airports

Nice airport's strategy paid off during the Covid crisis. At a time when staff were being made redundant at many of Europe's major airports, Nice did its utmost to retain its employees. With some success: "Right from the start of the crisis, airport management signed a partial activity agreement...

The situation seems paradoxical. For two years, airport authorities and airlines have been repeating over and over again that they were all anticipating a resumption of traffic - some putting it at 2022, others at 2023. In reality, however, it seems that not many people have prepared - except in words - for the big return of the...

On 20 June, it was Brussels airport's turn to face a staff shortage, with major consequences for business travellers. The airport management was forced to cancel all operations scheduled for Monday. The reason: strike action within the...

After the UK carriers and KLM, it is now Lufthansa's turn to announce a reduction in flights during the peak summer season. The German airline cites the shortage of airport staff - and certainly also its own staff - as a factor in delays and congestion. According to the regional television station Hessenschau -...

Some 4 billion dollars: this is the sum invested by Delta Air Lines in cooperation with the New York and New Jersey Port Authority to transform Terminal C at LaGuardia, the heart of the American carrier's business. This sum is in fact part of a total plan for the almost complete reconstruction of this airport, long considered...

The European air traffic control agency, Eurocontrol, recently published some edifying statistics on flight times between Europe and Asia, both before and after Russia's war in Ukraine. And this despite the fact that the European Union has banned Russian aircraft from flying over its territory and that Russia...

In view of the congestion at Amsterdam Schiphol airport over the Ascension weekend, Dutch airline KLM announced on Thursday 26 May that it would largely suspend ticket sales for all flights departing from Schiphol airport until Monday 30 May. The airport is experiencing long queues...

Changi Airport Group (CAG), which manages Singapore's airport, announced on Monday 23 May that operations at Terminal 2 (T2) will resume on 29 May. This is the first phase of the reopening of the terminal, as the airport prepares to meet the increase in passenger traffic in the coming months...

Seattle-Tacoma International is one of the most important airports in the US, particularly for international travel. This position is due in particular to the presence of Boeing, Amazon and Microsoft in the city's greater metropolitan area, which attracts business people and international travellers. In 2019, the airport welcomed 51.8 million passengers, including almost 12% on...

Delta is clearly aiming to win over business travellers. The airline recently unveiled its roadmap for airport lounges. And it's clear that the US carrier is investing heavily in this area. Two top business destinations will host the largest Delta Sky Clubs. The 20...

The need to travel is strong despite the uncertain political and economic situation in Europe. This is the conclusion of ACI Europe, which brings together over 500 airports in some fifty countries across the continent. Compared with the figures for 2020 (the month of March and the 1st quarter of 2020 saw traffic...

On 28 April, we witnessed a judicial U-turn in the tortuous case of the future CDG Express. The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal overturned a previous ruling and validated the work on this fast - because non-stop - 24 km rail link between Roissy-CDG airport...

Wide benches made up of 'boudins' of various sizes, relaxing armchairs, games tables and a fountain. All lit up by designer street lamps and enlivened by sculptures whose shapes evoke the architecture of the Pompidou Centre. Since 14 April, a unique boarding lounge has been open to passengers in terminal 2G at...

This spring, 25 of these kiosks made their appearance in terminal 3 of the Dubai hub. These 25 Emirates-branded mobile check-in kiosks are designed to replace the fixed kiosks and reduce waiting times for business and leisure travellers. The kiosks will eventually be deployed in all check-in halls...

This might be anecdotal if Manchester were not the UK's largest regional airport. In 2019, before the Covid pandemic, Manchester welcomed 29.37 million passengers. Twice as many as Nice airport, France's largest regional airport. The airport has flights to around a hundred destinations, including around twenty intercontinental destinations. During...

Basel/Mulhouse EuroAirport, the third-largest airport in Switzerland and the leading airport in eastern France, is once again offering more than 90 direct destinations in its timetable for the summer 2022 season (valid until 29 October). The range includes destinations in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Portugal...

London City Airport, a favourite with many business travellers because of its proximity to the City, is getting back on track with the return of its "core target". On 21 March, the London hub published some encouraging results on the road to pre-Covid normality. One of the key indicators was...

214 million, 70 million and 90.7 million. These are the figures for passenger traffic at French airports between 2019 and 2021. After plummeting in 2020, the number of passengers using France's airports has confirmed its upturn. But it remains relatively small in scale compared with the dip between 2019 and 2021....

Nice airport will therefore - quite logically - be joining the club of summer destinations served by Etihad. On Monday, the airline announced the launch of this seasonal flight between Nice and Abu Dhabi on 15 June. Etihad will operate two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. The flights will be operated in...

"The most modern international hub in South America" is how ADP describes the new terminal inaugurated on 26 February in Santiago de Chile. The French group was in charge of this vast project - its cost is the highest in the history of concessions...