take off from Nice Côté d'Azur airport at 13:30 and arrive at New York Newark airport at 17:00. On the return leg, flights will take off from New York at 9.40pm and land in Nice at 12pm the following day. These flights will be operated by La Poste's fleet of A321neo...

You could see the pride in the eyes of the crew of flight AT555, as the Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737 was showered with the traditional "water salute" of major events on Friday 25 March. It has to be said that the Moroccan airline and its crews had to show patience and resilience...

Coincidentally, Royal Air Maroc is celebrating its integration into Oneworld and its arrival in Tel Aviv in March. Is it possible to prioritise these two major events? Karim Benchekroun - We had integrated Oneworld as early as April. Unfortunately, the health crisis intervened, and we weren't able to complete the integration...

With the lifting of many travel restrictions linked to the pandemic, airlines are returning to Munich airport this spring. For the IATA summer season, they will once again be offering more routes and connections between Europe and the rest of the world. "We are seeing a clear increase in demand at the moment...

While travel formalities are becoming less stringent in various business destinations, health documents are still essential for international business trips. Airlines are therefore continuing to work on simplifying these formalities, in particular through the use of new technologies. LATAM has just launched the "Ready to Fly" tool, a name already chosen by Air France...

Although they are inevitably weakened and legitimately worried, French airlines are not discouraged. The round table organised on 14 March on the premises of the FNAM (Fédération Nationale de l'Aviation et de ses Métiers) did not descend into group therapy, the idea being rather to identify constructive avenues to prepare for the future. "We...

Most European and Asian airlines operating between the two continents have been severely affected by the closure of Ukrainian airspace and the ban on aircraft from nearly forty countries flying over Russian territory. Among the airlines most affected is Finnair. The Finnish airline has been...

Amelia makes no secret of the clientele targeted by the new routes about to be added to its catalogue. Business customers, and more specifically parliamentarians and diplomats, who converge on Strasbourg and its European institutions. "Vital for members of parliament and staff at sessions of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, or for Europeans in correspondence...

Russia has been in almost total isolation since the start of the war with Ukraine. The suspension of Aeroflot's international flights from Tuesday 8 March will effectively close the country even further. And yet, there are still a few possibilities for travelling to Russia, should certain...