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The Air France group is pursuing its strategy of expanding Transavia. On Tuesday, the airline announced that it had inherited three new business routes. Starting on 27 March, two domestic routes will be operated from Orly airport. Transavia will then connect Pau and Perpignan. The first destination will be...

Royal Jordanian is rethinking its offer for companies and their business travellers. The airline has just announced the launch of a new corporate programme on 10 January. Fly High - as it is called - is aimed at both SMEs and major accounts. This new tool is built around two pillars: a programme called...

It is already the third busiest international airport in Texas after Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. Austin Bergstrom International Airport is the air gateway to the Texan capital, with traffic expected to exceed 12.5 million passengers again in 2021. And it is increasingly coveted by...

Announced discreetly in December, put into practice on 1 January 2022. Passengers travelling on Delta Air Lines with a basic economy fare will no longer earn miles on the SkyMiles frequent flyer programme. When questioned by the American media, a Delta spokesman said that the company was making this change because it was...

After making its return to the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand route last November, Amelia began operations between Orly and Brive under its own colours on 5 January. The company had already been operating between these two airports for over a year, but for Air France. The move had been made official less than a month earlier at...

Since 24 December, business travellers on the Air Côte d'Ivoire network have been able to discover a new in-flight entertainment system. Called Flymingo Box, this portable system (W-IFE) was developed by the start-up Moment. It has the advantage of offering seamless access to a wide catalogue of content - whether...

Air traffic is continuing to recover, according to consultant OAG, which works on airline seat capacity. At the end of 2021, capacity was down by 35% compared with December 2019. That is 5.7 billion seats compared with 8.7 billion at the end of 2019. On the other hand, the recovery is being confirmed, particularly with...

Volotea is preparing for the arrival of summer with the announcement of new flights from Nantes airport. While the destinations unveiled on 22 December are mainly aimed at leisure customers, business travellers in Nantes will be able to take advantage of a new route to a European capital. The low-cost airline is planning to fly to Rome. There will be two flights per...

The reopening of the United States to European travellers in 2022 should generate a strong flow of traffic between the two continents. This is the gamble being taken by most of the airlines serving this strategic route. This is particularly true of British Airways. The British carrier operates its transatlantic routes as part of a joint venture,...

Since mid-December, passengers have been able to book their flights to Africa on Brussels Airlines. The airline is offering more intercontinental flights for next summer. This increase in capacity is accompanied by the entry into service of a ninth Airbus A330. Commenting on the reinstatement of this ninth aircraft, the CEO of Brussels...

So La Compagnie has finally turned to Libreville, banking on Gabon if it cannot fully exploit the potential of the Paris-Tel Aviv route. This route is certainly promising, but given the health and regulatory context, it does not offer enough short-term guarantees to the French carrier. "The opening of our...

It aims to be different from other airlines: green, eco-responsible, premium. Flying Green is an airline currently in the process of being set up, and is due to take to the skies in 2023, according to the business plan unveiled on 6 December. The carrier is basing its activity on the idea of combining economic performance, a minimal ecological footprint and high-level technical skills....

Cirium, an aviation analysis company, launched its Global Aircraft Emissions Monitor at the beginning of November. This measuring tool gives a very precise idea of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption generated by airlines. To obtain its report card on global aviation emissions, Cirium uses a series of indicators...

Iberia is stepping up its return to the Americas, particularly Latin America, a region in which the carrier plays a leading role from Europe. Iberia is the largest European carrier to this part of the world, serving 17 countries. On 2 December, the Spanish carrier resumed its service to...

It was the most resounding bankruptcy of early 2020, as the effects of the covid-19 pandemic began to be felt. In March this year, the British regional airline Flybe went bankrupt. A real disaster for many British regions. The company represented...

Clearly positioned in the business travel segment, the new Brest-Bordeaux route operated by Finistair has been operational since Tuesday. The nine-seater CESSNA Gran Caravan flies twice a week. Departure from Brest is every Tuesday at 7am and every Thursday at 4pm. Take-off from Bordeaux is scheduled...

Paris CDG-Los Angeles is one of France's flagship North Atlantic routes. This winter, up to three daily flights are being offered to business travellers. Air France-KLM, in cooperation with Delta Air Lines, is serving this route twice a day with a Boeing 777 in the colours of the French airline. Return of Air...

Finnair is fine-tuning its strategy in view of the possible reopening of Asia in 2022 - and Japan in particular. The airline has begun to unveil its summer programme, with almost 100 destinations in Asia, the United States and Europe from March 2022. Finnair will open new long-haul routes to Busan...

After the United States, which set November 8 as the date for lifting its main travel restrictions, Israel has now opted to reopen its doors to the rest of the world - with the exception of countries classified in the "red" zone. This is particularly welcome news for La Compagnie, since the French 100% business class carrier was preparing the launch of its...

It takes between 1h45 and two hours to drive the 170km from Helsinki-Vantaa airport to Turku, Finland's third-largest city. Tampere, Finland's second largest city, takes about the same amount of time for a journey of 175 km. And yet there have always been flights from Helsinki to these...