airports

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...

While Madrid remains Spain's most important hub, with all the intercontinental routes operated by the national carrier Iberia, Barcelona has gradually closed the gap with the Castilian airport. Barcelona is now flirting with 40 million passengers a year, while Madrid recorded almost 47 million passengers in 2015. This represents a...

It's become a regular occurrence: Atlanta's unrivalled position as the world's busiest airport has once again been confirmed, according to the 2015 rankings published by Airports Council International (ACI). Delta's hub has even consolidated its leadership, with passenger numbers up sharply (+5.51TP3Q) on the previous year....

Business travellers may regularly ply the corridors of airports, but they are no less exposed to the various hassles that accompany air travel. Quite the contrary, in fact. From access to the terminal to arrival at your destination, there are a number of anxiety-inducing stages, which a study published by Liligo attempts to decipher. The travel search engine...

Air traffic is depressed at Nice, France's second busiest airport after Paris, with just over 12 million passengers a year. This summer, the Côte d'Azur hub is linked to 107 destinations in 37 countries by 62 airlines. Between January and July Nice recorded growth of 4.7%, with more than 7.2 million...

Have the Cassandras cried out louder than the rest? Following the vote on 23 June confirming the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, many analysts were predicting a drop in air traffic to the country due to the expected economic uncertainties and a wave of panic among investors. ForwardKeys, an independent...

Jakarta Soekarno Hatta received almost 54 million passengers in 2015, in terminals designed to handle only 27 million passengers: a hellish situation for more than a decade, which the local authorities only really got to grips with three or four years ago. Opened in the early 1980s, the airport has...

The vast investment plan (US$3 billion) undertaken by American Airlines to improve the passenger experience continues to bear fruit for business travellers. The airline has just unveiled the new look of the Arrivals lounge, which now welcomes travellers to Terminal 3 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.

Supporters of the case for a third runway at London Heathrow, Europe's biggest airport in terms of passenger numbers and also one of the most congested on the continent, may have found some unwitting support with Brexit. What do the British people's recent decision to turn their backs on the European Union and the planned expansion of Heathrow have in common?