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From 25 January, business travellers will have access to the new Business lounge inaugurated by Air France in Hall L of Terminal 2E at Paris CDG airport. This is a partial opening, as only the first part of the lounge (2180 m²) will be accessible for a few weeks. The opening of new areas in the...

How would you sum up the past year? Paul Verhagen - For the first time in our 83-year history, we have passed the 20 million passenger mark. To be more precise, we carried 20.7 million passengers in 2017, which represents an increase of 5 % compared with...

An infographic is sometimes better than a long speech, especially at the start of the year when every company publishes its balance sheet for the previous financial year. La Compagnie has therefore opted for a fun, easy-to-read format to highlight the figures that sum up 2017. Starting with passenger traffic up sharply: 56,800...

The number of passengers transported by air soared in 2017. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN agency dedicated to aviation, published a summary of 2017 in figures on 17 January. ICAO seems satisfied with a very positive year for the sector, with 4.1 billion passengers carried. According to the same statistics,...

"The announcement of code-sharing on the five routes operated by Jet Airways and its partner Air France-KLM between Paris and India is just the beginning of the extensive cooperation between the two carriers, as Michel Simiaut, Director France...

Just over a month after making its agreement with Air France official, Jet Airways is outlining its new offer for French business travellers. This closer cooperation between the two carriers will result in a denser programme of flights between Paris and India. The Indian carrier is now offering three new flights...

Business travellers in the Var will soon have a new option for their business trips. Toulon Hyères Airport announced on Monday the forthcoming launch of a flight to Geneva operated by Swiss. Two flights will be operated each week, aboard a Bombardier CS100 or CS 300, with a capacity of 125 seats. These flights will take place every Thursday and Sunday...

According to Jean Marc Janaillac, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM and President of Air France, 2017 is a source of satisfaction: "We have approached 100 million passengers, an increase in traffic of 5.65 %, higher than the initial forecasts, and this in a context of ever-increasing competition from the carriers of the...

Following the agreement reached with Uber, AirAsia passengers will now be able to book rides to and from 52 cities in 16 markets in Asia-Pacific and the United States where AirAsia operates and where the Uber app is available. The agreement is a major first for Uber, which will boost its profile in Asia,...

A good year for Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air: that's how the 2017 financial year could be summed up for the Greek airline, which broke its own records for customers carried dating back to the previous year. Aeagan Airlines increased its passenger numbers by 6 %. This figure rose from around 12,500,000 passengers in...

The new Lyon-Helsinki flight will officially start on 11 December 2018. The Finnish national airline is planning two routes per week. An Embraer E-190 with 12 seats in Business class and 88 seats in Economy class will operate the approximately 3-hour flight. Business travellers from Lyon will thus be able to reach the Finnish capital, as well as continuing their...

2017 ended on a high note for Brussels Airport, which welcomed no fewer than 1,717,855 passengers (+2%) in December: a record for the last month of the year. This monthly result is in line with the Brussels hub's annual results, which set a whole host of records in 2017. In total, the airport...

On 2 January, Royal Dutch Airline (KLM) announced the launch of audio-description of films for the blind and partially sighted on its Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft. This technique consists of narrating a film aloud. The process can be complex, involving a large number of important choices. For example, the narrator has to select the...

According to the annual ASN (Aviation Safety Network) report, 2017 was the safest year in the history of air transport. In total, there were ten air accidents in 2017 - five of which involved commercial flights - causing 44 deaths,...

Lufthansa has just announced the introduction of new flights to Frankfurt from two French airports. From spring 2018, the German group will be adding a morning flight between Marseille and Frankfurt, and no fewer than four additional connections between Toulouse and Frankfurt. The new Marseille-Frankfurt route will start on 25 March, with a departure...

France, easyJet's second largest market after the UK, remains a logical priority for the airline. The carrier's latest announcement confirms this trend, with 15 new destinations joining the airline's French catalogue in 2018. This expansion will involve several business destinations, such as Tel Aviv. The Israeli airport - where easyJet...

The airlines are definitely blurring the lines... The incumbent carriers have taken their cue from low-cost carriers by moving from "all-in" to "à la carte" services. Low-cost carriers have gradually developed premium offers to attract business travellers who are increasingly interested in this new offering. Now it's the turn of the long-haul low-cost airlines...

Markus Ruediger and Janice Antonson, respectively Director and Vice President of Communications for Star Alliance, travelled to Paris on Friday. The airline alliance, which is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its creation, is clearly entering the age of reason, or rather the digital age. Referring to a "change of strategy", moving "from the network era to the digital era", the CEO of Star...

Business travellers to South Korea will soon be able to enjoy the ultimate in airport terminals. On 18 January 2018, Seoul-Incheon airport will inaugurate its second terminal. It will be equipped with cutting-edge technology, improving comfort and speed from check-in to boarding. Four airlines will be based there: Delta Air...

Faced with the planned demise of AirBerlin, Germany's second largest carrier, two airlines immediately joined the ranks of buyers. Unsurprisingly, Lufthansa showed an interest in taking over part of the business of its moribund competitor. But easyJet will also be taking over 25 of AirBerlin's aircraft in order to increase its presence in the German capital....