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With a record 11 million passengers handled in 2018, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport has recorded spectacular growth of 25% in three years. Last year, the Lyon hub broke the symbolic 10 million passenger mark for the first time. [caption id="attachment_81911" align="aligncenter" width="670"] Another record year...

Istanbul's new airport, "Istanbul New Airport", will finally open its doors on March 3, with all the airlines transferring flights from the existing Ataturk airport, as the airport authority recently announced to the Turkish press. This is the third time that the grand infrastructure has seen its opening to traffic postponed. So...

Star Alliance business travellers should have access to a new lounge in terminal 1 at Guangzhou airport from 2019. This is one of the main conclusions to be drawn from the agreement officialized at the end of December between the managers of the airline alliance and those of the Chinese airport. In the long term, this strengthened cooperation should also...

The new terminal project is taking shape at London City airport, which is particularly well suited to business customers because of its strategic location close to the city centre and the City. Officials at the London hub have just unveiled the first computer-generated images of the various areas - check-in, security, baggage, lounges -...

The announced arrivals of Hainan Airlines on the Paris-Chongqing and Paris-Shenzhen routes and Xiamen Airlines on the Paris-Fuzhou route confirm the key role played by the French capital for traffic to China. There are many reasons why Chinese airlines are interested in Paris. The first of these - which has nothing to do...

Flightright has just unveiled its aviation review for 2018. The passenger rights specialist has ranked airports and airlines according to their punctuality and the number of flights cancelled between January and November. Among the 100 airlines with the most flights from France, Eastern Airways,...

On 17 December, Air France launched a new service designed to simplify the journey for business travellers wishing to use public transport to get to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. A baggage check-in counter has been set up at Paris-Nord station, next to track 3, opposite the SNCF shop. Open to...

Since 15 December, business travellers have been able to travel directly to Nice airport on line 2 of the tramway from Magnan station in the city centre. On 14 December, the city inaugurated part of the West-East tramway line, linking Grand Arénas to Nice-Côte d'Azur airport. In particular, it serves...

Business travellers looking for low-cost accommodation near Paris-CDG airport will soon be able to take advantage of an easyHotel, under an agreement signed with the ADP group. Expected to open in 2020 just a stone's throw from the Aéroville shopping complex, this low-cost establishment will offer 209 rooms and a model similar to low-cost aviation...

JAKARTA High standards for Jakarta's Terminal 3 For years, Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport, one of the largest hubs in South-East Asia with 65 million passengers, had to route all its traffic through two terminals, with a combined capacity of 25 million passengers. This will continue until the opening of...

After announcing the installation of its seventh French base at Nantes airport, easyJet is now setting out its ambitions. The airline has just announced the forthcoming opening of eight new routes from Nantes. From 31 March, there will be three flights a week to Rome Fiumicino and two flights a week to Nantes.

Since 4 December, business travellers from the Air Canada network and Star Alliance partners have had access to a new dedicated area at LaGuardia airport in New York. The Canadian airline is the first to inaugurate an airport lounge in the new Terminal B. This "Maple Leaf" lounge, with its...

Delta Air Lines is promising a seamless experience from the moment you step out of the taxi onto the plane, thanks to the use of facial recognition. The US airline has unveiled the first biometric terminal at the world's busiest international airport, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson. More specifically, Terminal F, which houses...

With 33.3 million passengers in 2017, representing growth of 1.3 % at its two airports, Tegel and Schönefeld, Berlin is Germany's third-largest airport city. However, its capacity is limited, with business travellers often having to transit via Frankfurt and Munich, the country's two main air hubs, to reach their destination.

Many business travellers consider working in the airport while waiting for their flight. Powwownow has published a ranking of the airports most conducive to remote working on its website. Flight punctuality, overall quality of service and Wi-Fi access were all taken into account in the ranking...

In 2019, the number of flights to Northern Europe from Marseille is set to increase. A fourth daily service between London Heathrow and Marseille-Provence airports will be introduced by British Airways from 31 March. Business travellers will be able to make a round trip within the...

While many rankings assess the quality of airports, Ector's ranking focuses on their accessibility. The valet parking service has used four criteria to rank the 50 largest international airports in terms of passenger traffic: the distance of the airport from the city centre, the availability and price of transport, the capacity of the airport...

Next stop: Mérignac? In short, this is the question being put to the people of Bordeaux by the metropolitan authorities, whose ambition is to improve services to the Mérignac airport area. Until 25 October, residents can have their say on this issue, which is the subject of a public enquiry. A dedicated website has been set up...

In the end, there is a relatively limited choice of connections between Europe and Australia. From Europe, Singapore Airlines offers the most extensive Australian network, with half a dozen cities and convenient, short connections. But Singapore Airlines also has to contend with competition from Emirates - the airline's partner in...

Economic crisis or not in Turkey, nothing should disrupt the opening of Europe's largest airport at the end of October. The new Istanbul airport - a provisional name pending a final decision - is located 35 km north of the city and is expected to handle up to 90 million passengers. By the next...