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Despite various recommendations put in place by the Geneva Airport authorities, a very high number of people travelled to the Swiss hub at the beginning of last week, with the closure of ski resorts and borders decreed by the Swiss Confederation. Geneva Airport is therefore stepping up its security measures...

The confinement measures applied in France since Tuesday, the closure of the Schengen area to visitors from outside the European Union and the United Kingdom, and the lifting of European rules on the compulsory use of slots - those famous time slots at the most congested airports - have resulted in a collapse in air traffic....

New measures were unveiled over the weekend to counter the spread of the coronavirus in France. In addition to the closure of all "places open to the public which are not essential to the life of the country", decreed by the Prime Minister on Saturday evening, measures relating to transport are gradually coming into force. Elisabeth Borne and Jean-Baptiste...

From Friday 13 March, the United States will suspend for 30 days all travellers arriving from the Schengen area, or who have stayed in this area during the last 14 days. This measure will initially apply to 26 countries, including France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland, as well as Iceland, France, Italy and Poland....

Despite the quarantine imposed on the whole of Italy since Tuesday morning, Rome Fiumicino airport remains open*, according to a spokesman for the airport contacted on Tuesday. Most airlines are continuing to land at Fiumicino even though, according to him, a number of flights have now been cancelled, notably because of the overall drop in traffic...

Once again it has been officially confirmed. The new Berlin Brandenburg International airport will open on 31 October, which is good news for the German capital, which will finally be able to put behind it the ups and downs that have surrounded the infrastructure since the start of the second millennium. Berlin Brandenburg International will in fact have cost nearly seven billion...

At a time when planes are being emptied of passengers because of the Covid-19 coronavirus, IATA has just officially requested that the slot allocation rules be temporarily suspended. This news might go unnoticed by travellers if it did not lead to a probable drain on airlines. Because slots - those...

Stagnating or even sharply declining passenger traffic for German airports in the fourth quarter of last year: the 2019 financial year is ending much worse than it started for German aviation, according to figures published on Thursday by ADV, the association of German commercial airports. From January to December 2019, the 22 German airports...

When will biometrics become the norm in air travel? Could this mean the digitisation of passports? Barbara Dalibard - The number of biometric devices in airports has almost doubled in the space of a year. Today, this technology is present in 44 % of platforms. The technology is now mature. The question now concerns...

Despite the radical measures taken by the Chinese authorities, the coronavirus has gained ground and taken on an international dimension. On 23 January, the government decided to quarantine the entire city of Wuhan, banning the population from leaving the Wuhan metropolitan area. ALSO READ: "Coronavirus...

10.15 million passengers. Passing the 10 million passenger mark is more than just a symbol for Marseille Provence Marignane airport. According to the airport's management, 2019 saw some of the strongest traffic growth in a decade, with an increase of 8.1%. This growth is essentially due to the strong development of...

Airlines are making their mark at CES, the technology event held every year in Las Vegas. For this 2020 edition, American Airlines has just announced the launch of an automatic translation service. In the same vein, Delta has played the technology card, with a number of major assets. The CEO of...

In the end, it took Qatar two years to fully absorb the shock of the blockade launched in June 2017 by its neighbours - essentially Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. This measure resulted in a total ban on Qatar-registered airlines - essentially Qatar Airways...

Machine translation is clearly high on the list of airline flight plans for 2020. A few days after the deployment of the Pocketalk tool to All Nippon Airways' teams, and while British Airways is preparing to launch its Bill robot, also equipped with a translation system, American Airlines is working on a...

Haneda airport has one major advantage: it is located just 30 minutes by public transport from the heart of Tokyo, compared with over an hour for the Narita hub. This advantage is also supported by the local authorities, as the Japanese government is helping Haneda to grow by freeing up air slots. The recent award of...

Air travel is becoming more intuitive, with passengers taking greater control of technology and offering more à la carte products. According to various surveys carried out among passengers, this reflects their desire for a faster, less intrusive and partially automated service. Both airlines and airports are responding...

British Airways' new recruit, Bill, will make his debut at London Heathrow airport in early 2020. This autonomous robot, equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), a geolocation system and 360-degree sensors, will roam around Terminal 5, guiding travellers to their final destination...

Faced with the collapse in tourism in 2003-2004 as a result of the avian influenza epidemic (SARS) - which hit Hong Kong and Singapore particularly hard - Singapore Airlines decided to cancel services to half a dozen cities, including Brussels, Madrid and Vienna airports in Europe. While Madrid and Vienna will still have to...

That was thirty years ago, and what was then the Orly West terminal was home to Lufthansa flights to Germany, among others, while Hungarian Malev's planes took off for Budapest from Orly Sud. Lufthansa moved to Roissy at the end of the 80s, Malev has disappeared. From next summer, the planes...

Since Thursday, Skyteam business travellers have been able to enjoy the new lounge inaugurated by the alliance at the new Istanbul airport. Located in the west wing of the hub, on level H, this 582 m² lounge has a capacity of more than 145 seats. The SkyTeam lounge - whose architectural design has been...