Paris-CDG

Updated on 2 July at 8:30 pm The attempt at conciliation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on 25 June has failed. The call for strike action on 3 and 4 July issued by the UNSA-ICNA union, the second largest among air traffic controllers, has even been joined by a...

The aim of the conciliation meeting organised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) with UNSA-ICNA on Wednesday 25 June was to avoid a mobilisation "with serious consequences for users and those involved in air transport, at both national and European level". UNSA-ICNA is the second-largest union among air traffic controllers, but it is in the minority. It is well-established in some...

SNCF Réseaux's work on the CDG Express is progressing apace, with 80% already completed. This has enabled the consortium, which also includes Aéroport de Paris (ADP) and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), to announce the start date for connections between the Gare de l'Est...

On 1 February 2026, Etihad will offer four additional weekly flights by Airbus A321neoLR on the Paris CDG-Abu Dhabi route. The total number of flights operated by the UAE national airline will then increase from 14 to 18 weekly flights from the French capital. Currently, Etihad offers a morning flight on this route with an Airbus A380 and another...

Just under a month after Air France presented the 2025 version of La Première, it took off for the first time on 8 April. Destination New York JFK for flight AF004 operated by the Boeing 777-300ER named Epernay. This flight will connect the two business destinations daily during the summer season. In...

The World Airport Awards organised by Skytrax in Madrid on Wednesday delivered their verdict. And Paris Airport can pride itself on having come away from the ceremony with well-deserved laurels. For the 4th year running, Paris CDG was named best European airport. The group's flagship also retains its place in the top 10...

US President Donald Trump's gesticulations towards Canada are sparking a profound boycott movement. It ranges from Canadian consumers refusing to buy American to the outright cancellation of trips to our southern neighbour. Airlines are understandably drawing the consequences. Like Air Canada, which has just published...

At the ITB tourism trade fair in Berlin, Etihad presented its new network offer, its business headquarters and the new Abu Dhabi pass offering a host of advantages to travellers in the Emirati capital. We spoke to Javier Alija, Vice President Global Sales & Distribution. What is the growth of Etihad's offer...

The Lufthansa group is ramping up its subsidiary Lufthansa City Airlines from the Munich hub. The airline is marketed under the IATA code VL. If it weren't for the 'City' logo next to the Lufthansa logo on the aircraft's body, the product is in fact not very different from the 'classic' Lufthansa product for...

This is "only" the construction of 6.5 km of track, which will take 25 years to complete, and which will radically improve rail travel for the people of the Somme, Oise and north-east Val d'Oise. The work is due to be completed at the end of 2026...

ADP and Fraport, the operators of the Paris and Frankfurt airports, have released their figures for January. Two opposite trends emerge from these figures. Paris Airports recorded an increase in passenger traffic of 8.7% compared with January 2024. This increase was driven by the performance of Paris CDG (+10.5%) rather than by...

While Nouvelair's summer timetable does not offer any new destinations, it does see a significant increase in flight frequencies from Tunis. The only recent innovation from Tunisia's main private carrier: the opening last winter of three weekly frequencies (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) between Tunis and Rabat in Morocco. For the next season...

Air France flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv will resume on 25 January, unless of course the lull promised by the ceasefire is disrupted before then. The French carrier will operate 5 flights a week for this resumption of operations. But the schedule should gradually return to its usual daily frequency. The flights...

The year 2024 marked a return to a certain normality in the growth of the Paris airports of Roissy-CDG and Orly. The two hubs saw a 3.7% increase in the total number of passengers, representing a volume of 103.41 million passengers. The passenger growth rate had already exceeded 15% between...

Updated on 16 January at 10am. It's been four years in the making. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be able to resume its flights to Europe following the lifting of its ban on services by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The agency has also lifted its ban on Air Blue, another local carrier...

Schools, hospitals, government departments, electricity and gas companies: many trade unions are mobilising on 5 December for a day of action against the cost-cutting measures in Michel Barnier's government's draft budget for 2025. Or the late Barnier government, as the possibility of a motion of censure is so great this December.

Once the euphoria of the Paris 2024 Games has passed, followed by the generally legitimate self-congratulation of the various organisers involved, the return to reality sometimes proves complex. On the front line, the ADP Group had drawn the stopwatch in the run-up to the event, teaming up with the PAF for a new monthly barometer. Launched in April 2023, this new tool aims to...

Malaysia Airlines has been a loyal customer of Paris airports for decades. The Malaysian airline opened its Paris CDG-Kuala Lumpur DC10 service in 1976. Forty years later, in 2016, the carrier discontinued its service due to financial difficulties and a painful restructuring. All its European routes had been...

Singapore Airlines has just published its schedule for the IATA winter season from the end of October 2024 to the end of March 2025. The airline continues to improve its offer. It will operate an average of 2,292 passenger flights in March. This represents the carrier's largest offer (including the offer of Silk Air, now merged with...

Updated on 27 August at 2pm Of course, not everything will be perfect for welcoming disabled athletes and spectators at the next Paralympic Games. Accessibility to the Paris metro remains the French capital's biggest problem for travellers with reduced mobility. Apart from line 14 and the stations...