airports

Since February 2025, business travellers have been able to present their digital identity card to TGV INOUI, OUIGO and Intercités inspectors. From last October, they have been able to present their driving licence during a roadside check, made available within the France Identité app, while awaiting the possibility to use it for car hire. Now, they will be able to...

85 million euros: this is the amount of investment that will be dedicated to Cayenne airport, in French Guiana. This extensive modernisation is expected to last 42 months, with the first phase of works anticipated in 2029. The airport will continue its operations throughout the construction period. The operator Egis – which operates 18 airports worldwide including Beauvais,...

Canada has decided to simplify transfer procedures at its airports, partly capitalising on the difficulties encountered by passengers at the airports of its large American neighbour. A new procedure has been implemented by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The system allows international transit travellers…

"After more than 30 years of intensive use since its inauguration in 1994, Terminal 2 was in need of a deep refurbishment": this is how Fraport management summarises the challenge of this transformation, which was initiated by Frankfurt Airport on 9 June. It added: "thanks to the recent inauguration of Terminal 3 and the capacities...

The Trump administration continues to be characterised by inconsistencies that could heavily impact travel to the United States. After the possibility of requesting five years of email archives to enter the US, here comes a new character from the "Trump Galaxy," the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin,…

Improving the quality of service and reducing environmental impact: these are the two development areas that guided the design of the new terminal inaugurated on May 26th at Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc airport. The project required 18 months of work and an investment of 2.5 million euros. It is part of a...

Commercial passenger air travel in France saw a slight decline in April, according to the DGAC. The number of air passengers fell by 3.2 per cent compared with the same period in 2025. This decline is partly due to runway works underway at Basel-Mulhouse Airport, which…

According to a new analysis by AirHelp, the company that helps passengers claim compensation for flight disruptions, Paris-CDG is among the international airports with the highest risk of missed connections, scoring 4.36 out of 10, placing it 15th globally out of 196 airports analysed. The airport…

It is likely a unique status in air transport: that of exemplary cooperation in the management of a bi-national airport by two supervisory authorities, one French and the other Swiss. The Basel-Mulhouse airport has indeed been an official bi-national company since May 1946, which, despite the disagreements that sometimes arise between the Swiss and French authorities,...

"If you don't come to work at WeWork, WeWork will come to you." This is the idea behind the launch of the WeWork Go offering. The coworking space specialist has just unveiled a solution designed directly for professionals on the go. Specifically, these are office pods that WeWork will deploy in...

The Radisson Hotel Group is strengthening its presence in Kazakhstan with the opening of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Almaty Airport, making it the international chain hotel closest to the airport of the former Kazakh capital – and the country's most populous city. This comes after the 2025 launch of the Sadu Hotel, a member of the Collection…

By 24 hours, some might have thought it was a joke. Not at all! On March 31, the management of Palm Beach Airport – not far from Mar-a-Lago – made the news official: it would indeed be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, as had been rumoured for several weeks. To do this, it…

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will become the first international carrier to launch daily non-stop flights between Singapore and the new Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) from 23 November 2026. The airline will operate the route with Airbus A350-900s, configured with 303 seats in two classes: 40 in Business Class and...

The Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) has drawn a bitter conclusion from the 2025 results for French airports. France's air transport industry is in a bad way. And the outlook is hardly encouraging, particularly in view of the rise in oil prices. By 2025, French airport traffic had barely reached 210.5 million passengers...

With some 130 destinations served in 47 countries, Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is rolling out one of the densest programmes in its history for Summer 2026, confirming its strategic position as France's second international air hub. Nice indeed confirmed its status last year as the leading airport in the regions, with traffic of 15.23 million...

And in the end, it's Singapore Changi that wins. The world's number one airport between 2013 and 2020, dethroned by Doha Airport during the pandemic except in 2023, the City-State's hub had regained the top spot in the Skytrax rankings last year. In 2026, Singapore Changi is consolidating its prominent position in the...

According to the latest figures released by the ADP Group, air traffic at the two Paris hubs of Orly and Roissy CDG slowed in February. The number of passengers rose last month by just 0.7% to 7.4 million. ADP attributes this to the Ramadan effect, which has been affecting demand since...

The social climate in Germany is decidedly tense. A few days after the strike which forced Lufthansa to cancel half of its flights, it is Berlin airport that will bear the brunt. Following the call for a strike launched by the ver.di union, the management of Brandenburg Airport was forced to cancel all of…

The attack on Iran by Israel and the United States could not remain without consequences for air transport. Air fares have risen sharply, as a result of three factors: The drastic reduction in the number of flights available from the major Gulf hubs (Bahrain and Kuwait remain completely closed, while Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai are operating...

Milan-Malpensa is the Italian airport with the strongest growth in passenger traffic in 2025, according to recent statistics published by Assaeroporti, the Italian association of airport managers. All Italian airports had an excellent year in 2025. Last year the airports recorded 230.081 million passengers, 72.057 million of whom were...