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US President Donald Trump's gesticulations towards Canada are sparking a profound boycott movement. It ranges from Canadian consumers refusing to buy American to the outright cancellation of trips to our southern neighbour. Airlines are understandably drawing the consequences. Like Air Canada, which has just published...

We knew that the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House would be a revolution in the way the world's leading power conducts its affairs. The over-activity of the President's new American administration is generating daily surprise, often incomprehension and, increasingly, rejection - even anger in the case of the...

While Donald Trump is keen to torpedo the construction of the Californian TGV between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Canada has just announced the construction of its first high-speed rail line, called TGV Alto, between Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. "This line will be the most important infrastructure project in Canada", said a delighted...

Could Air Canada be one of the collateral victims of the profound deterioration in relations between the United States and Canada? It's quite possible, as Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President, Turnover and Network Planning, has admitted. An essential activity between Europe and the United States Admittedly, nothing has yet been decided. But it could be.

Air Canada is adapting its baggage charges from 3 January 2025, bringing them into line with those of its competitors in Canada and the United States. The Canadian national carrier will charge cabin baggage for passengers using the "basic fare". On routes within North America...

Proving your loyalty to stay connected: this is the credo that is generally in vogue in the airline industry. Indeed, many airlines are making free in-flight Wi-Fi access a condition of membership of their frequent flyer programme. Air Canada is also joining the movement. The Canadian company has just formalised a partnership with Bell, which will enable it to...

Air Canada has three weeks left to reach an agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association. If they fail to do so, the Canadian airline's pilots could well carry out their threat through strike action starting on 17 September. The three-week cooling-off period leaves plenty of time for...

The news was particularly eagerly awaited by business travellers on the WestJet network: before the end of the year, the Canadian airline will be offering free in-flight WiFi. However, this is subject to joining the carrier's frequent flyer programme, along the lines of other airlines. This connectivity will be made possible by a partnership signed with Telus, the...

Sébastien Bazin spoke of the enormous potential of the Indian market, but also of the difficulties in exploiting it, during the presentation of the results for the last quarter and for 2023. "We have around sixty hotels in India, compared with nearly 700 in China, even though we started developing there at the same time...

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Casa Lucia (open)At 80 metres high, this was one of the tallest skyscrapers in South America when it was inaugurated in the 1930s. This real estate project, promoted at the time by shipping magnate Nicolas Mihanovich, has remained one of the most emblematic buildings in the Argentine capital. Located on the...

A new function on the mobile application that allows customers on a domestic flight to track their baggage in real time. This is what Air Canada has been offering since December. The carrier is also making it possible to track mobility aids at key points in their journey. "At Air...

The modernisation of the train reservation system in Canada will result in a complete suspension of ticket reservation options on the VIA Rail network. VIA Rail Canada's current reservation system will be switched over to a new platform. This means that the system will be shut down between 7.00 p.m. (CET) and...

The Hyatt group is continuing to expand its footprint in Europe, this summer in particular with the opening of a Hyatt Regency resort in Bulgaria. Located an hour from Sofia, with a view over Pravets lake, the new establishment is ideal for leisure activities, thanks to its 18-hole golf course, but also for business meetings with its...

Airlines are taking advantage of the summer to do their holiday homework, with the obvious aim of improving the in-flight experience. For some carriers, this means making connectivity available to all, like Swiss, which is now offering free wi-fi for all classes of travel on long-haul flights. For other airlines, the...

In 2022, it was already the most expensive city in Canada, with an average hotel price of 234.12 C$ (€160.50 at 31/07/23), according to a report by real estate firm Avison Young. Vancouver is suffering from limited hotel capacity. And it's not likely to get any better. Over one year, the price of...

The new flight between Fort-de-France and Toronto will start on 16 December. Air Canada will operate one flight a week between the two airports, every Saturday. Departure is at 3.25pm from the Martinique hub, and 8.15am from Canada's economic capital. The airline plans to operate this route with Boeing 737s...

The thick smoke generated by the forest fires in Canada is slowing or interrupting air traffic in certain parts of the north-eastern United States. The civil aviation authorities (FAA) are observing reduced visibility due to the fog created by the fires. On the afternoon of 7 June, the American FAA had already modified the air traffic...

Air Transat is strengthening its presence in France. The scheduled carrier, which tends to focus on the leisure market, is now present at seven French destinations (Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris CDG and Toulouse). The airline also operates scheduled flights to Brussels and Basel-Mulhouse. During the summer, Paris-Roissy CDG is linked to five Canadian cities...

Air France is returning to a similar schedule of services this summer as in 2019. The airline is responding to strong passenger demand and will be offering up to 835 flights a day to 191 destinations in 89 countries from the end of March. This development particularly concerns long-haul, with 85 destinations. The reopening of...

Air Transat has just announced that it will be offering direct flights between Lyon and Montreal next winter. This decision transforms a seasonal flight into a permanent service between the two cities. The airline, which operates up to one daily flight between the two cities during the summer season, will be offering three flights a week in winter. The frequencies at...