airports

As a result of the pandemic, international airports are adjusting their R&D priorities: after working on a seamless passenger experience, with biometrics in particular to speed up every stage of the airport journey, the time has now come for contactless technology. Nice airport is no exception to the rule, with the launch on 6 December of its...

What was the state of air transport in France at the end of September? The good news is that passenger traffic is picking up again and seems to be out of the rut seen between February and April. During this period, traffic was barely 10% of what it was in 2019... September certainly saw a slowdown in the number of...

"Urban Blue" is the name of the new company unveiled on 26 October by four airports, including a leading French hub. Nice airport has joined forces with its counterparts in Rome, Venice and Bologna to accelerate the development of vertiports, from their design to their...

Berlin's new airport once again hit the headlines on TV and in print in Germany last weekend. Last weekend, Europe's most talked-about airport found itself at the centre of yet another controversy. October 12 marked the start of the autumn holidays in Germany, and some passengers had to wait for their flight...

Business travellers to London now have a new option to simplify their journey. The British media are reporting a new partnership between Heathrow Express and Google Maps. The American giant's mapping service is now able to provide real-time information on rail services to the hub...

Inaugurated in mid-July, following a £1 billion (€1.16 billion) construction phase, Manchester Airport's new Terminal 2 is now home to more than a dozen carriers. The two latest arrivals are none other than Air France and KLM, who join other major players,...

Nice airport has finally exceeded its 2020 traffic figures. With growth of 38% in August alone, France's second-busiest airport now boasts a 2% increase in total passenger numbers since January. Nice will have welcomed almost 3.5 million passengers between January and August...

British Airways has considerably reduced its presence at London's second airport, Gatwick, in recent years. The airline now operates only a few long-haul flights, mainly to leisure destinations. But it nevertheless wants to return to the South London hub as restrictions are gradually lifted, and to define a strategy for...

Aeroflot began using Terminal C facilities for its international flights at Moscow-Sheremetievo International Airport, its main hub, on 23 July. The decision to transfer all flights to the newest terminal coincides with a strong upturn in traffic. The terminal has a capacity of 20 million passengers...

It's the European success story of the early summer. Belgrade is attracting airlines, with passenger traffic rising sharply. At the beginning of May, KLM, for example, welcomed Belgrade with three weekly flights. The Dutch airline had not served the former federal capital of the former Yugoslavia for 30 years. The demand...

A new experiment was unveiled on 7 July in the United Kingdom. London Heathrow airport, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are working together on a fast-track system reserved for vaccinated travellers. The trial starts this week and will apply to travellers landing at the London hub from countries on the list of...

Madrid-Barajas airport finally reopened all its terminals on 1 July. This included the reactivation of terminals T2 and T3. However, access to the terminals is subject to the health restrictions in force at the airport. Access to the terminals must be marked out on the ground. Only employees and passengers...

How do you feel about developments in the airline industry? Sergio Colella - The desire to start travelling again is there. I've just come back from two or three trips to Europe and for the first time I've seen queues at airports. I have to say that it's quite pleasing...

The first weekend in June was a feverish time at British airports. With the announcement by Boris Johnson's government that Portugal had been placed on the 'amber' list, thousands of British passengers rushed home. In order to avoid a mandatory 10-day quarantine... Apart from this temporary fever...

Travellers in the south-east of France have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Emirates colours to the tarmacs of Nice and Lyon. Now they finally know: on Tuesday, the airline unveiled its schedule for the resumption of flights, which will be based on the relaxation of entry conditions, sparing vaccinated travellers from the United Arab Emirates the...

Before the covid pandemic, Nice-Côte d'Azur airport was linked to some 120 destinations in 44 countries around the world. It was also the airport - outside Paris - with the highest number of long-haul flights. The airport now hopes to quickly regain this status. The 2021 summer schedule seems to support this recovery strategy. The...

American Airlines has just taken possession of a new terminal for its regional routes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, including 14 boarding gates. The new 22,500 m² facility can handle several thousand passengers a day. Designed in cooperation with the airport authorities, the terminal has a capacity of 850 seats. Coming soon...

On 8 April, Alaska Airlines made official its intention to open a new airport lounge at its San Francisco hub (SFO) by next summer. Located in Terminal 2, the lounge will replace the former American Airlines Admirals Club lounge. "So many people are dreaming of travelling this year, so we want to open...

This is a historic recovery plan, rivalled only by Roosevelt's New Deal after the Great Depression. Or the Marshall Plan, the US aid package for Europe after the Second World War. US President Joe Biden's 'American Jobs Plan' provides for a budget of 2,000 billion dollars...

American Airlines has just announced a series of tests deployed at its Dallas Fort Worth hub, with a common denominator: the contactless passenger journey. The airline intends to change the airport experience in order to regain the trust of travellers: "While fewer customers have travelled over the past year, our...