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It was a predictable development. Hong Kong, which has been mired in demonstrations and violence for 14 weeks now, has been abandoned by businessmen and tourists. A situation that is now affecting airlines, first and foremost Cathay Pacific. According to information provided by the company, Cathay saw its passenger traffic fall by 11%...

Are the results of the very long-haul London-Perth route encouraging Qantas to consider other routes? Carole Gé - The results after one year of operation have exceeded all our expectations. The route has become profitable after only a few weeks of operation, the load factor has reached an average of 94% and, thanks to the performance of our B787 Dreamliner used on...

After Miami and Montreal, Corsair is continuing its offensive on the North American market. The airline made it official on Tuesday: it will be flying daily to New York from 10 June 2020. Corsair's brand-new Airbus A330-900 NEO, configured in three classes including a new 20-seat Business class, will leave Orly airport at...

According to information provided by the court-appointed administrator, fourteen takeover bids for Aigle Azur were submitted by midday on Monday 9 September. And, as the new Secretary of State for Transport mentioned that morning in an interview with Le Parisien, Air France, Easyjet, Vueling and also Lionel Guérin and...

Removing the need to keep your eyes glued to your smartphone, and freeing up your thumb at last: this could be the next step for the digital industry. That's what the latest news from easyJet is all about. The airline has just announced the launch of its "Speak Now" feature, described as "an advanced technology for...

How do you view the situation at Aigle Azur? Anne-Laure Hery - Aigle Azur is a great airline, the second largest in France, with a long history. But since the end of 2018, there have been a number of airline bankruptcies, which is quite worrying. In the case of Aigle Azur, it's not a case of bankruptcy...

"Aigle Azur reassures"... Ironically, this is the title of the latest press release published on the airline's social networks. The latest message was dated 8 August, and its content now seems to be completely out of sync with the French carrier's economic and social reality. Since then: radio silence. And in less than a month, the turbulence...

Will there soon be no more domestic flights in Austria? Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO of Austrian Airlines, launched the debate over the summer, provoking irritation in business circles, particularly regional chambers of commerce. On one of the channels of Austrian national radio ORF, the CEO of Lufthansa's Austrian subsidiary...

The pier is brand new, painted in bright colours and interspersed with patios that bring a touch of greenery and coolness to a city, Toulouse in this case, where summers are often very hot. It was an essential investment, in fact a necessary one, as our low-cost traffic is booming," explains Philippe Crebassa, Chairman of...

EasyJet continues to make inroads with business travellers. The adaptation of its product to a clientele demanding flexibility, reliability and simplicity is reflected in the remarkable growth of its premium passengers. Between 2012 and 2018, the number of passengers travelling for business reasons rose from 10 million to more than 15 million, with the...

It has been a hot, hot summer for Aigle Azur, with more and more signs of the poor financial situation of France's second largest scheduled airline, which carried 1.88 million passengers in 2018. The situation became even more tense at the beginning of last week with a "mini-putsch" which saw Frantz Yvelin, Chairman of the...

From 4 June 2020, business travellers from Toulouse - and more generally professionals from the South West of France - will be able to fly direct to Montreal all year round. Air Canada has just announced the launch of a new service, operated five times a week using a tri-class Airbus A330-300 - Signature, Privilege and...

Since the beginning of August, business travellers to Spain have been able to try out a new option launched by Iberia. The Spanish airline has teamed up with local start-up BoB - for "Bag on Board" - to offer the eponymous service. Passengers can now request their baggage before their flight...

Air Canada has been eyeing up its rival Air Transat for several months now, and the deal could well be completed in early 2020. On 23 August, the shareholders of the parent company Transat approved the acquisition of the group's shares by a large majority - almost 95% - for 485 million euros....

Ocean Air's departure follows the company's setbacks in Brazil. The company had been under court protection against bankruptcy for several months due to its insolvency. The carrier had its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) withdrawn by the Brazilian regulatory authority ANAC. The company had been operating in Brazil since...

Analyst OAG has made a little calculation. The group of consultants and analysts of air transport activities has taken into account the total number of flight hours as well as the revenues generated on all the airlines' routes over a year and also on an hourly basis. These revenues include both...

Belgian long-haul carrier Air Belgium has confirmed the launch on 7 December of two weekly flights - on Wednesday and Saturday - linking Brussels South-Charleroi with Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France on a triangular route. From Brussels South, passengers will first land at Fort-de-France in Martinique before departing for Guadeloupe. From Pointe-à-Pitre, the aircraft...

The establishment of four alliances between Vueling and the carriers Air China, Etihad Airways, Hainan Airlines and Singapore Airlines should strengthen the Spanish carrier's reputation among passengers in the Middle East, China and South-East Asia. In Europe, these agreements will primarily enhance the attractiveness of the hubs at Barcelona and...

A strike by Transavia cabin crew will affect the low-cost airline's traffic until Sunday. However, disruption is expected to be limited, with management planning to operate 95% of its schedule on Friday. Nevertheless, this strike action is a wake-up call for the group...

In line with the IATA recommendations set out in its Resolution 753, Air France has decided to go down the road of RFID chips, with a view to improving baggage management, which is often a problem for business travellers. The airline announced on 29 July that it intends to use this new format to tag baggage...