Europe

Are you allowed to eat while travelling or not? This is not such a trivial question, following the government's announcement at the end of last week that it would be forbidden to eat food on board trains. Especially on long journeys. Before taking a plane or a train, will we have to hurry up and gobble down some food?

ACI Europe, the European airports association, has published the first preliminary data on the impact of the Omicron variant on European passenger traffic. Following South Africa's public announcement of the new variant to the WHO, it is estimated that in the 3-week period that followed (weeks 47 to 49), passenger traffic in...

According to consultant OAG, air capacity rose slightly in the week to 13 December. It rose by 3.8 % week-on-week to 81.4 million seats declared. However, capacity in terms of seats is still 26.21 % lower than in 2019. OAG notes that the Omicron variant does not...

On Saturday 4 December, the Swiss Confederation adopted a new set of more coercive measures in response to the surge in cases of Covid in Europe and the appearance of the Omicron variant in Europe. The Swiss Federal Council considers the current situation to be critical. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="123863"] From Monday...

A range of over 14,000 km, a cruising speed of 980 km/h. But above all, exceptional exterior elegance and interior luxury. The aircraft in question is the Bombardier Global 7 500, considered to be the largest business jet in its category and, above all, offering the greatest range. And it's this...

Finnair is fine-tuning its strategy in view of the possible reopening of Asia in 2022 - and Japan in particular. The airline has begun to unveil its summer programme, with almost 100 destinations in Asia, the United States and Europe from March 2022. Finnair will open new long-haul routes to Busan...

ITA has just taken off, with ambitions to become the benchmark airline on the Italian peninsula. It is starting its activity with a limited network and a compact fleet compared to what Alitalia was before the pandemic. For its debut, ITA serves 44 destinations on 59 routes, including the...

United Airlines announced at the end of last week that it would be making the biggest transatlantic expansion in its history, with 10 new flights and five new destinations. The new destinations to be served from next spring include Amman, Bergen (Norway), the Azores as well as Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife...

Berlin's new airport once again hit the headlines on TV and in print in Germany last weekend. Last weekend, Europe's most talked-about airport found itself at the centre of yet another controversy. October 12 marked the start of the autumn holidays in Germany, and some passengers had to wait for their flight...

"The customer and sustainable development". These were the two terms used by Henri de Peyrelongue, Executive Vice President Commercial Sales Air France-KLM during a presentation at the IFTM Top Resa tourism trade show. "Air France has prepared for this difficult period. We have continued to invest to maintain our entire network. We have also shown ourselves to be...

Italian carrier ITA is in the starting-block, with its first flights scheduled for 15 October. And even before it takes off, the company has already confirmed an initial option to lease and acquire new aircraft. ITA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 28 aircraft and with Airbus for...

Eurocontrol, the body in charge of coordinating flights in Europe, has just published its latest report on air activity on the continent. And there is good news for airlines. In August, flights were back to 71% of 2019 levels across Europe. However, this average conceals a wide variation between countries...

This is confirmed almost daily. Air travel in Europe is picking up with the acceleration of vaccination. Travellers in possession of the precious sesame that is a vaccination are increasingly authorised to travel. This is good news for Finnair, whose traffic in Helsinki is largely made up of...

Munich airport authorities are smiling again. The autumn/winter 2021 season is shaping up very favourably with the return of many airlines and the rise of Lufthansa. In total, the airport will be linked again this September to 170 destinations, representing 80% of its pre-Covid network. At intercontinental level,...

Do you think that on-demand air transport is more resilient than scheduled transport? Is it still easy to sell the 'business aviation' product in an environment that is generally more hostile to aviation? Simon Rochefort- There is no doubt about the resilience of on-demand air transport. And the figures prove it....

In July, passenger growth, expressed in RPK (revenue/passenger/km), was up by almost 130% on last year, according to the latest official figures from IATA. But the statistics can be misleading. After all, this growth is still at half-mast compared with 2019. The improvement is certainly visible compared with the first few months of...

Ciao Alitalia! On August 18, the Italian civil aviation authority ENAC officially gave the green light to ITA (Italia Trasporto Aereo) to operate airlines and sell tickets. ENAC has granted an air operator's certificate to the new entity, which replaces Alitalia. Alitalia has also announced that it will stop selling...

SAS Scandinavian Airlines is gradually returning to a network more in line with what it was before the pandemic. The airline has decided to increase the number of flights it operates as travel health protocols are eased and traffic resumes. SAS has just revealed what its network will look like from...

Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (commonly known as BER) has certainly welcomed this news. A partnership has just been signed between the airline Easyjet and Deutsche Bahn. The aim is to use the airport's underground station to take passengers travelling to BER to several German cities by train. It will...

Every year, the end of July marks the peak of aviation activity around the world. It's a time when Europe enjoys its holidays, as does part of the United States. In 2019, however, the week of 19 July resulted in a total of 119 million seats, according to OAG. This...