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German newspapers point out that the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who is due to take office on 1 May, is an unconditional air traveller. And that he would have a sympathetic ear to the air industry's recriminations about over-taxation in Germany, a factor that discourages airlines from landing...

The World Airport Awards organised by Skytrax in Madrid on Wednesday delivered their verdict. And Paris Airport can pride itself on having come away from the ceremony with well-deserved laurels. For the 4th year running, Paris CDG was named best European airport. The group's flagship also retains its place in the top 10...

The report published on Thursday by AirHelp analysed some 125,000 flights that took off from French airports in the first three months of 2025. And of these, 22.6 % were delayed, according to the disruption compensation specialist. That's more than 4 million passengers affected by these...

What are the traffic results for 2024 and what is the outlook for 2025? Anthony Martin - Paris-Beauvais is characterised by very dynamic traffic after the Covid years. In fact, we have seen growth of over 64% since 2019. Last year, Paris-Beauvais welcomed 6.56 million passengers, up 16.3%...

Decarbonisation, biodiversity and boosting public land transport. This has become the growth niche for the Paris airports of Orly and Roissy CDG under the leadership of the ADP/Aéroports de Paris group. In fact, the terminals as we know them today are not going to change fundamentally. There are simply a few extensions planned, which will make it possible to offer a high...

The plans to extend Athens airport are now clearer. The Anemos consortium, which includes Grimshaw, Haptic, the Athens firm K-Studio, Arup, Leslie Jones, Triagonal and Plan A, has been appointed to prepare the future of the airport. A future that should enable it to handle no less than 40 million passengers a year.

Artificial intelligence is now an indispensable tool at every stage of the passenger journey, and has made its way into the Lyon airport workforce. Embodied by a virtual agent in the form of a conversational 3D avatar, this generative AI has entered the test phase at the Lyon airport hub. Two interactive terminals have recently been installed in Terminal 1,...

You achieved a record year in 2024, surpassing 2019... Franck Goldnadel - Absolutely. We welcomed 14.8 million passengers, more than in 2019. This is above all a source of satisfaction for the region, which has regained its attractiveness and connectivity. Particularly as we tend to compare the figures with those for 2029, but...

"If they wanted to kill French air transport, they wouldn't have done it any other way". Thomas Juin, Director of La Rochelle Airport but above all President of the Union of French Airports (UAF), is bitterly disappointed. The increase in taxation in 2025 combined with the accelerated withdrawal of the State from its sovereign responsibilities...

Verdi, the German transport union, is striking again. After two regional strikes in Cologne and Hamburg ten days ago, a new 24-hour "warning" strike by airport security staff is scheduled for Monday 10 March. It affects 13 airports in the country. Also...

The German transport union Verdi is striking again this February with its demand for a pay rise in the sector. It's almost become a classic, since it seems that every year now, the first quarter of the year equals a transport strike in the country. It began last Friday...

ADP and Fraport, the operators of the Paris and Frankfurt airports, have released their figures for January. Two opposite trends emerge from these figures. Paris Airports recorded an increase in passenger traffic of 8.7% compared with January 2024. This increase was driven by the performance of Paris CDG (+10.5%) rather than by...

A strike by air traffic controllers and a national demonstration are forcing the Belgian authorities to close airspace altogether. This measure begins at 6.45am on 13 February and is due to be lifted at 10.15pm on Thursday evening. All flights to and from Brussels Airport will be cancelled on Thursday. The...

Let's start with London's air traffic figures. Last year, the British capital confirmed its European leadership in the number of passengers handled at its airports: 177.679 million. Heathrow airport alone accounted for 47.18% of all passengers registered at London's five airports. Last year, its traffic exceeded that of...

This is certainly no coincidence. After the Paris airports, the two largest French airports in terms of passenger traffic are located in the south of France. In 2024, Nice will be back to its pre-covid level, flirting with 15 million passengers. Last year, the Côte d'Azur hub recorded growth of 3.5%,...

As you might expect, the arrival of line 14 at Orly last June has rapidly established itself as the most practical option for many business and leisure travellers. And the Orlybus is a victim of the metro's success. Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) has therefore decided to close the line on 3 March. This...

With more than 7 million passengers in December alone - a record for the airport - Heathrow ended 2024 on a high note. The London hub flirted with the 84 million passenger mark last year, another record for the airport. New...

The Baltic States are clearly harbouring great ambitions to carve out a place for themselves on the international mobility scene. Riga airport is expecting a new terminal and a business district, RIX Airport City, by 2028. And the inauguration of the new Riga-Vilnius train line was celebrated a year ago. And as the year begins...

The year 2024 marked a return to a certain normality in the growth of the Paris airports of Roissy-CDG and Orly. The two hubs saw a 3.7% increase in the total number of passengers, representing a volume of 103.41 million passengers. The passenger growth rate had already exceeded 15% between...

London Heathrow closed 2024 with the unveiling of a €2.8 billion modernisation plan. The plan promised to give a prominent place to decarbonising the airport, but did not describe the concrete implications. At the start of this year, the London hub is giving more substance to this good resolution. The airport management has...