airports

The respite in German transport was short-lived. No sooner had the strike at Deutsche Bahn ended on Monday evening than other branches began to strike. The VERDI union has announced a strike at German airports on 1 February. The strike will affect virtually every airport in the country. In...

As with the vast majority of airports in Europe, Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, the largest in the Grand-East region and also Switzerland's third-largest airport, continued to return to traffic levels more in line with its importance. Last year, the airport recorded passenger traffic of "only" 11%, below its record...

France's major airports continued to show signs of recovery in 2023, according to the first figures published by the various hub managers in France. However, some airports continued to post lower performances than in 2019. This is the case at Paris-CDG, Lyon and Toulouse. But others, such as Beauvais, Marseille, Nice and...

Comparison is not reason for Europe's main airports, which are still looking nostalgically at the 2019 statistics. On the road to recovery, these international hubs are making progress, and prefer to look to the figures for 2022 for a more flattering benchmark. With 79 million and 59.4 million passengers respectively...

Traffic at Amsterdam Schiphol airport rose last year by 18% compared with 2022. But there is still a long way to go to get back to the figures achieved prior to the health crisis, especially in a highly sensitive political context. For several months now, the KLM hub has been torn between its quest...

London Gatwick is going electric with the inauguration of an Electric Forecourt station under the Gridserve banner. Electric vehicles will now have access to 30 large and low-power chargers, powered entirely by net zero emission energy. In addition to these contactless payment terminals, the site on the southern bypass of the southern terminal...

Bad weather has taken its toll on Brest airport. The control tower at the airport, the second largest in Brittany with over 900,000 passengers expected by 2023, was struck by lightning on 30 December during storm Geraldine. Since Sunday, air traffic has been...

As 2023 draws to a close, Flightright is taking stock of the disruption experienced by business and leisure travellers when travelling in Europe. And the findings are clear for the passenger compensation specialist: "2023 has been a particularly complicated period for European travellers, marked by...

We'll have to make do. Passengers whose flights were due to leave or land in Paris between 7pm and midnight on 26 July 2024 will have to review their flight plans. Either by postponing their journey, arriving earlier or landing elsewhere. In fact, the DGAC, the French civil aviation authority, has...

A direct metro link to Paris-CDG from your office at La Défense is a promise that should be of interest to more than one business traveller... On 22 November, Valérie Pécresse's announcement made it even more concrete. On Wednesday, the Chairwoman of the Île-de-France Region and Île-de-France Mobilités unveiled the project for the...

It's the eternal controversy over the rise in air fares and those responsible for it. For IATA, the international air transport association, the picture is somewhat Manichean. The good guys are the airlines, which are limiting their fare increases to well below inflation. The bad guys are the airports, which are indulging in shameless fee increases. IATA:...

The French model, which now bans short-haul flights where there is a viable alternative of less than 2? hours by train, is finding new emulators. Spain also wants to ban short-haul flights on domestic routes. Here too, on condition that there is a train alternative of less than 2.5...

Determined to maintain its status as one of Europe's leading hubs, Frankfurt airport is pursuing its policy of investment and innovation. The latest milestone was the announcement on 26 October that the airport now has full biometric coverage. In other words, all the airlines at the German airport can now use facial biometrics as a means of identification, and...

At least business travellers will have time to plan their business trips in advance. Caen Airport has just announced that it will be closed from 11 March. The reason for the closure: runway upgrading work to bring the airport into line with European certification, which is due to be completed by the end of...

One eye on the past, the other resolutely turned towards the future... As Boston Logan International Airport celebrates its hundredth anniversary this year, the American hub has just acquired a new, modernised showcase. Massport, the Massachusetts authority in charge of the airport since 1956, celebrated a few days ago the end of the construction of the...

Air travel could be disrupted this Wednesday following the evacuation of six French airports on the morning of 18 October. The airports of Beauvais, Lille, Lyon (Bron), Nantes, Nice and Toulouse are affected, with varying levels of disruption. Threats of attack have reportedly been sent by email to staff at certain hubs, according to the...

The news came on Wednesday, in a completely official statement from the airline: Air France will indeed be leaving Orly. The timetable drawn up by Air France management has made 2026 the pivotal year for turning this page in history. By this date, the airline plans to operate all its flights...

The turbulence experienced by Europe's major hubs - and Heathrow in particular - is leading to a rethink, and a number of innovations. Following the example set by Amsterdam Schiphol, London's main airport is now taking its turn to streamline the passenger experience. Since 3 October, Heathrow Timeslot has been...

The government's budget announcement of a special tax on airports (as well as on motorway concession companies) should inevitably result in higher air fares. The government estimates that this green tax will bring in €600 million a year. This sum will be allocated to modernising the network...

Here's a "remake" that British skies could have done without: a wave of sick leave, which is forcing Gatwick airport to cap its operations. The aim is to "avoid last-minute delays and cancellations for passengers". Air traffic control is understaffed, with 30% staff "unavailable for various reasons".