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The opportunity offered by the European Commission's award a month ago of 18 new slots at Lisbon airport has not escaped easyJet. On Wednesday, the airline unveiled its new roadmap for the Portuguese capital. Three additional aircraft - Airbus A321neo - will now be based there, bringing the total number of...

It's an airport that doesn't get a lot of buzz, but up until 2020 it was showing very respectable growth rates. Lille airport, to the south of the northern metropolis, welcomed almost 2.2 million passengers in 2019, putting it in 11th place in France, behind Beauvais airport and ahead of Montpellier. [link-block...

Paris airports will be handling 5.3 million more passengers in June 2022. A total of 8.1 million passengers. This represents 82.1 % of Paris Airport traffic in June 2019. Orly more dynamic than Roissy CDG In June 2022, Paris-Charles de Gaulle welcomed 5.5...

In recent days, Fiumicino airport has taken another step towards multimodality, and in the process has taken on a new dimension in the Italian mobility market. Trenitalia has launched three new Frecciarossa connections to the Roman hub. The railway company now links Fuimicino to two Neapolitan stations - Napoli Centrale and...

The strike in Italy on 17 July is expected to affect employees of three low-cost airlines: easyJet, Volotea and Ryanair. Air traffic controllers are also affected by the strike, which was initially scheduled to last 24 hours but has now been reduced to four hours. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="127507"]...

Just over a year ago, the Biden administration announced with great fanfare the launch of a vast plan to modernise transport infrastructure, particularly in the air and rail sectors. The "Marshall Plan" has a budget of $620 billion, including $25 billion over five years for airport infrastructure projects. 50 million will be allocated...

In August, the Accor group will open an ibis budget hotel in Airport City, the development adjacent to Manchester airport. A Holiday Inn will follow in September. These two openings will mark the birth of the District Hotel, the accommodation component of the aerotropolis currently being developed on the...

Is Air France a model in Europe when it comes to managing its staff and, consequently, its summer schedule? There is every reason to believe so, given the French airline's current flight planning situation. Unlike other European airlines - easyJet, British Airways, the Lufthansa group...

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...