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This will be the airport event of 2019, an event that is likely to overshadow somewhat the opening of the new Istanbul airport, which is suffering from a number of delays in its full opening to traffic. Beijing Daxing airport will finally give some breathing space to Beijing Capital airport, the Chinese capital's main air hub. And which, despite...

It was due to open in November 2018, then in December and finally in March 2019. Now it seems that Istanbul's new airport will have to postpone its grand opening yet again. In fact, the official opening last October was celebrated for purely political reasons, just to prove that the current President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had kept his promises...

Nice airport, which recorded its eighth consecutive year of growth in 2018, is stepping up its announcements for business customers. In addition to new air routes - notably to Russia with Ural Airlines, or with the forthcoming arrival of La Compagnie to New York - news is just as busy on the ground....

An all-time record for French airports. That's according to the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), which reports an unprecedented 172.5 million passengers, representing growth of 5.2% in 2018 - and even more than 5.3% if only mainland airports are taken into account. A lot of...

A personalised welcome, ultra-fast check-in and security formalities, the comfort of a private suite before being driven in a saloon car to the foot of the plane: for a long time reserved for regular business travellers, these services are now starting to be offered to passengers on commercial routes. Manchester airport, for example, has announced that it will be opening a new service in 2019...

Nice has never seemed so close to Moscow. From 1 May, Ural Airlines' A321-200s will be landing on the Côte d'Azur airport tarmac. The Russian carrier will operate two flights a week between Nice and Moscow Zhukovsky airport, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A breath of fresh air for a saturated Northern European sky The airport...

It took eight years for the European Union and the Emirate of Qatar to conclude what appears to be a historic agreement for air transport. It is historic because the negotiators of the agreement have described it as comprehensive, giving the 27 members of the European Union and Qatar unlimited and unrestricted access to...

Is the CDG Express finally on the right track? "The concession contract will be signed in the next few days", assures Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne in an interview with Le Parisien, confirming the government's desire to see the project for a direct link between Roissy airport and Paris, led by the...

With more than 172 million passengers using its airports in 2018, France is one of the five largest air transport countries in Europe, along with the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. And yet, if you take a closer look at the figures for air transport in France, you will see that the country is an exception in Europe for its extreme centralisation...

With 89,149,387 passengers (+11TP3Q), Dubai Airport maintained its world leadership in international traffic in 2018 for the fifth consecutive year. On average, the Dubai hub welcomed 7.4 million passengers per month, with peaks in excess of 8 million recorded during the summer, in July and...

While airlines, alliances and airports regularly review the layout of their lounges, Manchester airport is thinking bigger. The UK hub has just unveiled its new project, dubbed PremiAir: a fourth, private terminal designed to offer travellers a "Jet Privé experience" from mid-2019. [caption id="attachment_82621" align="aligncenter" width="700"]...

After inaugurating two hotels in Frankfurt city centre, Hampton by Hilton is completing its offer and opening its doors close to the German hub. Located in Gateway Gardens, a new business district, the hotel is just a few minutes from terminals 1 and 2 and around twenty kilometres by car from the city centre. The...

Autonomous vehicles are not just for Uber and other American giants. The investments made in this field by All Nippon Airways (ANA) over the last few months bear witness to this. After an initial phase of tests in February 2018, the Japanese airline has begun experimenting with an autonomous bus on its...

The day of 14 January brought a new dimension to the American "shutdown", the result of the tug-of-war between President Trump and the Democrat-majority House of Representatives over funding for the famous "wall" at the border with Mexico. There is still a total impasse over this funding, leading to the closure of federal government departments, including...

These figures can make you dizzy: growth in excess of 51 %, 93,000 additional passengers, to be put into perspective in relation to overall traffic for the year, i.e. 274,011 passengers: Caen-Carpiquet airport has just completed a high-flying year in 2018. According to the figures released on 14 January, Hop...

Until 8pm this Tuesday 15 January, a strike by security staff at Frankfurt airport will block the German hub. "Passengers departing from Frankfurt will not be able to pass through the legally required security checks and get to their flights. We therefore strongly advise all passengers arriving from Frankfurt...

The new United Polaris lounge will open on 12 January in Los Angeles, in terminal 7, between gates 73 and 75A. This is the fifth Polaris lounge in the United network, after Chicago, Newark, Houston and San Francisco. At LAX, the lounge covers more than 1,100 m², guaranteeing no less than...

Munich airport is planning to improve its welcome for business travellers by offering them new meeting areas known as MeetingCabs: soundproofed cabins measuring 8 m², equipped with adapted furniture, electrical sockets and Internet connections, and capable of accommodating up to four people. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="130429"] MeetingCabs are available for a minimum period of...

On 2 June, Brussels Airlines will be leaving Moscow's Domodedovo airport, which the airline has been serving for some fifteen years now. However, the Lufthansa Group carrier is not deserting the Russian capital. Quite the contrary: it intends to bring business travellers closer to their final destination by transferring its operations to Sheremetyevo International Airport,...

Following on from Lyon-Saint Exupéry, Nice-Côte d'Azur airport has now posted record results. Last year, the airport welcomed 13.85 million passengers, representing traffic growth of 4.1 %. This is the eighth consecutive year that the Côte d'Azur hub has improved its performance. However, the Nice hub scheduled fewer flights...