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Faced with the uncertainty created by the confinements and border closures, the German group Lufthansa is once again extending the flexibility of its tickets. All air fares continue to be modifiable free of charge. Travellers can use this solution as often as they wish for any ticket issued until 31 May 2021. Reservation changes...

Emirates is fine-tuning its "contactless" passenger experience with the introduction of contactless check-in kiosks. A total of 16 kiosks are now available at the Dubai hub, more specifically in the economy class check-in area of terminal 3. The First and Business Class check-in areas will be...

How would you sum up 2020 for Singapore Airlines? Franklin Auber - Inevitably, 2020 has had such an impact that comparisons with 2019 are not very meaningful... From the point of view of the IATA year 2020-21, which we end in March, over the first six months, we are...

It's a second compulsory negative test that stands like a wall for all travellers to the Netherlands. According to the official Dutch government website, all passengers travelling to the Netherlands must produce a negative result from a covid-19 rapid test (antigen test) carried out shortly before departure. The test must not...

The IATA Travel Pass allows Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways passengers to create a "digital passport". This will make it possible to check whether pre-departure tests or vaccinations meet the requirements imposed at the destination. Passengers will also be able to share test and vaccination certificates...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused considerable turbulence for the Dubreuil Aéro group, which has Air Caraïbes and its long-haul low-cost sister French Bee under its wing. Passenger traffic plummeted by 40% in 2020 (*), impacted in particular by the closure of Orly from 31 March to 26 June, then...

Air Sénégal has announced its imminent arrival at Lyon airport. The new route between the Dakar hub and Lyon will begin on 28 March, in the form of a triangular service: Dakar-Marseille-Lyon-Dakar. The Senegalese airline is planning three flights a week, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Departure from Lyon is...

The consecutive crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. The cause was faulty computer navigation programmes. This led to the suspension and total flight ban on the latest model from the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Nearly two years will have passed since...

What will you take away from 2020? Stéphane Durand - For all of us, 2020 has been like sailing through uncharted waters. But our industry has shown its resilience and agility. In an unprecedented context, with a forced slowdown, many have been able to transform themselves to support the profession, their customers, their...

Vaccination, digital health passports: new obligations should govern business travel in the months and even years to come. A vaccine to revive travel in the age of covid The announcement by the American laboratory Pfizer and the German laboratory BionTech of an effective 90% vaccine against covid-19 should enable the travel industry...

Biometrics, contactless applications, self check-in: the pandemic is accelerating the digitalisation of the passenger journey in planes and airports. Robots and biometrics for the post-covid era Contactless technology, biometrics, robots: spurred on by the pandemic, the digitalisation of the passenger journey is gathering pace (13 October 2020). Digital technology to the rescue of passengers The ACI (Airports...

While doubts persist as to whether travel restrictions will be lifted at the end of the year, easyJet is betting on increased demand with a revised offer. The airline announced on Tuesday that it would be offering four times as many seats on domestic flights over the festive period. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="102667"]...

The Covid crisis has had a lasting impact on Air Astana's business. Kazakhstan's national airline, which had become a specialist in air transport between Europe and Asia, has been forced to completely review its strategy. At a recent conference, the CEO of Air Astana, Peter Foster, explained that "the market in South-East Asia is at the point...

This is probably not the most frustrating news at the moment for frequent business travellers, but once the crisis is over, this decision will be important for hyper-connected professionals. They will still have to do without making a phone call mid-flight, as various Anglo-Saxon media have noted. At the end of November,...

Are we going to see the birth of another mega-carrier in Asia? Asian governments and their obsession with keeping their borders sealed are decimating air transport in the region. And forcing new survival strategies. This is confirmed by AAPA, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. It has just published the activity of its members...

This was easyJet's marketing argument for a very long time. Passengers were allowed to travel with one piece of hand luggage, with no weight limit, but within the dimensions of the baggage compartments. The maximum size was 56 x 45 x 25 cm (including handles and wheels). This rule will soon be obsolete. As will...

The hope of an upturn in international travel with the development of vaccines is giving some airlines wings. This is the case for AirAsia and Turkish Airlines. At the end of November, Asia's largest low-cost carrier and one of Europe's aviation giants signed a cooperation agreement that will enable the combined sale of flights...

Benjamin Smith sees Transavia as a key element in a strategy designed to improve the group's short-haul business. This ramp-up of the low-cost subsidiary is being tested first on the domestic French market. During his speech, Benjamin Smith explained that Transavia would enable the Air France-KLM group to turn around a deficit situation on routes...