airports

Five years before the opening ceremony, we may well know the first winners and losers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The CDG Express has been out of the running since the end of May. On the other hand, flying taxis could take advantage of the Olympics to make a spectacular breakthrough. On 18 June, at the...

At the beginning of June, the local authorities approved a vast modernisation programme for Miami airport, which could cost up to five billion dollars - just under 4.5 billion euros - as part of a project planned over five to fifteen years. International airport officials plan to increase the airport's capacity...

The priority line of the future long-distance train network would first connect Helsinki airport to Tampere, in Central Finland. This would be followed, in the longer term, by a high-speed train line to the Baltic States and Saint Petersburg. To this end, a new multimodal centre is being built, which from 2021 will enable travellers to switch easily from air to rail...

Star Alliance has renewed its cooperation with IATA (International Air Transport Association) on the pre-flight verification of travel documents. The system supported by IATA is called Timatic AutoCheck. Alliance passengers will benefit from this system, which will enable them to check in online or at the airport...

Here's some good news for business travellers in Strasbourg: since Friday, they have had access to one of the world's major hubs, Istanbul Airport. Turkish Airlines began operations at Strasbourg airport on 31 May. The Star Alliance airline - which is gaining momentum at the Alsatian airport - will now be offering four...

The CDG Express will therefore not be welcoming the many foreign visitors expected for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Nor will business travellers, who are impatiently awaiting this new link between the capital and its airport... Élisabeth Borne, the French Transport Minister, made it official on 29 May: the project has been postponed until the end of the year...

From 28 May, "Orly 3" will be the new departure point for long-haul flights operated by Air France at the southern Paris airport. The new connecting building, inaugurated on 18 April as part of a major reorganisation of Orly, will welcome passengers travelling to New York, as well as Pointe-à-Pitre,...

Casil Europe took a 49.99% stake in ATB in 2015, paving the way for a major programme to expand the airport's facilities and develop its network. The French government's refusal to allow Casil Europe to increase its stake in the airport precipitated the group's departure under Chinese management....

It's an exercise that travel industry players regularly attempt, with varying degrees of success: ranking airports and airlines on a qualitative basis. In the shadow of Skytrax, which has established itself as the benchmark ranking, new studies are emerging. AirHelp has just unveiled its ranking, which reveals a few surprises. For example,...

Strasbourg had been dreaming of this for a long time. To once again have a regular service to its neighbour, Germany. Although the potential exists, Strasbourg airport has had to contend in the past with the growing power of the Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden hub, some forty kilometres away on the other side of the Rhine. But the...

Biometrics, chatbots, baggage tracking, virtual reality... In recent months, the major airlines have been vying with each other to improve the passenger experience and reduce friction at every stage of the customer journey. For Jean-Baptiste Nau, senior manager at Wavestone and a specialist in air transport, we are witnessing a second wave of digitalisation, which is now bearing fruit...

Marseille Provence airport is set to become Ethiopian Airlines' first regional hub. On 2 July, the carrier will launch three flights a week to Addis Ababa, with a stopover at Milan-Malpensa. "We've been based in Paris since 1971, i.e. for 48 years, so we're no strangers to the region...

It's a necessary evil, but one that is likely to inconvenience passengers on the Emirates network until 30 May. The carrier is having to adjust its flight operations as Dubai International airport's southern runway closes for maintenance work from 16 April. Emirates has therefore announced adjustments to its...

It's almost a done deal. After three postponements of its full opening to traffic, New Istanbul Airport will finally take over all the activities of the current Istanbul Atatürk International Airport. The airport authorities, like the management of Turkish Airlines, have confirmed that the transfer will take place at 3am on Friday 5 April. [link-block prefix="A...

According to Régis Lacote, Director of the Orly hub, the transformation of Orly Sud and Orly Ouest into Orly 1, 2, 3 and 4, effective since 19 March, in fact corresponds to the creation of a single entity, the epicentre of which is the new "Orly 3" connecting terminal, which for the first time creates a physical link between the...

Business travellers in Lyon will soon be able to meet Stan. Over the next few weeks, this car-sharing robot will be introduced on a large scale, covering 500 spaces in the P5+ car park at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. Four examples of the system developed by Stanley Robotics will be operating simultaneously, with twelve...

Mobility solutions 'made in France' are looking elsewhere... After Cityscoot, which recently announced its arrival on the Italian market, it's now Blue Valet's turn to conquer Europe... or rather to confirm a strategy already underway since its arrival in Brussels a few months ago. The...

Since Friday 8 March, business travellers passing through Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have had access to the brand new Star Alliance lounge. Located in zone 2 of the departures level, on the Panorama terrace, this lounge has a capacity of 150 passengers, including eligible first and business class passengers, holders of...

American Airlines is pulling out all the stops for its top-of-the-range customers. The airline recently announced an upgrade to its top-of-the-range programme, dubbed Five Star Service. To achieve this, American Airlines will be relying in particular on the VIP facilities that are flourishing in business hubs. Following the example of United, partner of...

easyJet's summer schedule is taking shape, with a host of sunny destinations. However, among the seven routes unveiled by the airline on Monday, there are a few new features likely to be of interest to business travellers. For the first time in easyJet's history, a domestic flight will be launched at Montpellier airport, with four weekly connections...