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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...

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...