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Transavia officially announced on Tuesday 13 February that it will be closing its Munich base from next winter. Munich was the first European base outside France and the Netherlands - its two home markets - for the low-cost airline, which announced in 2015 that it wanted to conquer Europe like Easyjet...

With 223.2 million passengers, German air transport is the third largest generator of traffic, after Great Britain (more than 260 million passengers) and Spain (230 million). This puts Germany ahead of Italy (160 million passengers) and France (154.5 million passengers). However, the growth in air traffic in Germany has not...

Among the new routes unveiled by easyJet on 9 February, several business routes are likely to attract the attention of business travellers. The opening of the Marseille-Geneva route, in particular, and the route linking Lille to Nantes could well appeal to this corporate clientele who are increasingly frequenting the airline's network. The first route will start on 28...

Amsterdam Schiphol aims to be a Leading Digital Airport by 2018. To this end, after testing new security scanners, a multilingual robot to guide passengers through connecting flights and, more recently, a control system that allows passengers to leave computers and liquids in their hand luggage,...

Along with Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific is one of the models of successful Asian aviation. The Hong Kong-based airline has been an integral part of the aviation history of the British colony and then the financial metropolis. The carrier is one of the oldest in Asia, having celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. The two carriers are models of management:...

Who could have imagined a few years ago that a low-cost carrier would add a helicopter transfer service to its range of services? Yet this is the latest news from easyJet on the French market. It is the official announcement of an agreement with Monacair for the...

What strategy is Aer Lingus deploying to conquer the business travel market? Farida Chikhaoui - Aer Lingus offers daily flights to Dublin and Cork from Paris CDG, as well as flights from Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Rennes, Toulouse and Perpignan. From Dublin, our passengers can fly to ten destinations in America...

Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, travelled to Paris last week to inaugurate a brand new business lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport. The inauguration was attended by Frank Goldanel, Director of Aéroports de Paris, and Abdullah Al Subaey, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority...

Will travellers soon have to take a lie detector test before boarding a plane? While this may not be in the offing, the idea is gaining ground at the Canadian Border Services Agency, which is currently testing the AVATAR (Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real Time) system. Developed by Professor Aaron Elkins,...

In 1947, when Australian carrier Qantas opened the "Kangaroo Route" between London and Sydney, it took four days and nine stopovers to reach the destination. In 2018, it will now take just 17 hours to reach Australia from Europe with the launch by Qantas of a non-stop service between London and...

In 1988 - just over 25 years ago - Nantes airport was handling just one million passengers. It wasn't until 2005 that the two million passenger mark was reached. Since then, in the space of a decade, Nantes has multiplied its traffic by 2.5. Last year, the airport managed by...

A traveller's essential companion, luggage is nonetheless a burden when it comes to getting to a meeting or exploring the city between appointments. To enable business travellers to travel light, Turkish Airlines is launching a baggage transfer service. With Mini Port, the Turkish carrier takes care of bags between the airport...

A small patch of lawn, trees and flowerbeds whose shadows stretch out in the setting sun... You'd almost forget you were in the heart of one of the busiest airports in the world, in this case Singapore. This oasis is one of the few gardens dotted around the gigantic complex...

With its refocusing on its two hubs of Düsseldorf and Berlin Tegel, Airberlin has just announced the strengthening of its European routes. According to the airline's management, the increase in European routes is part of the airline's new strategy to position itself solely as a 'network' airline rather than a 'network' airline.

Nantes airport is attracting particular attention from European carriers. After British Airways, which will be making its grand return to the Loire Atlantique hub on 29 March after a nine-year absence, it is now Lufthansa's turn to display its ambitions. Just one day ahead of its British rival - on March 28...

Announced on 14 April at the presentation of Paris Aéroport, Aéroports de Paris' new identity, Espace instant Paris was officially inaugurated on 7 November. This new lounge welcomes connecting business travellers to the Paris hub, in the international zone of Terminal 2E, more precisely on the...

It took nine years for business travellers in Nantes to be able to board a British Airways aircraft again from Nantes Atlantique Airport. It's been a long wait, according to the people in charge of the hub: "In Nantes and in the Greater West of France, we've never seen a British Airways aircraft fly from...

The British government's decision to give the green light to the construction of a third runway at London Heathrow airport should be seen in the context of post-Brexit Britain. The UK's planned exit from the European Union has in fact become an opportunity for Europe's leading airport in terms of passenger numbers. The...

The Gulf is no stranger to spectacular airport projects. The next major project nearing completion is the Midfield Terminal in Abu Dhabi. The emirate's airport currently handles some 25 million passengers a year. But in order to cope with the rapid growth in traffic in recent years, resulting from the rise of the...

Why are you entering the scheduled flight segment? Bruno Lechevin - We took this decision a year ago, and it's a logical extension of our charter business, which we've been developing since 2012. We offer incentive and VIP flights. With the delivery of a new Embraer aircraft, we believe that we will be able to...