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The American financial sirens will ultimately have had their way with easyJet's resistance to a US investment fund entering its capital. On Friday, 3 July, at the end of the day, easyJet announced that it had reached an agreement in principle with the American investment company Castlelake on a proposed acquisition valuing the airline at approximately 5.2 billion…

Latvian carrier airBaltic, which is indeed a major player in air transport in Latvia but also in Lithuania, is also the preferred whipping boy of Ryanair's CEO. Michael O'Leary regularly predicts that the company will go bankrupt. Admittedly, airBaltic is going through a difficult period. A major player in Northern Europe with a…

In its strategic transformation, Southwest Airlines has broken taboos one by one. The American low-cost carrier has recently changed its baggage policy as well as its seating assignment policy. A new small revolution is on the horizon: Southwest CEO Bob Jordan indicated, about ten days ago at Bernstein Strategic Decisions…

It had been 35 years since a major American company ceased operations. The year 1991 had been particularly fatal for the airline sector in the United States with the disappearance of Eastern Airlines, a historic airline, and Midway Airways, a low-cost carrier. On May 2, 2026, Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Spirit Airlines, announced it was beginning "a..."

Cirium has just published its rankings of the most virtuous airlines in terms of fuel emissions. It is a fact that low-cost airlines are generally the least polluting, confirming the consultant's analyses from previous years. Of the top 15 most efficient carriers in terms of emissions, 9 are…

At what level can a price increase be considered moderate? For the low-cost airline AirAsia, the answer is simple: beyond 40%. Almost two weeks ago, Tony Fernandes, the head of Capital A, AirAsia's holding company, indicated that the crisis in the Gulf and its corollary – the surge in prices…

American low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has decided to "drop" two of the most important international airports in the United States. As part of the ongoing optimisation of its network, Southwest Airlines announced in mid-March the total suspension of all flights at Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and Washington-Dulles (IAD) airports ....

Volotea is wasting no time. Less than a month after making Limoges its 12th base in France, the roadmap is taking shape. And the ambition is growing. The carrier has unveiled its flight plan for the French airport. Seven new destinations in addition to Paris Orly. Limoges, the new stronghold...

Updated on 6 March at 6pm. The Italian Rail Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) has just issued a favourable opinion for SNCF, giving the French carrier fair access to the high-speed market in Italy. After a great deal of prevarication, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian rail network...

Wizz Air is continuing to play the seduction card with its premium passengers. The airline has just unveiled WIZZ Link, an innovative platform developed with Dohop, a company that offers technological solutions for travel. Dohop's RetailConnect technology enables passengers to book multi-stage journeys in a single transaction. Thanks to...

Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X has confirmed the resumption of flights between Kuala Lumpur and London. This route, which operated until 2012, was non-stop at the time. This time it will include a stopover in Bahrain, which has been promoted as a new hub in the AirAsia constellation. Flights will operate from 26 June...

Volotea's 12th base in France will therefore be Limoges airport. The low-cost airline made the decision on 28 January: it will base an Airbus A319 there from February. Volotea will operate this new public service delegation (DSP) from 19 February, the launch date of a new flight from Limoges to Paris-Orly....

Volotea is clearly counting on connections between France and Algeria. And what better place than the capital to assert this ambition, especially from a leading airport for the business, leisure and affinity markets? The inauguration of a flight from Marseille to Algiers is the logical next step in the company's expansion...

The programme is reminiscent of the America of the Roosevelt years in the 1930s. "The New Frontier" is the name that ultra-low-cost Frontier Airlines has given to its transformation strategy. Its aim is to enhance the customer experience while maintaining ultra-competitive fares. The strategy is based on a number of elements, including...

Even as an ultra-low-cost airline, Ryanair has to listen to its passengers. This includes business travellers who want greater mobility. The low-cost airline giant has joined forces with CarTrawler, the leading B2B technology provider of car rental and mobility solutions for the global travel industry. A player...

Faced with criticism of its high fares and to counter the arrival of competitors on its most profitable lines, SNCF intends to push ahead with the development of Ouigo, its low-cost brand launched in 2013. Ouigo is expected to account for a third of TGV traffic by 2030, thanks to an expected increase of...

EasyJet is continuing its expansion in its home country for the spring/summer 2026 season. The airline, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this November, will be launching 16 new routes from eight UK airports. The largest number of new routes will be from Bristol and Glasgow airports. Of these 16 new routes, 3 include...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given the go-ahead for a service between London King's Cross station and Glasgow Queen Street station in Scotland from 14 December. A subsidiary of the transport operator FirstGroup, the low-cost rail company Lumo will be offering fares on its website at...

The merger of the Kuala Lumpur-based airline into a single entity, AirAsia Group, will make AirAsia the world's leading low-cost carrier, with operations on several continents. At the same time, the group will be the first in the world to operate only single-aisle aircraft on short and medium-haul routes. The...

From the outset, Wizz Air has focused its growth primarily on the leisure and VFR markets. It's a strategy that has been fairly successful so far. But over the last few years, this strategy has run out of steam. In addition to the fall in traffic during the covid, the impossibility of renewing and expanding its fleet has resulted in a...