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Brussels Airlines has unveiled its long-haul network for summer 2025, with record capacity to sub-Saharan Africa. The Belgian carrier will operate 56 weekly flights to the region, an increase of 10 % compared to summer 2024. The capacity of the additional long-haul aircraft - bringing the total to 11 - will be deployed mainly in...

Volotea's roadmap for 2025 is becoming clearer. Within a few hours of each other, the airline made two announcements aimed at French travellers. On Tuesday, the focus was on Bordeaux. Next May, the low-cost carrier will base a new aircraft (A320) there, its third, to further strengthen its offer...

Atmosfair can do better, Transport & Environnement is satisfied with SAF: Air France-KLM has had mixed fortunes when it comes to assessing its environmental efforts. Drawing on an existing study based on CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometre and the airlines' fleets, the German NGO presented its findings at the Air France-KLM...

Consolidation rather than expansion. This is what Brussels Airlines is planning for the 2025 summer season. The Belgian national airline will operate a fleet of 50 aircraft, 11 for long-haul (Airbus A330) and 39 for short- and medium-haul (Airbus A319/320). This fleet, with six more aircraft than in summer 2024, will provide services to...

Rennes airport will soon have a new destination to attract business travellers. On 25 June, easyJet will be making its debut on the Rennes-Manchester route. The low-cost carrier will offer two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. Manchester will thus become the fourth destination served from Rennes by easyJet - and the second in the UK...

The Lufthansa group has begun to unveil its 2025 summer season. This is the first announcement of new destinations. However, the type of aircraft and frequencies have not yet been announced. However, 17 new routes have been confirmed for five of the group's airlines (Lufthansa, Discover Airlines, Austrian Airlines,...

On 7 November, Volotea inaugurated two new flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to two business destinations: London and Strasbourg. The British capital will now be linked to Brest twice a week, every Thursday and Sunday. The schedule will change in April, with flights operated on Mondays and Thursdays.

Launched last year at the initiative of the government to support the development of travel tech, the France Tourisme Tech programme has unveiled a second list of winners, following on from the 15 start-ups that received awards last year. As a result of the dissolution of the French government and the recent political turmoil, the number of start-ups...

Checking in and finding your way around the hotel, adjusting the room temperature or using the coffee machine, going from one meeting room to another: what seems simple to the average traveller is a challenge to those whose sight is one of the main handicaps. Hence the...

Transavia is gearing up for the summer, and with this in mind, a number of strategic directions are already taking shape for French travellers. Air France's low-cost subsidiary announced a number of new services on Tuesday. Corsica will benefit from this summer programme as Transavia plans to launch a new Lyon-Ajaccio flight on 19 April. The two airports will be linked once a week,...

On the eve of its centenary, Delta Air Lines has just unveiled its new cabins, offering a more contemporary design. According to the airline's management, every aspect has been carefully rethought to enhance the travel experience. New seat materials, improved lighting, a renewed colour palette and new decorative motifs. "For 100 years, Delta...

In-flight connectivity has become a key feature in attracting and retaining business customers, and is now a standard feature on all major airlines. So much so that the differentiating criterion is no longer "wi-fi or not wi-fi?", but rather "what speed, on what flights, in what cabins, and at what price? A series of...

Since yesterday, business and leisure travellers have been able to book the latest addition to the Volotea network: a Bordeaux-Barcelona flight, which will make its debut on 20 February. The airline plans to operate two flights a week, every Thursday and Sunday. New routes this winter for Volotea from France The inauguration of the Bordeaux-Barcelona flight will bring to...

Having patiently built up an international network in line with the expectations of business travellers - notably by setting off on the transatlantic route and especially at Paris CDG - JetBlue is taking a new step forward. The New York-based airline made it official on 20 September: it will be holding shows at two of its American hubs...

Where does Turkish Airlines stand today? Ömer Faruk Sönmez - It may not be sufficiently well known, but Turkish Airlines is the airline that today offers the most destinations in the world. We offer 349 destinations in 130 countries with our fleet of over 460 aircraft. We cover 90% of the...

Faced with the political and social turmoil that is now doubling as a real economic crisis in New Caledonia, the overseas territory's airline, AirCalin, is trying to survive. It has decided to restructure its network to adapt to current realities. Starting with the cancellation of its Noumea-Tokyo Narita flight. The total absence of Japanese passengers,...

As we head back to school in 2024, the airlines are introducing a whole host of new services. And destinations in South-East Asia do not have the monopoly on major announcements - even if the return of direct flights from Paris to Manila or Kuala Lumpur is likely to be of interest to business travellers... who should be particularly interested...

Good news for Antananarivo airport, and for the many travellers who regularly fly to Madagascar from France, whether for business, family reasons (VFR) or tourism. A new major player has just made its debut at Ivato international airport. Emirates now serves Madagascar via the Seychelles, with flights from...

The business travel sector is undergoing radical change, driven by the emergence of innovative technologies that are profoundly changing the way companies manage their business travel. Among these innovations, NDC, or New Distribution Capability, stands out for the scale of the change it is bringing about. By simplifying and enriching access to in-flight content, NDC is...

Relations between Aegean and Volotea have just been strengthened. The two carriers had already signed an agreement to market flights between Athens and Thessaloniki to some fifteen European destinations (including Paris-CDG and Nice). Now, the partnership is also financial. On 3 September, Aegean announced an investment of €25 million...