Thalys

"Don't ever call me Thalys again". On 1 October this year, Thalys disappeared, merged with Eurostar, the brand chosen because it is the best known, particularly among overseas customers. This new beginning was well worth a presentation yesterday in London at the company's offices near St Pancras International station, and a small party to celebrate its first campaign...

On 30 September last, at Brussels-Midi station, a small ceremony celebrated the last TGV to run under the Thalys brand, bringing to a close a railway adventure that began in 1996. The Thalys.com website was closed at the same time, with users now being directed to the Eurostar.com website as part of the merger of the two subsidiary companies...

RATP expects a gradual improvement on 8 March and 9 March. However, the Paris metro will continue to experience major disruption on Wednesday. The automatic lines will be spared, with normal traffic on lines 1 and 14 and near-normal traffic on line 4. Almost all other metro lines will be running...

On Tuesday at Brussels-Midi station, Eurostar Group unveiled the timetable and future plans for the ongoing merger of the Eurostar and Thalys companies. On the strength of its international reputation, Eurostar has been chosen to carry the commercial brand of the new rail group, with Thalys set to disappear...

Over the last few days, many passengers using the Thalys network have had the unpleasant surprise of receiving text messages announcing that their train has been cancelled. What's more, the possibilities of reprotection are complicated, as several trains may be cancelled in the same day and the remaining trains are fully booked. This is a situation that Thalys has confirmed to us, citing...

It's not so easy to venture into low-cost territory on a route favoured by business travellers... At least, that's what the decision made official this week by Thalys seems to mean, as the company is putting an end to its low-cost offer. On 10 July, IZY will disappear from the radar after six years of operation. "...

Following the green light given to the Eurostar/Thalys merger by the European Commission in March, a new stage in this project has just been completed with the merger of the two rail companies within the Eurostar Group holding company, named after the cross-Channel carrier, the brand name that will continue to exist. While Eurostar Group's address is...

The horizon is clearing for the planned merger between the Eurostar and Thalys rail companies. The European Commission has just given the go-ahead for the merger, ruling that "the proposed concentration would not raise competition concerns, given its very limited impact on market structure". [link-block prefix="A...

Thalys and KLM have signed a cooperation agreement to develop their Air/Rail product in order to continue to be a more attractive alternative for passengers. In particular, the aim is to increase the number of customers who take the train from Brussels to Amsterdam Schiphol airport and then take a KLM flight. For some time now, KLM has been...

Like other rail companies, Thalys is seeing a recovery in its leisure and business traffic. "The occupancy rate has returned to the same level or even higher than 2019, but the transport plan is only 78%", confides Bruno Dierickx, the Marketing and Sales Director. On the business side, the...

Covid obliged Thalys to suspend the Premium class and its Welcome Bar for a while, as the food and drink on offer was not compatible with health measures. This suspension is now coming to an end, as passengers will be able to enjoy these services again from 5 September on high-speed trains between Paris and...

Delta Air Lines is ramping up its North Atlantic services once again. Following the reopening of flights from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon and Paris CDG, on 5 August the carrier re-launched flights from Dublin to New York JFK. The two cities have been linked three times a week since then by Airbus A330-300. The...

The number of trains offered by Thalys increased from 6 to 11 daily journeys in mid-June. Is this a sign of a sustainable recovery? Bruno Dierickx - As customers return to our trains, frequencies will indeed increase. In June, we increased to 50% our...

175 years of the Paris-Brussels route, 25 candles for the Thalys company, but also - and this is much more topical for business travellers - an increase in frequencies after a year and a half of sluggish activity: June is a month of celebrations for the Franco-Belgian carrier, a subsidiary of...

After reducing its offer during the last lockdown, SNCF is increasing it again with the lifting of the ban on journeys of more than 10 km on 3 May. From four TGVs out of ten in recent weeks, the Inoui and Ouigo high-speed offer will gradually increase to reach eight TGVs out of ten in...

A fall of 70%: this sums up the impact of the health crisis on Thalys' 2020 financial year, both in terms of sales (165.6 million euros) and passengers carried (2.5 million) compared with the previous year. city-centre to city-centre travel, the very low impact of our activity on the environment...

Like the airlines, which have been sailing in the dark for months and have had to revise their offer from week to week, the rail operators are adjusting their programme according to the confinements and other regulatory constraints. Thalys is no exception to the rule. Three weeks after agreeing to a drastic reduction in its timetable, Thalys...

Bertrand Gosselin, CEO of Thalys, posted a strong and unequivocal message on his Twitter account on Wednesday: "Thalys is going through the biggest crisis in its history. [We] have reduced our offer to a minimum with regret but with responsibility. When better times return, we will need you, our customers,...

Are customers returning to Thalys? Bertrand Gosselin - Thalys has been hard hit by this crisis, as have the tourism and transport sectors. We had two and a half months with virtually no sales before traffic gradually picked up again in mid-June. All our on-board services have been...

With teleworking on the rise and companies limiting staff travel because of Covid-19, train companies are struggling to get business travellers back on their trains. Thalys is no exception to the rule, and is launching a Corporate offer to attract companies back. Until 31 October, its Thalys Corporate programme...