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Peter Bellew, who took over from Christoph Müller at the helm of Malaysia Airlines on 1 July, has made it clear that the airline will cease to have activities that cost it money. Malaysia Airlines is already starting to turn its head after 30 terrible months of mounting financial losses...

Polish airline LOT is keen to continue expanding its network in Asia. LOT has just announced the launch of a new route to Seoul. Launched in October, the route will be served three times a week from Warsaw with a Boeing 787 offering three classes of service (Business, Premium Economy and Economy). In the...

The attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport in June, followed by the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July, could seriously undermine the position of Turkish Airlines and its airport as a major European hub. The army's unsuccessful attempt to seize power led to the closure of a number of...

HOP! Air France offers three seasonal routes from Clermont-Ferrand. Until September/October 2016, the airline is offering non-stop flights from the Auvergne capital to Nice, Bastia and Figari. The flights are as follows: - Nice, three flights a week, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays until 28 October. - Bastia and Figari, 1 flight...

Delays in training pilots for Austrian Airlines' 17 new Embraer aircraft have forced the airline's management to reduce its summer schedule. The airline's management said it had cancelled 300 of the 23,000 flights Austrian offers during the summer months. The routes affected are...

The Qatari airline is continuing its investment strategy while strengthening its links with the member airlines of the oneworld alliance. After acquiring a 10% stake in IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, Qatar Airways intends to acquire up to 10% of LATAM Airlines, the South American giant born of the...

The resumption of economic exchanges between Iran and Western countries is leading to an increase in the number of air routes to Teheran. While Air France relaunched a service to the Iranian capital last April, Air Astana has just opened an Almaty-Teheran route, and British Airways is due to arrive at the airport in September...

In less than a month's time, on 29 July to be exact, Norwegian will be launching its new routes from Paris-CDG. The low-cost airline will take off from Terminal 1 for New York-JFK. Four flights a week will be offered between the two airports, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The winter schedule will be...

Business travellers, who are in the majority on the France-Luxembourg route, will soon have a new flight option for their business trips. easyJet has just announced the opening of a new flight from Lyon to Luxembourg airport. Three flights a week will be operated all year round from 1 November, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The...

Lufthansa will be able to launch its new Internet connection service on its short- and medium-haul network in October. The airline has just received the go-ahead from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) guaranteeing that the installation of broadband antennae on its short- and medium-haul...

How does the Vienna hub fit into the Lufthansa Group's strategy? Benjamin Lanier - Each hub, whether Lufthansa's in Frankfurt and Munich, Swiss's in Zurich or our own in Vienna, is an essential part of the product offered to travellers, particularly business travellers. Connections are facilitated,...

While nothing is set to change in the short term for air transport between the UK and the rest of Europe, a new legislative framework will be necessary if the UK is to continue to enjoy a strong presence in continental Europe and maintain its leading position. For this June...

The last SriLankan Airlines flight between Paris and Colombo will take place on 6 November, one week after the end of the airline's operations to Frankfurt: this is the decision taken by the airline's management, but also and above all by the Sri Lankan government, which intends to "stop financing constant losses", as...

For a long time, services to Latin America were the preserve of Spanish carrier Iberia and TAP Air Portugal. But for several years now, the Air France-KLM duo has been working hard to increase the density of its flight schedule, and today offers one of the most comprehensive networks to the sub-continent. Air France-KLM has thus become the leader...

Staying connected for the duration of a long-haul flight is great. Being able to consult the map to your hotel or meeting place once you've set foot on foreign soil is even better. And since the two options are not mutually exclusive - far from it - Air France-KLM is innovating by enlisting the services of Bitebird: a...

You're celebrating your second anniversary in Paris: is France so important to Jet Airways that you hold an event there every year? Gaurang Shetty - France is a very important market, especially for business travel, as it is one of India's major trading partners. From...

On 17 June, Lyon became Air Canada's third French destination, after Paris and Nice. The airline now connects Montreal-Trudeau and Lyon Saint-Exupéry airports with five flights a week during the summer season - every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - and plans to reduce its schedule...

Premium class continues to gain ground among airlines. Brussels Airlines is joining an increasingly exclusive club, announcing on 16 June the launch of its Economy Plus. The introduction of this intermediate class, between Economy and Business, concerns intercontinental flights to and from Africa, North America and the Middle East.

Corsair's inaugural flight between Paris Orly and Abidjan, scheduled for 16 June, marks the airline's return to Côte d'Ivoire. An ambitious return, with the press release announcing "a densified" and "sustainable" flight programme. To mark the occasion, the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is also expected to welcome the...

Following a relatively extensive - and visibly conclusive - test phase involving 15,000 passengers over a period of 18 months, easyJet is officially launching Flight Club. Presented as an "innovative loyalty programme", the new offering stands out from the market in that it is not based on a single...