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It's not easy to keep track of all the different annual reports published by the various players in the travel industry. But some figures stand out more than others... And with 95.2 million passengers in 2025, Dubai airport can boast nothing less than the highest annual international passenger traffic...

Two rooms, two atmospheres: while the United States is working on additional constraints for travellers, and the United Kingdom is targeting dual nationals, France is preparing a smoother travel experience at airports. Passengers will be able to use their smartphone to check in and board their flight, thanks to the France Identité application. In practical terms, passengers will be able to use...

The directors of Aéroports de Paris (ADP) - Philippe Pascal, Chairman and CEO, and Justine Coutard, Deputy CEO - presented a good balance sheet for 2025 at a press conference. The ADP Group posted consolidated revenues of €6.7 billion, up 8.91TP3Q compared with 2024, and an increase of 2.6% compared with 2025....

The inauguration ceremony for Air India's new lounge took place on 16 February in Delhi. A special moment for the Indian airline, since it marks the arrival of the Maharaja Lounge concept, the new generation of Air India lounges. With the ambition of "building a world-class airline with an Indian soul", according to the company's management...

The BDL - Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (Federation of the German Air Transport Industry) - has just published its annual review of German air transport. It's a gloomy assessment, even if there are signs of a timid recovery. The findings are bitter indeed. According to Joachim Lang, Managing Director of the BDL,...

Flying in Paris without suffering delays or cancellations is becoming more and more of a challenge, according to Flightright, one of Europe's leading providers of compensation for passengers affected by flight disruptions. More than 123,000 flights were delayed or cancelled from the three airports serving the capital in 2025, i.e. just over...

2026 should once again see an increase in air traffic, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the authority responsible for managing air transport in the UK. According to the latest data collected by the CAA, 31% of UK passengers plan to fly more in 2026. The CAA indicates that in 2025, 62 % of...

It's now a done deal: Tampa International Airport (TPA) will enter the next decade with new assets and a new dimension. The "Airside D" project, the name given to the airport's future expansion, was approved last week. It will increase the capacity of the American hub from the current 25 million passengers a year to...

The Cassandras had predicted a difficult year for French air transport following the significant increase in taxation on the sector. Their prediction came true, with an effectively mediocre performance in 2025. According to the provisional results of the DGAC, France's air transport activity grew by just 2.8% last year, well below the...

You might think that Germany is the European Union's biggest aviation market. Not so! It's Spain that holds the spotlight. According to the Aena group, the Spanish airport authority that manages all the country's airports, all the airport hubs closed 2025 with 321,587,316 passengers. This represents an increase of 3.9 1TP3Q...

It cost a whopping £1 billion - €1.16 billion - but it was well worth it. Especially for business travellers who frequently use Heathrow airport for their business trips. The London hub has just completed its technological makeover with the deployment of CT security scanners...

Growth, yes, but anaemic growth compared with the rest of the world. This can be seen from the results of the airports managed by the Vinci group in France compared with the rest of the world. This clearly confirms that the French aviation dynamic has been broken since the increase in air taxes in 2025. Air transport...

Without triumphalism, but nevertheless with a healthy dose of optimism. This is what the press release from the German Airports Association ADV suggests, as it has just presented its traffic forecasts for the year ahead. The association estimates that passenger traffic growth should be around 4.2% this year. This represents a 0.7 point...

The weather conditions will once again put travellers to the test on Wednesday 7 January, when 38 French départements have been placed under a vigilance orange for snow and ice. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot made it official today at a press conference: because of the snow, French airports will have to adapt. Paris airports...

For Hawaiian Airlines, 2026 will mean an ambitious $600 million investment plan, designed to fundamentally transform the travel experience for its passengers. A plan approved by its parent company, Alaska Airlines. The announcement was made by Diana Birkett Rakow, the airline's Managing Director, in the presence of the Governor of...

Heathrow airport has made no secret of its desire to invest. The management of the London hub regularly repeats that it is determined to take LHR into a new era. This time, it is an investment of 1.3 billion pounds (1.49 billion euros), which will be released this year with several ambitions. Starting with the...

It's an accolade. For the second year running, Aeromexico has been named the world's most punctual airline in 2025, with a global network, in a ranking by the consultant Cirium of the best-performing airlines and airports in terms of punctuality. According to the consultant's 2025 report, Aeromexico has a lot to be proud of with...

We will have to wait until 20 January for the official figures for 2025. But at the end of December, Vienna airport had already passed the 32 million passenger mark, breaking an all-time record. "32 million passengers - a record that speaks for itself", sums up Julian Jäger, member of...

Doing better with what we have: this is the objective of the ADP group, which has just presented its draft economic regulation contract (CRE) for 2027-2034 covering the expected developments at Paris CDG and Paris-Orly airports. "We are confirming our strategic decision not to build major infrastructure projects, but rather to increase the density of existing infrastructure...

"What's clear, is clear". The ADP Group has clearly adopted the same approach in its quest to simplify the passenger journey. Above all, its managers have listened to international travellers who sometimes point to a lack of clarity: "today, several passengers, particularly international and connecting passengers, are reporting difficulties in the various assessments...