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In line with the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday of the possibility of travelling over the festive period, rail and airlines are increasing their offer until the beginning of January. The SNCF's long-distance train services will be increased in stages, from the current 30 % to...

At a time of unprecedented crisis in the airline sector, Corsair should be able to face the turbulence affecting all airlines with greater peace of mind. On Thursday, an agreement was made official between the French carrier, the French government and a consortium of investors. The consortium brings together entrepreneurs from the tourism and hotel sectors, based in the French West Indies, La Réunion and...

Anti-vaccinationists are on a roll in France. But they could soon be disillusioned if their refusal to be vaccinated with covid suddenly closes the doors to aircraft... Because the future of air transport is very likely to involve vaccines. In an interview on the Australian television network Channel Nine,...

In the midst of turmoil, airlines are doing everything they can to cut costs. At the same time, they continue to claim that they offer a service that meets the expectations of all passengers. The Lufthansa group - which includes Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss for its 'premium' segment - has just announced that it will...

Business travellers on the Lufthansa and Swiss networks are about to discover a new travel route for their business trips via Frankfurt and Munich. The two German airports will be the first to offer the new biometric system adopted by Star Alliance. It is based on the NEC I:Delight biometrics and identity management software developed by...

Postponed four times, Thai Airways International's return to the European continent is struggling to materialise. The Thai national airline is mired in a catastrophic financial situation after seven years of losses over the last decade. Political intervention, a lack of strategy and a patchwork fleet of aircraft have brought the company to its knees...

"The Safe Travel Barometer recently published the results of its latest survey of the health protocols of over 230 airlines worldwide. The "Safe Travel Score" index is an industry first. It was created during the summer, with the reopening of borders following the first wave of covid....

Created by the Korean industrial group Kumho in 1988, Asiana Airlines gradually became South Korea's second international airline. Initially present on Asian regional routes, the carrier arrived in Europe in the early 2000s. Before covid, it was present in Europe in Paris, Barcelona, Frankfurt,...

Iberia has decided to send a strong signal to world markets. The Spanish airline is affirming its commitment to helping Spain's economic recovery and to accelerating a new 'normality' in travel. The Iberia group (Iberia, Iberia Express and Iberia Regional Air Nostrum) offers flights to more than 75 destinations in 30 countries, including...

Would you like to go to the lounge before slipping into your seat in business class? Do you like to drink only vintage champagne? Do you prefer a seat with a window? All these advantages will increasingly be offered as options in business class. A business class with drawers, as it were. Emirates...

For many European airports - including several in France - Air Canada Rouge was the only regular link with the North American continent. This will no longer be the case for most of 2021. It used to operate regular flights from Montreal to Bordeaux and Marseille. Air Canada Rouge is the simplified services subsidiary of the national carrier Air...

How can travellers be convinced that they are not at risk by taking their seat on board an aircraft again? This is the question that all airlines have probably been asking themselves since the start of the health crisis, with more or less effective responses, both on the ground and in flight. The study unveiled...

Faced with sluggish demand for air travel, which has been undermined by the coronavirus pandemic, the carrier Wizz Air is trying to reinvent itself. It has just signed a deal with CarTrawler, a B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions, to build a platform that integrates flights and transfers for both departures and arrivals. CarTrawler already works with Emirates,...

The Air France Airbus A320 left Berlin-Tegel at 15:30 on 8 November, closing a chapter in aviation that will have lasted 70 years. It also marked the official debut of Berlin Brandenburg International airport, whose commercial acronym is BER. "The opening in the current period is certainly complicated, but we wanted to show optimism," described...

Air France is therefore drawing the necessary conclusions. The airline is returning to a flexible weekly management of its frequencies and destinations. The airline states on its website that "the short and medium-haul flight schedule is up to date until 8 November inclusive. However, last-minute cancellations are possible. Adaptations to our...

Imagine if the French government decided to combine Air France, Aéroports de Paris, the Campanile hotel chain and SETE, which manages the Eiffel Tower, into a single holding company. This would be seen as an economic aberration and, of course, the creation of a monopoly. This is exactly what the government is doing...

The impact of new travel restrictions from September has weighed on the Air France-KLM group's third-quarter results. The airline duo announced revenues down by 67% (€2,524 million) and passenger numbers down by almost 70% (8.8 million). These figures include the...

How has traffic in Brussels fared since the start of the pandemic? Léon Verhallen - It will come as no surprise to anyone that traffic has literally collapsed. At the end of September we welcomed 5.85 million passengers, compared with 20.1 million for the same period in 2019. We had seen a recovery with the...

Cathay Pacific continues to suffer more than any other airline in Asia from the decline in air traffic. The covid-19 pandemic has been compounded by the reluctance - justified or not - of many travellers to pass through Hong Kong because of the new security law imposed by China. In...

While the former CEO of British Airways, Willi Walsh, wanted to keep the base at Gatwick, London's second largest airport after Heathrow, the airline's new CEO, Sean Doyle, now wants to reduce the British airline's presence. The aim is to attract more high-cost passengers from all over Europe to its hub...