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There was Mumbai (Bombay), Jet Airways' main hub, to which European passengers connect from Amsterdam, London and Paris to destinations throughout the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia. "More than 500 daily flights are offered to 44 Indian cities, with a further 20 or so to choose from...

It's 2010 and British Airways has noticed that its image as an innovative player, which had largely characterised it in the 90s, is beginning to fade. The airline felt that it needed a serious marketing overhaul, and that year it revived the slogan that had long accompanied its image: "To Fly. To Serve". This tarnished aura...

The new flight between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Seattle will be launched on 25 March by Air France. The airline is counting on five weekly flights, operated by Boeing 777-200. The aircraft will be equipped with the new long-haul Business, Premium Economy and Economy cabins, and will have a capacity of 280 to 312 seats. The outbound flight...

The end of 2017 will mark a turning point in the history of Corsair - more than 35 years of presence at Orly airport, already... In December, the French airline will make its debut on "Worldwide by easyJet", the new platform launched by the low-cost carrier in which La Compagnie will also participate. The two new partners...

Following the agreement reached between Air France KLM and GOL at ITM Top Resa, the Brazilian carrier will be able to benefit from the entire Air France sales force in Europe. "The aim is to position the Air France/GOL alliance as the most efficient and fastest solution for travelling from Europe to Brazil...

How do you feel following the official launch of the partnership between La Compagnie and easyJet Worldwide? Jean-Charles Périno - We're obviously delighted that La Compagnie's offer will be distributed via easyJet's Worldwide site: it opens the door to several hundred million unique visitors a year. This reflects the evolution of the...

The presence of a cabin model of the QSuite at the IFTM Top Resa show gave the travel industry an idea of the comfort of the QSuite, which is now available on the Paris route. "We are the second route in Europe after London Heathrow, which has welcomed the new business configuration since mid-August....

A few weeks after its arrival in Beirut at the beginning of the summer, Aigle Azur is continuing to expand its range of services to business destinations. The airline has just announced two new strategic services from 1 December. Aigle Azur is preparing to make its return to Moscow. Two flights a week will be operated between the airports...

Your new airline JOON will soon be taking off. How do you plan to ramp it up? Franck Terner - Joon's first flights are planned very soon, as of the winter season, to Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon and Porto with six aircraft. We will continue with long-haul flights in the spring-summer 2018 season. Between now and 2020, we...

The Lufthansa group continues to expand in France. 2017 saw the opening of two new routes, a Nantes-Munich with one daily frequency and a Bordeaux-Frankfurt with two routes a week. "We want to have a stronger presence in Western France. Bordeaux is new for us. It's...

British Airways' Premium Transfer Drive service will be available to first and business class passengers and members of the Executive Club frequent flyer programme at silver and gold status connecting between UK cities and international routes via Heathrow Airport. An identification system will be used to identify...

Airlines are well aware that flexibility is a key factor in attracting business customers. The Lufthansa group is therefore stepping up a gear by launching a new offer this month, which applies to Austrian Airlines, SWISS and, of course, Lufthansa. Passengers in Economy Flex, Business Class flexible...

For Pascal de Izaguirre, CEO of Corsair, the airline's new business class is an essential element of its strategy. "It reflects our quality positioning. We will never be a low-cost airline, nor a premium carrier like the big national airlines. It would be ridiculous to position ourselves on...

Ryanair is sticking to its guns: after submitting an initial takeover offer for Alitalia at the end of July, the low-cost carrier is reportedly in the process of taking a more solid option. Its boss Michael O'Leary told Reuters that a binding offer was being finalised. His roadmap seems to be set: he is already planning to acquire...

It was to be expected that Norwegian would join forces with Ryanair to supply its long-haul low-cost flights via the European network. In fact, this was one of the key messages to emerge from the media appearances of Bjorn Kjos, CEO of the Norwegian carrier. The agreement concluded in the spring between Ryanair and Air Europa confirmed the low-cost carrier's transatlantic ambitions. In the end, easyJet...

Chatbots are beginning to make their mark on the business travel landscape. Lufthansa, Vueling and more recently Transavia have already introduced their new recruits, named Mildred, Eva and Laura. Now it's Finnair's turn to introduce a chatbot called Finn, developed with Caravelo and accessible via the airline's Facebook page....

The new Paris-Indianapolis flight will be launched on 24 May 2018. Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport - hub of Delta's partner, Air France - can count itself privileged. It will be the first in Europe to welcome a direct flight operated by an American airline from Indianapolis. "Indiana and the Indianapolis metropolitan area have long been...

Ryanair's "philanthropy" has its limits. Three years ago, faced with an outpouring of negative feedback from passengers about the low-cost carrier - which for many is the only alternative for air travel from their home town - the Irish carrier finally authorised a piece of cabin baggage (55 cm x...

True to its strategy, Finnair is going to continue its development on the Asian market. On Wednesday, the Finnish carrier announced its flight schedule for summer 2018, which will be marked by the arrival of a new route: Nanjing. This Chinese city of 7 million inhabitants, located less than 300 km north-west of Shanghai, will be...

Could chatbots be a women's business? In the airline industry, the pioneers - the pioneers, in this case - are in any case christened with female first names: after Mildred, launched by Lufthansa last December, then Eva, its equivalent at Vueling, Transavia is launching its own chatbot, this time answering to the first name Laura....