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2020 retrospective: business travel under health watch
Vaccination, digital health passports: new obligations should govern business travel in the months and even years to come. A vaccine to revive travel in the age of covid The announcement by the American laboratory Pfizer and the German laboratory BionTech of an effective 90% vaccine against covid-19 should enable the travel industry...
Basel-Mulhouse Euroairport awaits rail link
At the heart of a region with a population of more than 920,000, as the capital of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and with its suburbs lying somewhere between Germany and France, Basel has always had its eyes fixed beyond its borders. [caption id="attachment_103265" align="aligncenter" width="460"] The Trireno S-Bahn network...
Rhônexpress lowers fares for SNCF passengers
Sytral, the operator of the Rhônexpress tram link between Lyon-Part Dieu station and Lyon Saint-Exupéry international airport, has announced that it is lowering its prices for SNCF passengers. Rhônexpress is offering a reduced fare of €10 for a single journey, down from €16.30 (€15.20 on the internet). The return fare will be 19.50 euros instead of...
BER welcomes all traffic to Berlin
The Air France Airbus A320 left Berlin-Tegel at 15:30 on 8 November, closing a chapter in aviation that will have lasted 70 years. It also marked the official debut of Berlin Brandenburg International airport, whose commercial acronym is BER. "The opening in the current period is certainly complicated, but we wanted to show optimism," described...
Air France: a final flight in tribute to Berlin Tegel
The consolidation of all air traffic onto a single hub will take effect on 8 November at Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) airport, the German capital's new air hub. It took twelve years to inaugurate BBI. Corruption scandals and construction errors undermined the development of the airport.
Biometrics and contactless airport for Emirates
The health situation has prompted Emirates to step up its efforts in the field of biometrics, to make the passenger experience more fluid. For several days now, the airline has been offering a new "biometric route", based on a technology combining facial and iris recognition. This technology is to be applied to all airport procedures, from the...
Houston airport regains international traffic
A degree of normality seems to be returning to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), the Texas megalopolis' main international hub. This upturn in activity follows an unprecedented decline in traffic due to Covid-19. According to the authorities at Houston Airports, which manages the city's four airports, two-thirds of international airlines have resumed flights...
A new terminal for Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa
In a world battered by the coronavirus pandemic, there are still places where a certain optimism reigns. Such is the case at Addis Ababa airport, the capital of Ethiopia. On 28 August, Ethiopian Airlines officially inaugurated the expansion of Terminal 2, its international hub. Few travellers...


























