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Like the general public, the business world has its fashions, its new trends and... its acronyms. One of them has become a must over the last few years: BYOD - which stands for "Bring Your Own Device" - is now the rule for many business travellers, who use their personal smartphones...

Ukraine International Airlines is extending its range of fares by introducing the "cabin baggage only" concept in economy class. As its name suggests, this new offer does not include hold baggage, with passengers able to board with "standard cabin baggage", according to the airline. UIA points out, however, that the new fare is not a substitute for...

Alitalia is continuing to invest in improving the quality of service offered to its passengers, particularly business travellers. The latest example is the inauguration of two new flagship lounges at Rome's Fiumicino and Milan's Malpensa airports. These two inaugurations mark the...

Air France is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Paris-New York route by inaugurating a new flight to JFK this Monday 6 June, departing from Orly airport. Departure from Paris airport is at 11.20am, arriving at New York-JFK at 1.25pm. On the return journey, passengers will leave JFK at 6.25pm, and fly to Paris...

"A revolutionary business class (...), named after the North Star", "the airline's most important product innovation in over 10 years": when United unveiled its new Polaris offer on 2 June, it spared no expense in superlatives. Which is logical, given that it took 12,000 hours of research to develop...

A newcomer has made a remarkable arrival in the Cathay Pacific fleet. Freshly arrived from Toulouse, the very first A350 arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on 29 May, before being inducted with great fanfare a few hours later. For the occasion, Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing Joseph Lai was on hand to...

Aeroflot has been offering a new route between Moscow and Lyon since June. Four flights a week are operated by the Russian airline between Sheremetyevo and Saint Exupéry airports, with departures scheduled every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The route is operated by an Airbus A320 configured in two classes:...

This winter, British Airways will be launching a brand new route between London Heathrow and Santiago airport. It will be the longest flight ever operated by British Airways, taking 14 hours and 40 minutes to complete the journey from London Heathrow to Santiago airport.

Air traffic between France and Germany remains a major route in the European Union, with 3.51 million passengers carried in 2015. From Germany, the number of passengers boarded at the 25 main commercial airports reached 108.2 million in 2015, an increase of 3.7% compared with 2014. German statistics actually separate...

A new airline alliance has just been created in Asia. On Monday 16 May, the CEOs of eight Asian low-cost airlines signed an agreement to found Value Alliance, the first model of its kind for the low-cost air transport segment. Modelled in part on the major alliances...

In just over a month's time, on 14 June to be exact, Nantes will have never seemed so close to Brussels. That's when Brussels Airlines will begin operations to Loire Atlantique airport, with twelve flights a week. The Belgian airline will therefore be offering two daily flights, with the exception of weekends. Travellers...

The Sneakairs project was unveiled at the Barcelona Street Project While some are working on tools to temporarily disconnect travellers - for their peace of mind and to limit roaming charges - others are working hard to increase the number of sources of connection. This is the case of easyJet, which has just...

Can HOP! Air France be considered a hybrid airline? Hélène Abraham - I don't know what a hybrid airline means. According to the Larousse definition, hybrid means "composed of disparate elements". Air France-KLM's short-haul business in France is made up of disparate elements for its fleet - 100 aircraft ranging from the ATR 42 to...

Copenhagen, London-Gatwick, Prague, Santander, Venice, Vienna and, from September, Naples - Vueling is making no secret of its ambitions from Paris. These six new destinations have been launched successively over the last few days from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. "Our level of commitment in France has been confirmed with our...

Andrew Budiman is the Director of Singapore Airlines in France. He has been in the French capital for just over a year, arriving just as the airline launched its new Economy Premium product in Paris. He tells Voyages d'Affaires what's changing in the Singapore carrier's strategy. How Singapore Airlines is...

"The TGV was a drag on our growth for over a decade. But we're back on a growth tangent": Pascal Bigot, Director of Route Development at Montpellier airport, is decidedly optimistic. And he's right to be, because the airport's traffic lights are all flashing green. Last year,...

Since 1 March, Egencia has enabled business travellers and travel managers to add an extra piece of luggage when booking a flight, to avoid being charged for it at the airport. "Egencia is committed to providing a one-stop shop for everything business travellers need to optimise their experience. ....

"We could never have imagined that we would have had to build an extension to Terminal 2, our hub, in just a decade. When we opened Terminal 2 in 2003, we carried eight million passengers. With our Star Alliance partners, we carried 27 million last year",...

Initially scheduled over the Easter weekend, Brussels Airlines' inaugural flight to Toronto finally took place last Thursday. This new transatlantic route marks the airline's arrival in Canada, in a top business destination. Brussels Airlines operates a total of five flights a week with Airbus A330s,...

Inevitably, his arrival somewhat overshadowed, at least in part, the event to which journalists were invited on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. Inevitably, recent events put him in the spotlight. He is, of course, Alexandre de Juniac, the outgoing CEO whose appointment as head of IATA was made official this week.