Covid-19

India has closed its borders and suspended international flights since 23 March. However, since 16 July it has authorised certain routes under an "air bubble" agreement with Germany, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and France. These air corridors are initially in force from 22 July to...

For OAG, the 28th week of traffic under the covid-19 effect saw a further increase in air capacity worldwide, albeit at a slower pace than initially forecast. OAG recorded 57.5 million weekly seats for the week of 27 July, i.e. around 48% of last year's capacity....

Has the upturn in business lived up to your expectations? Gérald Coutaudier - I'm pleasantly surprised. Especially as we were quite worried after 11 May. We thought the phone would start ringing again from that date. But no, nothing until 29 May and the announcement of the phase...

In mid-July, Air Tahiti resumed its scheduled flights between mainland France and French Polynesia. These flights take a different route, as they now transit via Vancouver. Mathieu Bechonnet, Executive Vice President of Air Tahiti Nui, explains the particular challenges facing the airline. Air Tahiti Nui has just resumed its...

On Tuesday 21 July, four of the world's largest carriers - American Airlines, IAG, Lufthansa and United Airlines - asked the European Commission and the White House to set up a programme for testing passengers to determine whether they are negative for COVID-19. Such a measure would encourage a resumption of travel between...

The rental company Enterprise Holdings is rolling out the "Commitment to Complete Cleanliness" programme across all its brands - Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car. Following best practice recommended by leading health authorities, the rental company has extended and strengthened its cleaning protocols, supported by training...

Like most hotel groups, NH Hotel is rolling out rethought sanitary protocols in all its hotels. To this end, the Spanish group, now part of Minor Hotels, has teamed up with one of the world's leading certification and inspection companies, the Swiss company SGS, to create the Feel Safe at...

The SNCF rail company will be testing temperature-checking devices from 21 July. Paris stations - starting with Paris Lyon on 21 July, followed by Gare de l'Est and Montparnasse on 5 August - will be the first to offer these "health kiosks". The...

In the same way as Japan Airlines (JAL), which relaunched its Paris service on 1 July, All Nippon Airways (ANA) will be resuming its Paris-Tokyo route. From 1 August, the Japanese carrier will initially offer two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays. While the timetables will be the same as before...

At a time when Paris was putting pressure on Beijing to grant Air France-KLM as many flights between China and France as Chinese airlines, i.e. three weekly connections, the French airline received notification yesterday that it had been authorised to operate a second flight between Paris and Shanghai, a new weekly service which should begin as early as this week...

In an ever-challenging health context, reassuring customers about the quality of the protocols and barrier measures put in place has become a priority. In this context, Bureau Veritas is becoming a key partner for the tourism industry, in particular with its "Restart Your Business with BV" service offering. Already associated with the Accor hotel group for...

Why is JAL resuming flights to France at a time when Japan has not reopened its borders and it is advisable to avoid Tokyo, which has been hit by a new wave of infections? What markets is the company targeting? Gilles Binard - The resumption of our commercial flights on the Paris-Tokyo route began on 1st...

Hilton is extending its CleanStay cleanliness programme to the meetings and events sector. Launched in June and developed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic and RB, manufacturer of Lysol and Dettol cleaning products, this global programme, applied by the group's 6,000-plus hotels, is entering a new phase with cleanliness standards...

Well-known to business and leisure travellers alike, the TripIt application is to expand its customer portfolio. TripIt Pro - the premium version of the travel companion - is now available free of charge to all users of the Concur TripLink platform throughout the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa), as announced by Concur....

The health crisis has claimed another victim. This time, it's not an airline that has gone bankrupt, but one of the leading business travel associations: ACTE. The association of business travel managers has just announced the end of its activities. The reason for the bankruptcy is not only the economic impact of Covid-19, but also the...

Like all airlines worldwide, Air Austral has had to reduce its scheduled operations for three months due to the Covid-19 epidemic. During this period, however, the carrier maintained a twice-weekly air bridge with Paris, organised repatriation and emergency health flights, and continued to operate its scheduled flights...

How did Adagio cope with the period of confinement? Karim Malak - Just over 70% of our aparthotels closed during this period. On a positive note, this also means that 30 % of our residences continued to operate. In towns where we have several establishments, we were unable to...

Over the past few days, there has been renewed excitement in Australia about the resurgence of cases of COVID 19. From 7,461 cases of infection on 21 June - a relatively low figure all things considered - on 2 July the number of infected people topped the 8,000 mark, and by the evening of 7 July had reached...

Marriott now has almost half of its hotels open in Europe. In France, the upturn in business began on 2 June, with the reopening of the Courtyard Gare de Lyon, Renaissance République and AC by Marriott Porte Maillot in Paris. Marriott also has a large number of hotels open in many business cities,...

How did MagicStay's business evolve in the face of the crisis? Valéry Linÿer - The Covid effect was immediate: everything froze on short stays, and the real halt came when the United States blocked European arrivals, because we had a lot of rentals planned, particularly in New York. On the other hand...