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The practice of overbooking has developed in parallel with the introduction of yield management by airlines. Calculating the profitability of a flight explains the phenomenon, in order to obtain the best revenue/passenger ratio. And optimising revenue means that airlines are forced to include an overbooking factor in their aircraft load factor calculations.

Firstly, the alliances have enabled passengers to travel from one point to another across the globe on several airlines, all with a seamless service. This means online or in-branch reservations on all airlines, end-to-end baggage check-in, all cards issued...

When, in May 1997, five airlines decided to join forces to create Star Alliance - Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines for Europe, Air Canada and United Airlines for North America and Thai Airways International for Asia - they were witnessing a minor revolution in air transport. Even if, in truth, the movement was already well under way...

Have the global airline alliances invented some twenty years ago reached their limits? Or are they now evolving in an environment with more porous economic borders? The answer is more likely to be the latter, although many see the model being undermined by the new announcements of shareholdings and...

Faced with the turbulent - even chaotic - context of 2016, the stability of the results posted by HOP! is enough to keep the airline's management happy. Alain Malka and Zoran Jelkic, respectively Deputy Managing Director and Managing Director Market France, presented the results of the group's short-haul business on Thursday, along with their good resolutions...

As expected, Qatar Airways was quick to react to the measures imposed by the American authorities, summarised as an "electronics ban". It took only a week for the airline's management to come up with a solution that would enable it to keep its business customers while prohibiting them from boarding with their computers...

A few weeks ago, OAG, a company that analyses all global air transport data, presented its annual rankings of airlines and airports in terms of punctuality. The comparison is based on some 54 million flights over the whole of 2016. For the airports, OAG used as criteria the hubs whose...

Long-haul low-cost airlines continue to gain ground. Just a few days after Level was officially launched by the IAG group, it is now time to turn our attention to Iceland. WOW air has just announced the forthcoming launch of a new transatlantic route, to Chicago. On 13 July 2017, O'Hare airport will become the 8th destination for...

As is often the case, the movement started in the United States and then spread - very quickly - to the other side of the Atlantic... On 21 March, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially banned electronic devices larger than a smartphone from aircraft cabins. For...

Is the wave of long-haul low-cost airlines flooding the European market? In any case, the latest strategic announcement by the IAG group foreshadows a sharp rise in the phenomenon. On 17 March, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling confirmed the launch of Level, a low-cost carrier...

Far from the grand announcements made by other airlines, Swiss has already been working for several months to improve its offer. The Swiss carrier's fleet is gradually being equipped with Boeing 777-300ERs, replacing the A340s used until now on long-haul flights. This renewal of the fleet is part of the "Next Generation Airline of Switzerland" strategy, and...

On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Asiana Airlines will soon be launching its new business class on the Paris CDG - Seoul route. French business travellers will be able to discover this new cabin, dubbed Smartium, in May. The number of seats in this business class has been revised downwards - from 28 to...

We had almost forgotten it, but the American airlines, generally champions of liberalism when it comes to themselves, are generally less so when it comes to their foreign counterparts. Barely elected, President Donald Trump is facing up to the grievances of US carriers. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United all have their sights set on state immunity, which...

A few weeks after the appearance of Mildred within the Lufthansa group, it is now Vueling's turn to provide its travellers with a virtual assistant, a chatbot, to use the most fashionable English terminology. And once again, it's a female name - with a more Latin sound - that has been chosen to accompany the...

A world first in the aviation industry, a "revolutionary experience": when Qatar Airways unveiled its brand new QSuite in Berlin on 8 March, the airline's directors did not skimp on the historic aspect of the launch. It has to be said that the concept developed over a two-year period by the airline is a radical rethink of business class,...

An Air Caraïbes aircraft carrying nearly 200 passengers on a Paris-Toulouse flight: the rather surprising scene took place on 1 March at Orly airport. However, there was no declaration of war against Hop! Perhaps just a thumbing of the nose at its parent company Air France... In fact, it was...

What does the arrival of this A350 in the Air Caraïbes livery mean for passengers? Marc Rochet - For Air Caraïbes customers, it guarantees a level of comfort linked to the technology of this aircraft: the A350 is much quieter, cabin pressurisation is less tiring, and cabin air renewal is greater. This can be felt on...

"Welcoming customers the French way": this is Air France's ambition at the inauguration of the airline's new lounge in Terminal 2G at Paris CDG airport. This made in France welcome, whose key words will be "high quality, attention and pleasure", aims to combine "comfort, chic and creativity", according to the airline's...

Iberia is strengthening its services between Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez and Barcelona-El Prat by joining forces with low-cost carrier Vueling to jointly operate this strategic route. The two airlines, which are both subsidiaries of the IAG group, will create a real air bridge - hence the name of the shuttle, "Puente Aereo" - between the two cities.

KLM is joining forces with Air Mauritius to offer a year-round service to Mauritius. From 30 October and during the winter season, the Dutch airline will offer three weekly services - on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays - between Amsterdam Schiphol and Mauritius' Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. The Mauritian airline will take over...