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Bogotá wants to transform the experience of transfer passengers at Bogotá El Dorado international airport. The Colombian capital has just launched a programme called "StopOver Bogotá: Love at First Runway", in partnership with the national airline Avianca. The aim is to encourage international passengers in transit to leave El Dorado airport...

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the world's largest airports, ranking 11th in the world and 5th in the United States, with 76.59 million passengers expected to use the airport in 2024. Nearly 24 million of these will be international flights. But it is also one of the only airports of its size that, until now, did not have its own...

BeOnd began operations in November 2023. The airline is marginal in its operations. The carrier has its administrative headquarters in Dubai, but its aircraft take off and land in Malé, in the Maldives. The company is increasingly emerging as the 'national' top-of-the-range airline of the small archipelago between the Arabian Sea...

The World Airport Awards organised by Skytrax in Madrid on Wednesday delivered their verdict. And Paris Airport can pride itself on having come away from the ceremony with well-deserved laurels. For the 4th year running, Paris CDG was named best European airport. The group's flagship also retains its place in the top 10...

A large-scale fire caused by a faulty transformer broke out at the Hayes electricity substation in west London. The substation supplies power to residential areas and nearby London Heathrow airport. The smoke and subsequent disruption to the electricity network forced the airport authorities to announce a closure...

With 66.8 million passengers expected in 2024, Amsterdam Schiphol airport has confirmed that it is indeed the third largest air hub on the European continent. Behind London Heathrow and Paris-CDG. The slightest increase in air traffic in Germany in 2024 has confirmed Amsterdam Schiphol's crowning as Europe's third most important airport....

Geneva-Cointrin has finally returned to the level of passenger numbers seen in the past. Last year, the French-speaking hub welcomed almost 18 million passengers. This is barely less than the traffic forecast for 2019. The last year before Covid saw 17.93 million passengers use Switzerland's second busiest airport. Geneva thus...

In order to maximise the use of its terminals in Jakarta, the airport authorities have followed the injunction of Public Enterprises Minister Erik Thohir to rebalance traffic flows. This will be the third time in a decade that a large number of airlines have changed terminals. The last one was in 2023 when AirAsia, Batik Air...

2019 was a record year for Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, with 9.1 million passengers. Last year, the Franco-Swiss airport platform almost regained this level, missing its pre-Covid performance by just 1.9%. Switzerland's third-largest and France's 6th-largest airport welcomed 8.9 million passengers. Of which...

All in all, 2024 was a good year for Strasbourg Entzheim airport, with a number of positive developments. The strengthening of Volotea from the Alsace hub and the return of easyJet helped to boost traffic. With 1.23 million passengers last year, Strasbourg airport saw its traffic increase by...

1.05 billion pounds in 2025, then a further 1.29 billion in 2026: that's the Christmas present Heathrow airport is giving itself ahead of schedule. A total of €2.8 billion - €296 million more than planned - to usher in a new era for London Heathrow airport. What will this money actually be used for?

How can you slip into the shoes of a VIP, even when travelling in economy class? This is the solution offered by Austrian Airlines to its passengers. Austrian now allows passengers to book a private check-in counter at Vienna airport. This counter can be personalised with a message or logo. At first glance, you might think of a...

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...

The announcement of Ryanair's withdrawal from Bordeaux in May came as a shock. During the summer season, the airline linked the south-western hub to 37 destinations. Many of these were seasonal flights (such as Figari, Ibiza, Faro and Trapani). But the airline also offered a large number of...

Following a call for tenders launched in September 2023, Nice finally revealed at the end of September the operators and brands that will run the 28 retail outlets at the heart of its airport terminals. They will be installed gradually between 2025 and 2026. This overhaul of the retail offering illustrates the airport authorities' strategy of offering passengers a wide range of...

In November 2022, Paris-Beauvais airport welcomed the low-cost carrier easyJet with fanfare and trumpets, with the launch of flights to Lisbon. A trial balloon transformed in 2023 with the launch of flights to Milan Malpensa and Nice. In the end, the orange airline threw in the towel at the airport north of Paris. In the...

Brussels Zaventem airport is facing a tough day on 1 October. Due to a national strike by a majority of staff at the external security service provider, Brussels airport is expecting to be virtually deserted on this day. In order to ensure the safety of passengers and staff, the airlines in charge of security...

Ethiopia is about to embark on an ambitious project to build a new airport. A hub with dimensions worthy of its counterparts in the Middle East, at a cost of six billion dollars. With this project, Ethiopian Airlines is realising its vision of becoming THE carrier of the continent. A company that is already the number one in Africa...

There are already three hotels at Luxembourg airport: a three-star Ibis coupled with an Ibis Budget and a four-star NH. The first two are a 10-minute walk from the terminal, the third an average of 7/8 minutes. However, on 3 September, a new establishment, the Ibis Budget,...

40 minutes minimum before departure. This is now the boarding time imposed by the Omani airport authorities at Muscat international airport. This measure came into force on 4 August. It requires passengers to be in the international departure area 40 minutes before the actual departure of the flight. This means that a passenger...