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Nearly a quarter of a century after Concorde's final commercial flight, the United States is reaching a major milestone towards the return of supersonic air travel. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced new regulations intended to eventually permit civil supersonic flights over the continental United States. The current ban in effect in the…

Lufthansa Group and Amadeus have found the "miracle" technological solution that will dramatically simplify the booking and management of flights for business travellers. The focus is on the introduction of an "Order ID", a new identification number that will gradually replace the old booking and ticket numbers and bring together all the elements...

Aircraft seem to be falling victim more and more to in-flight turbulence. And it's not just an impression: it's an increasingly serious challenge for airlines because of the frequency and growing severity of turbulence. Dubai-based Emirates has therefore decided to take a proactive approach. With...

While passengers have adapted to an increasingly digital world, it seems that the travel industry is now lagging behind. When it comes to getting on a plane, they still have to queue up, print out their document and possibly do it all over again. The 2025 edition of the SITA Passenger IT Insights report highlights a...

The world of new technologies is converging in Dubai today. From 13 to 17 October, thousands of companies and start-ups, and almost as many investors, gathered at GITEX Global. It's the biggest event of the year for everything to do with innovation and artificial intelligence, and among other topics, it will put the spotlight on...

A European digital wallet in response to Apple Wallet and Google Wallett. The European Union is working on a joint response with the advent, expected by the end of 2026, of the EUDI Wallet. A digital application where citizens and residents of EU countries will be able to securely store their passports, ID cards and driving licences, as well as...

Why did you decide to set up Kolet? Eduardo Ronzano - I'm an engineer and I've always been offended by the costs of traditional operators when you're in a country where roaming doesn't apply. This is the opposite of what exists within the European Union. As the operators...

How would you sum up 2024 for SITA? Sergio Colella - 2024 was an exceptional year for air travel, as confirmed by IATA. Last year we once again reached the pre-Covid figures, with more than 4 billion passengers. SITA naturally benefited from this. For us, it was a...

Speed and simplicity are the values that air passengers place at the top of their list of concerns, reveals the latest IATA study on travellers' needs. This quest for speed, flexibility and convenience is reflected at every stage of air travel, from planning to booking to completion. According to the...

Launched last year at the initiative of the government to support the development of travel tech, the France Tourisme Tech programme has unveiled a second list of winners, following on from the 15 start-ups that received awards last year. As a result of the dissolution of the French government and the recent political turmoil, the number of start-ups...

The business travel sector is undergoing radical change, driven by the emergence of innovative technologies that are profoundly changing the way companies manage their business travel. Among these innovations, NDC, or New Distribution Capability, stands out for the scale of the change it is bringing about. By simplifying and enriching access to in-flight content, NDC is...

"To be the best rather than the biggest". For Stephan Baars, head of BCD Travel, American Express GBT's takeover of CWT - Europe's No. 1 and No. 3 business travel agencies respectively, with BCD sandwiched between the two - is not a cause for concern: "They were already No. 1, so there's no need to...

Using WhatsApp and the like to send messages to hotel teams is nothing new. In partnership with Kipsu, the leader in real-time engagement, Hilton converted its first hotel to this method of communication back in 2013. Since then, other hotels have switched to this digital service and now have more than 3,600 establishments...

"Congratulations to the 15 winners of the France Tourisme Tech programme, who will receive tailor-made support to help them develop, restructure and export": Olivia Grégoire, the French Minister for SMEs and Tourism, has unveiled the first class of start-ups to be supported by the government in a bid to give new impetus to "tourism tech" ....

In order to fine-tune its yield management system and adapt to more open rail competition on its most profitable lines, SNCF has been moving in successive stages since 26 September to a new booking platform to replace the ageing ResaRail system. Starting with BtoB reservations for...

On 28 August, the Finnish border police launched a pilot project on the use of digital travel documents at Helsinki airport. The DTC (Digital Travel Credentials) pilot project is being implemented by the Finnish Border Guard in cooperation with Finnair, the police and the Finavia airport authority. The DTC pilot project is aimed at passengers...

Are we heading for a profound upheaval in our relationship with digital technology? Of course, as with any keynote - and even more so for Apple - caution is called for. The Cupertino-based giant has a flair for spectacle and repeated revolutions. But it has to be said that the newcomer unveiled this week...

Forgotten login details or lost password, filling in a form with your name or room number, requesting a code from reception: connecting to WiFi in a hotel often involves a number of time-consuming and even irritating procedures. The IHG group has now done away with all these steps with a single, simple process for its guests...

Since 15 May, Emirates has required almost all its passengers to use a digital boarding pass. The carrier is thus rendering the paper version obsolete for passengers departing from Dubai. Announced on 12 May, the airline said that passengers checking in at terminal 3 of Dubai International will now only receive a digital boarding pass...