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Following the agreement reached between Air France KLM and GOL at ITM Top Resa, the Brazilian carrier will be able to benefit from the entire Air France sales force in Europe. "The aim is to position the Air France/GOL alliance as the most efficient and fastest solution for travelling from Europe to Brazil...

A few weeks after its arrival in Beirut at the beginning of the summer, Aigle Azur is continuing to expand its range of services to business destinations. The airline has just announced two new strategic services from 1 December. Aigle Azur is preparing to make its return to Moscow. Two flights a week will be operated between the airports...

The image of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, has been tarnished by the reputation of this metropolis of more than one and a half million inhabitants as the most expensive in Australia. The high cost of living in Perth reflected a city in the midst of an economic boom, thanks to soaring commodity prices. Perth is...

Since 28 August, a new transborder route has been added to the Hop! network. Air France network. The airline is offering a daily flight from Rouen Vallée de Seine airport to Lyon. Business travellers from Normandy now have a new option for their business trips to the capital of France, but also for their business trips to...

Has the Doha hub been reorganised following the isolation of Qatar and the rerouting of flights via new air routes? Have connections suffered? Have passenger transfers and general passenger traffic been affected? Salam Al Shawa - Apart from the four countries...

Many business travellers flying from Turkey and Tunisia to UK airports have been waiting for this since March. At the time, the United States and the UK decided to ban laptops and tablets in the cabin on departure from airports where the authorities felt there were insufficient security guarantees...

In Washington, Delta has installed five touch screens equipped with webcams. The aim is to provide a new channel of communication for business travellers at Ronald Reagan airport. Customers of the American airline can now easily contact the reservations department to exchange a ticket or share their experience. A first in the United States, according to the airline....

Lufthansa's second hub in Europe, Munich, is set to become even stronger in the coming months. The introduction of the winter timetable at the end of October will mean the opening of three new destinations in Europe: Nantes (with a daily flight), Glasgow (four times a week) and Santiago de Compostela (once a week). On the intercontinental front,...

Business travellers leaving France on Tuesday 18 July have the most to complain about... In fact, it was on this date that the highest number of cancellations occurred last month: 147 in total for this 'black day' alone, according to figures published by Flightright. Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport...

Growth is on the cards in French airspace, both internationally and on the domestic market. According to figures from the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), growth in air transport is being driven by growth on international routes, up by 6.7% in the first half of the year. International traffic continues to account for the bulk of air traffic in the...

How do you explain the growth at Bordeaux airport? Pascal Personne - We have seen traffic grow by almost 67% in a decade, between 2007 and 2016. We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing major regional airports. We welcomed 5.8 million passengers last year, a result due in no small part to...

Airlines are preparing for Brexit and its consequences. The British airline easyJet is setting up a European subsidiary in Vienna, Austria. The event itself comes as no surprise - British carriers have already indicated since the Brexit vote that they would seek a solution to remain in the European Union. However, the...

The TAP business lounge in Lisbon, closed for renovation, has reopened its doors. Business travellers passing through Humberto Delgado airport once again have access to this lounge located on the 6th floor. The lounge's surface area (850 m²) can accommodate up to 260 people, who can enjoy an uninterrupted view of the...

Business travellers can gradually return to their normal routines. And airlines are regaining a little peace of mind... Etihad, Emirates and Turkish Airlines are no longer affected by the electronics ban imposed by the US authorities on 21 March. In practical terms, this means that business travellers leaving for the United States can now take their...

Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Doha: does your Connect 2020 plan aim to make Paris-Charles de Gaulle the equal of these global benchmarks? Augustin de Romanet - The key point is that year after year, we are making progress in terms of welcome and quality of service. Over the last two years, Paris-Charles de Gaulle has...

The summer period is often very quiet, sometimes too quiet. Fortunately, Qatar Airways is no slouch when it comes to news: a few days after its bid to acquire a stake in American Airlines, and against a backdrop of turbulent diplomatic relations with its Gulf neighbours, the Doha-based carrier is making its presence felt this week on the French market...

The new air travel security measures announced yesterday afternoon in Washington by US Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly are designed to prevent further acts of terrorism. "Our nation is the daily target of terrorists, criminals, pirates, nation-states and more....

Nantes, Biarritz, Faro, Naples and Venice: these are the destinations that Easyjet is adding to its list of destinations from Lille-Lesquin airport this weekend. These new routes could well be of interest to business customers, especially as the airline plans to maintain them throughout the year. On the domestic network, operations...

The new Icelandair Saga Lounge has opened its doors. It now awaits business travellers on the top floor of Keflavík airport, the Icelandic airline's hub. This new business travel spot occupies a total surface area of 1,400 m². Icelandair has therefore doubled the space dedicated to business travellers to Iceland,...

If Paris is the world's conference capital, London is now the world's connectivity capital. This is the message sent out by London's tourism bosses on 10 May in a study by fDi Benchmark. The study points out that the capital's six airports link it to 336 destinations around the world:...