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Has the Doha hub been reorganised following the isolation of Qatar and the rerouting of flights via new air routes? Have connections suffered? Have passenger transfers and general passenger traffic been affected? Salam Al Shawa - Apart from the four countries...

The China of today resembles the United States of yesterday in terms of air transport from Europe. 25 years ago, all European airports were dreaming of North Atlantic routes. And from Berlin to Marseille, from Bologna to Belfast, airlines were opening routes with varying degrees of success. This is the same...

In Washington, Delta has installed five touch screens equipped with webcams. The aim is to provide a new channel of communication for business travellers at Ronald Reagan airport. Customers of the American airline can now easily contact the reservations department to exchange a ticket or share their experience. A first in the United States, according to the airline....

After New York, Chicago, Miami, Mexico City and Bogota, it is now Boston's turn to appear in Iberia's Premium Economy catalogue. The airline unveiled this new intermediate class on 20 April, promising business travellers greater comfort at an affordable price. "Studies carried out among travellers show that...

We now know more about American Airlines' flight schedule for next summer. The US carrier has just unveiled three new transatlantic routes. Philadelphia airport will be linked to Budapest and Prague by Boeing 767-300. In addition, a Boeing 787-8 will operate between the Chicago hub and Venice airport, which was...

After several difficult months for airberlin, the verdict is in: the airline has filed for bankruptcy, after accumulating losses for several months. A week earlier, majority shareholder Etihad had refused to bail out the German carrier. The restructuring of Etihad's European investments had been "in the pipeline" for several weeks, with the airline now looking to...

Crises are sometimes a good thing. They force governments to take radical decisions, especially when a country's economy or prosperity is at stake. The severing of diplomatic relations with Qatar by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen has effectively isolated the micro-Emirate geographically. But what about?

Lufthansa's second hub in Europe, Munich, is set to become even stronger in the coming months. The introduction of the winter timetable at the end of October will mean the opening of three new destinations in Europe: Nantes (with a daily flight), Glasgow (four times a week) and Santiago de Compostela (once a week). On the intercontinental front,...

Driven by innovations on the ground, in-flight entertainment systems are undergoing radical change. A case in point is the latest experiment by Air France, which launched a test phase on 1 August using virtual reality headsets. Equipped with these headsets, the luckiest travellers will be able to watch films and...

How do you explain the growth at Bordeaux airport? Pascal Personne - We have seen traffic grow by almost 67% in a decade, between 2007 and 2016. We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing major regional airports. We welcomed 5.8 million passengers last year, a result due in no small part to...

Six months after Brussels Airlines' first flight to India, the Belgian carrier is raising its ambitions with the addition of a new route to Mumbai airport. From 29 October, the flight schedule will be increased from five to six weekly services. This new flight is scheduled for Saturday from the airport...

Already boasting a network of 12 European cities, including Paris CDG and Brussels, Thai Airways International will be reopening its Vienna-Bangkok route in October. The route was launched in 1988, but ceased operating in 1993. The carrier will operate the new route with four flights a week using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft equipped with...

In just a few days, Air France-KLM has taken a major step forward. Having just launched its new airline Joon, with the prospect of a new offensive on previously loss-making long-haul routes, the Franco-Dutch airline group is raising the level of its strategic alliances by forging capital links with Delta Air Lines and China Eastern....

A few days after a favourable vote by the pilots, Air France made official on 20 July the identity of a new airline, christened "Joon". The phonetic similarity with the word "jeunes" (young people) sets the tone for the positioning targeted by this new player. As Dominique Wood, Executive Vice President, Brand and Communications at Air France, explains: "Joon is the name of the new airline...

While easyJet has just announced on 14 July the launch of a European subsidiary in Austria in anticipation of Brexit, it seems that all the British airlines have a 'plan B' or are more or less safe from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the single European market. The simplest case is that of Ryanair. The airline...

Airlines are preparing for Brexit and its consequences. The British airline easyJet is setting up a European subsidiary in Vienna, Austria. The event itself comes as no surprise - British carriers have already indicated since the Brexit vote that they would seek a solution to remain in the European Union. However, the...

The TAP business lounge in Lisbon, closed for renovation, has reopened its doors. Business travellers passing through Humberto Delgado airport once again have access to this lounge located on the 6th floor. The lounge's surface area (850 m²) can accommodate up to 260 people, who can enjoy an uninterrupted view of the...

For several days, the rumour circulated among air transport specialists that Etihad Airways and Emirates were considering merging their operations. In early March, the German business daily Handelsblatt reported that the ruling families of Dubai and Abu Dhabi had met and discussed a possible merger between the carriers. This rumour was immediately denied with...

Since July, Paris is the fifth destination to welcome an Etihad A380 after London, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. The introduction of the A380 on the Abu Dhabi-Paris route will make it possible to offer a seamless end-to-end product between France and Australia, for example. Above all, it will introduce new products...

Business travellers can gradually return to their normal routines. And airlines are regaining a little peace of mind... Etihad, Emirates and Turkish Airlines are no longer affected by the electronics ban imposed by the US authorities on 21 March. In practical terms, this means that business travellers leaving for the United States can now take their...