health

Can you already put a figure on the Covid-19 effect, in terms of use of Workplace by Facebook? Julien Lesaicherre - We don't have any figures for the Covid-19 effect, but what is clear is that we are receiving a lot of requests from customers, and that our teams are working 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. With the...

A 56.6% fall in the number of passengers carried, traffic down 50.6%, a load factor down 20.5 pts: unsurprisingly, the figures published by the Air France-KLM group for March were largely impacted by the global spread of the Covid-19 virus. And this is certainly not because the...

How do you see a way out of the current crisis? D. L. C - This crisis is unprecedented for everyone. We are hearing catastrophic scenarios, with no prospect of recovery for two or three years. For my part, I remain calm. This is certainly a very serious crisis for the hotel industry, but any crisis...

Normally, it would be logical to ask you whether your governance is a continuation of that of Rob Greyber. We can imagine that your presidency will necessarily be unprecedented, given the current context... Ariane Gorin - Right now, all our energy is focused on helping our corporate customers deal with the crisis and prepare for the future. In this...

From the end of April, Etihad will be embarking on an unprecedented experiment in air transport health monitoring. Abu Dhabi airport, the airline's hub, will be equipped with self-service kiosks on which passengers' temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate will be measured....

Brussels Airlines is extending its temporary flight suspension by four weeks. Announced for 20 April, the resumption of commercial activities is now scheduled for 15 May. "Like the entire global aviation and tourism sector, Brussels Airlines has also been hard hit by this unprecedented crisis", said Dieter...

An unprecedented crisis calls for an exceptional situation: two-thirds of Accor hotels will be closed in the coming weeks. Already, with much of the world in a state of lockdown, almost half of the French group's 5,000 or so establishments around the world are closed. The current crisis has imposed other measures to...

What impact has the health crisis had on Rydoo? Sébastien Marchon - Inevitably, the crisis is affecting many sectors, and even more so the business travel sector. So we're being affected, but we're perhaps luckier than other players in that we don't just deal with business travel, but also with...

Since the advent of Covid-19, virtual interaction has replaced human contact, which has been restricted by the health measures of confinement and social distancing. Isolated and hyper-connected at the same time, the populations concerned - some 2.6 billion people since confinement was imposed in India - have...

The Russian government is closing its airspace at 0:00 on Friday 27 March, allowing only flights by national carriers to repatriate Russian citizens stranded abroad. The announcement was made at a time when experts believe that Russia could experience an Italian-style scenario without strong quarantine measures. On Wednesday,...

International SOS is adding a course on the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic to its range of online training courses, which now includes more than 25 other courses on topics such as terrorist incidents, hotel security, natural disasters, the safety of women travellers and the LBGTQ community, and the mental health of travellers. Available 24 hours a...

Like other players in the events industry, Viparis is making its sites available to the health authorities. To this end, after working with the authorities to identify the solutions to be deployed as a priority, Viparis is today opening a Covid-19 screening centre at its Paris Expo Porte de Versailles site, in car park 7. Managed by...

Despite the confinement and the health and economic context, some players are trying to maintain their activity. Such is the case with Multiburo, whose 26 centres remain open in Paris, Brussels, Lille, Antwerp and Geneva. Professionals can even access them 24/7 by badge or code. The...

The total capacity of the Air France and KLM entities is now down by 90%. This measure is scheduled to last for two months, although the group will have the option of adjusting capacity as the situation develops. During this period, one of the key measures is the grounding of Air France...

South-East Asia has finally realised the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic as the number of cases multiplies. From 310 cases on 7 March, the number had risen to 4,034 by 23 March, with Malaysia recording the highest number of cases at over 1,500, followed by Thailand at over 700, Indonesia...

Since the beginning of March, fears of the spread of the coronavirus had led to the suspension of all flights by Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways and Saudia, with the latter only suspending operations until the end of March - for the time being. Emirates' decision to suspend more than 80% of...

Despite various recommendations put in place by the Geneva Airport authorities, a very high number of people travelled to the Swiss hub at the beginning of last week, with the closure of ski resorts and borders decreed by the Swiss Confederation. Geneva Airport is therefore stepping up its security measures...

"Is there a doctor on board? It will probably be some time before we hear this urgent invitation from the captain of a commercial aircraft. As a result, Lufthansa has just released its employees who have undergone medical training so that they can volunteer for a specific job in a...

The British airline Flybe will go down in history as the first airborne victim of the coronavirus epidemic, with its disappearance at the beginning of March. Unfortunately, it will probably not be the only one. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), lobbies and other representatives of the industry are constantly reminding us that aviation is...

The end of last week was once again dominated by announcements from the airlines, which took it in turns to make spectacular capacity cuts and cancel their flights at the drop of a hat. These are the findings of OAG, which collects flight data from airlines across the world.