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“A plane packed to the rafters”: the – proven – observation made by Elsa David, Aeromexico’s sales manager in France, bodes well for the inauguration of the new Paris-Monterrey flight. This aircraft, a Dreamliner, took off from Paris-CDG on April 14th as scheduled, despite the festivities surrounding this launch – Aeromexico…

Thai Airways International was due to lease 8 to 10 long-haul aircraft in response to a shortage in its fleet... and pending the arrival of new aircraft. The company had not anticipated its future needs. Its financial restructuring, from which it has just emerged, has probably not helped it to plan for the future... The carrier has certainly spent...

The news went relatively unnoticed when WestJet announced it on 23 September. However, it may well herald a new era in air travel... The Canadian airline is redesigning the configuration of its cabins, with a new feature in the process: the seat recline has been added to the ever-growing category of "seat recliners".

Riyadh Air is having some bad luck. The new Saudi airline, which is to compete with the current national carrier Saudia, has been slowing down its development for several months. The reason: the aircraft manufacturer Boeing, which has been unable to deliver the company's first eight aircraft on time. Instead of the 8 Boeing 787 Dreamliner...

"The largest fleet of wide-body aircraft equipped with Starlink in the world": this was the milestone reached by Qatar Airways in July. It will therefore have taken the airline less than a year to complete this programme, which was launched in October 2024, instead of the two years initially planned. To achieve this, the management of Qatar Airways has indicated that it...

Virgin Atlantic's near future looks busy and ambitious. On the eve of its fortieth anniversary in 2024, the airline organised its very first Virgin Atlantic Customer Experience Showcase event in London on Tuesday. The event unveiled the airline's new customer experience ambitions, which will include a wide range of improvements. The carrier will...

Japanese airline giant All Nippon Airways (ANA) is continuing to focus on innovation and premium comfort for its high-contribution passengers. At the 55th Paris Air Show, the airline unveiled "THE Room FX", its brand new Business Class seat. The new seat is specifically designed to...

Just under a month after Air France presented the 2025 version of La Première, it took off for the first time on 8 April. Destination New York JFK for flight AF004 operated by the Boeing 777-300ER named Epernay. This flight will connect the two business destinations daily during the summer season. In...

In 2019, Air New Zealand announced that it was working on sleeping areas for economy class passengers. Presented in spring 2023, the "Skynest" product is designed as a "sleep zone", in fact a space equipped with six bunk beds similar to those found on night trains. Air New Zealand will...

Saudi Arabia's new national airline, Riyadh Air, which aims to become the benchmark for aviation in the kingdom, is now having to revise its launch plans. The carrier was originally due to receive the first eight Boeing B787-9 aircraft from a firm order of 39 this year. This would be followed by an option for a further 33 aircraft...

Lufthansa's new 'Allegris' seat in business and first class is definitely misnamed. It could be renamed "Difficultis", since it seems to be so unlucky! Delayed for several years - it was planned for 2017 - the Allegris seat was only presented to the public at the...

Good news for Antananarivo airport, and for the many travellers who regularly fly to Madagascar from France, whether for business, family reasons (VFR) or tourism. A new major player has just made its debut at Ivato international airport. Emirates now serves Madagascar via the Seychelles, with flights from...

The American giant Boeing is in a cold sweat. "Boeing has to become a better company and deliveries will follow", Bob Jordan, CEO of Southwest Airlines, recently admitted at an industry conference organised by JPMorgan. The aircraft manufacturer seems to have lost control of its production chain. Quality control problems that are having a knock-on effect...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX-9s following a spectacular incident involving an aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. Last Friday, a panel of the fuselage separated about ten minutes after the aircraft took off from Portland airport (Oregon). Federal investigators...

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the fastest growing airline on the African continent, has signed agreements for the purchase of a total of 84 aircraft at the Dubai Airshow. It reinforces Ethiopian Airlines' leadership in Africa, having in just a few years taken the place held for decades by South African...

Emirates struck hard at the opening of the Dubai 2023 air show. The airline returned to the era of mega-orders. It has purchased a further 95 wide-body aircraft from Boeing, bringing its total order book to 295 aircraft. Emirates is the world's largest operator of wide-body passenger aircraft, and will buy a further...

As the undisputed showcase for the aerospace industry and its key players, the Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SIAE) was a resounding success in the post-Covid era. The show welcomed a record 2,500 exhibitors from 46 countries, including 1,130 from France. By comparison, in 2019 the 53rd edition...

As the 2023 edition of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget confirms a strong comeback for air transport, we can see that the recovery is particularly strong among Far Eastern and Pacific airlines. In particular, with the announcement of several major orders. In its market analysis, Boeing predicts worldwide demand for 42,595 new aircraft...

It's called the Comac C919 and it's the latest commercial jetliner. But its difference from other aircraft is already causing a stir. It is the first commercial aircraft from a Chinese manufacturer. The C919 marks China's entry into a market essentially dominated by the giants Airbus and Boeing....