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French bee celebrated 30 April. The low-cost carrier, a member of the privately-owned Dubreuil group, became the first French airline to operate non-stop scheduled flights between Paris-Orly and Los Angeles International Airport. "It's a development we would never have thought of a few years ago. It's...

This is good news for travellers who need to get to Mali from France. Corsair has just announced the resumption of its service between Paris-Orly and the Malian capital Bamako. A route that the airline was unable to resume because of the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020. [link-block prefix="See also:"...

Air France seems to be drawing a line under the two years of the pandemic. With almost 200 destinations served at the height of summer, Air France's offer will correspond to 90% of 2019 capacity. On the long-haul network, Air France's business will be driven by buoyant demand in North America, Africa, the Caribbean and...

A new classification system for hotels, tourist residences, campsites and holiday villages comes into force on 1 April. This is no joke, however, as the project was duly announced at the end of last year by Prime Minister Jean Castex as part of the plan to win back tourism. As part of this plan, three decrees have been unveiled...

Updated on 31 March After topping the 300-hotel mark in France in spring 2021 - with the opening of a new establishment in the Bassins à Flot district of Bordeaux - B&B Hotels is preparing to make a major leap forward in France. The budget brand will be welcoming no fewer than...

Basel/Mulhouse EuroAirport, the third-largest airport in Switzerland and the leading airport in eastern France, is once again offering more than 90 direct destinations in its timetable for the summer 2022 season (valid until 29 October). The range includes destinations in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Portugal...

With the rise of electric cars, it will be much easier for hotel guests and visiting professionals alike to recharge their vehicles at the hotel. Last year, the Radisson group unveiled a partnership with Allego to develop a network of recharging solutions in all its hotels in Europe by 2010.

On 17 March, Jean-Marie Djebbari, the French Minister for Ecological Transition with responsibility for Transport, and Christophe Fanichet, CEO of Sncf Voyageurs, signed an agreement to develop the Intercités day and night service. The agreement, which runs until 2031, covers some 80 daily trains carrying 8.4 million passengers a year, with...

Although they are inevitably weakened and legitimately worried, French airlines are not discouraged. The round table organised on 14 March on the premises of the FNAM (Fédération Nationale de l'Aviation et de ses Métiers) did not descend into group therapy, the idea being rather to identify constructive avenues to prepare for the future. "We...

214 million, 70 million and 90.7 million. These are the figures for passenger traffic at French airports between 2019 and 2021. After plummeting in 2020, the number of passengers using France's airports has confirmed its upturn. But it remains relatively small in scale compared with the dip between 2019 and 2021....

Like all players in the hotel industry, Best Western's French network has continued to feel the impact of the health crisis in 2021, while seeing an encouraging upturn in business. The reservations centre has reported a 51% increase in sales compared with 2020, with average prices no longer at the same level as in the previous year.

With crisis after crisis, it's hard to predict what the future will bring. But TripActions has tried its hand at the exercise, surveying nearly 400 French business travellers and other decision-makers in the sector. According to the newcomer to the French market, the results were fairly positive, with the conclusion that...

Ryanair is taking advantage of the lifting of restrictions in Europe and the Mediterranean basin by increasing its capacity in France. The airline points out that it will be offering its biggest summer schedule on its Bordeaux and Marseille destinations. At the same time, it is also expanding its services to Beauvais near Paris. On departure from...

While Parisians and even the people of Bordeaux have already seen its antique 2CVs on the streets, 4 Roues sous un Parapluie has started a new chapter in its history in the middle of Covid. After 18 years in business, the events agency has been taken over by two passionate engineers, Emmanuel Mounier and Romain Jouhaud, chairman and CEO respectively.

"Resolutely confident", "Results beyond our forecasts": on the occasion of the publication of the 2021 results, the management of Caen airport sent out "positive vibes" to an aviation market that is emerging from a particularly gloomy period. It has to be said that the Normandy hub has indeed bounced back...

With the confinements and restrictions that have still disrupted much of 2021, the French hotel industry has come through a year deemed "complex" by Olivier Petit, partner at In Extenso Tourism, Culture and Hospitality. Unsurprisingly, revenue per overall room - RevPAR - is still far from having returned to 2019 levels, down...

The Bordeaux-Toulouse high-speed rail link project is finally back on track. At the end of last week, the 24 local authorities involved in the New Aquitaine and Occitania regions approved the €14.3 billion financing plan for the work. The local authorities will be contributing €5.6 billion, while the French government...

The two railway companies RENFE and SNCF are to cease joint operation of the high-speed train lines between France and Spain. Cooperation between the two carriers will cease at the end of 2022. Launched in 2013, the lines operated jointly by the two operators have never been profitable, and SNCF has been unable to...

Volotea is announcing historic growth in its offer in Europe in 2022, with 39% more seats, 45 new routes and almost 70,000 flights. In total, Volotea will offer 11 million seats in Europe, far surpassing 2019's record of 8.5 million seats. Volotea also plans to carry...

Is recycling in the air these days? It's an idea that's gaining ground every day when it comes to furniture, clothes, plastics and other used materials. The Envergure project takes this upcycling approach even further. At a time when many airlines are pushing the Airbus A380 into retirement, Frédéric Deleuze intends to give a new lease of life to...