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After announcing the installation of its seventh French base at Nantes airport, easyJet is now setting out its ambitions. The airline has just announced the forthcoming opening of eight new routes from Nantes. From 31 March, there will be three flights a week to Rome Fiumicino and two flights a week to Nantes.

Rumours very often have a basis in truth. And the rumour that has been circulating for a few weeks about the possible closure of Joon, Air France's hybrid subsidiary, seems to have found its way into the airline itself. It has to be said that Joon has yet to prove its worth, after just one year...

For the moment, 3 cities are served from Paris CDG: a daily flight to New York and 4 flights a week to Boston and Toronto. In addition, the airline had already announced the addition of a daily flight to Tel Aviv and 4 weekly flights linking Montreal to Paris from...

The news had already leaked a few days earlier, with SNCF boss Guillaume Pépy saying on CNews: "I don't have the right to say it, so I'm going to say it: [Ouigo] will be arriving at Gare de Lyon from the end of the year". On 9 December to be exact, according to...

IAG, through its subsidiary Level, is investing in Vienna airport. The low-cost carrier, known mainly for its long-haul routes, has announced the launch of 14 new short-haul routes from the Austrian capital. The first routes were inaugurated in July, with others due to follow by September. It is interesting to note that these...

Without easyJet, Geneva and Basel-Mulhouse airports would be a mere shadow of their former selves. The low-cost carrier's strategy is clear: aim for a premium market. At the Franco-Swiss airport, easyJet has conquered a market share of 60%, operating no fewer than 67 routes. The carrier currently connects ten French cities from Basel, including Biarritz,...

EasyJet is continuing to expand its coverage of the French market with the announcement of five new routes as part of its winter flight programme. While most of these routes appear to be aimed more at tourists, several could well be of interest to business travellers. From 29 October, the low-cost airline will be linking Rennes to Geneva: a new route which will...

Primera Air is setting out its ambitions for the French market. The low-cost airline has just announced the launch of two new routes, to Tel Aviv and Montreal. The two airports will be served from Paris CDG with one daily and four weekly flights respectively, from 31 October. Primera Air...

While Eurowings will now manage all the short-haul business of the two airlines from Cologne, Brussels Airlines will be responsible for long-haul flights spread over the airports of Brussels, Munich and Düsseldorf. In an interview with the Belgian media, Thorsten Dirks, CEO of Eurowings, stated that "the pooling of our strengths with Brussels Airlines will strengthen our...

The disappearance of Airberlin in autumn 2017 had repercussions not only in Germany, but also on Swiss air traffic. The bankruptcy of the German airline, which had a strong presence in the Swiss market, particularly in Zurich, led in particular to the suspension of operations of Belair Airlines, Airberlin's Swiss subsidiary. But that's not the...

Twice since the beginning of the year, IAG has expressed its intention to acquire the low-cost carrier Norwegian. And then, ten days ago, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr announced his intention to buy the low-cost carrier Norwegian. If this...

Announced at the end of last year, Level, the IAG Group's long-haul low-cost carrier, makes its debut at Paris Orly on Monday 2 July with its first flight to Montreal, a route served with three flights a week. The following day, another service will be launched to Orly Ouest-Pointe-à-Pitre, with a frequency of...

Business travellers used to criss-crossing Asia will be delighted. Between now and 2020, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be reorganising its offer in South-East Asia, a rationalisation which will involve a move upmarket on its regional routes as well as the disappearance of its Silk Air subsidiary. Currently, with its fleet of 33 Airbus A320s and...

A new transatlantic low-cost airline is entering the French market. Already present on the Paris-New York route since 18 May - with one flight a day - Primera Air is adding two business destinations to its catalogue. On June 21, the Nordic carrier began operations on the Paris-Boston route. The following day, June 22,...

Business travellers and tourists in Nice now have a new option, with the launch of an easyJet flight between Nice and Tel Aviv. The airline is offering two flights a week, every Tuesday and Saturday, until 27 October. In addition, easyJet is also launching a cross-Channel service between Nice and Biarritz, with the same frequency...

The figures for May 2018 published by easyJet confirm the good health of the low-cost airline. Indeed, with 7,790,000 passengers carried last month, the airline is pleased to report a marked improvement compared with 7,510,000 in May 2017. EasyJet explains this increase of 3.7 % by a good disposition of public holidays, coupled with a...

Will we soon be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo for less than 500 euros return? Still inconceivable five years ago, this prospect is no longer utopian with the rise of long-haul low-cost airlines. For two or three years now, airlines such as Scoot (Singapore), AirAsia X (Malaysia) and Nokscoot...

While Eurowings seems to have missed the boat somewhat in Berlin - not least because it was unable to obtain the aircraft and frequencies of the now defunct Nikki, the Austrian subsidiary of airBerlin - its competitor Easyjet has seized the opportunity to establish itself in the German capital. This summer the carrier is offering flights to 84 destinations in Europe...

The transatlantic low-cost carrier is taking on business travel: WOW air is launching a new fare for business travellers, WOW Premium. "We have seen a real desire on the part of companies to offer their employees who travel a lot more comfortable flight conditions and access to more services, but this is not enough.

It's around midday in Seattle, and the mood is festive on the tarmac of the Boeing delivery centre. Teams from Transavia France and the American aircraft manufacturer have just cut the red ribbon. Behind Nathalie Stubler and her teams, pilots and crew members, the real star is VJ -...