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The Trump administration continues to be characterised by inconsistencies that could heavily impact travel to the United States. After the possibility of requesting five years of email archives to enter the US, here comes a new character from the "Trump Galaxy," the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin,…

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..."

By 24 hours, some might have thought it was a joke. Not at all! On March 31, the management of Palm Beach Airport – not far from Mar-a-Lago – made the news official: it would indeed be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, as had been rumoured for several weeks. To do this, it…

The launch by the United States and Israel of large-scale attacks against Iran has had an immediate consequence for all travellers: the dislocation of the Persian Gulf as the world's hub. While airlines had decided a few weeks ago to temporarily suspend some of their routes for security reasons...

There are hints of the Soviet Union in the United States. As in Stalin's time, when cities, schools and public squares were named after the "Little Father of the People", the American administration is toying with the idea of renaming certain institutions and infrastructures after the "greatest American president of all time", to use the terminology in vogue in...

Crossing the border into the United States is likely to become an increasingly difficult ordeal for travellers, especially business travellers. The signs of closure are multiplying in the United States - sent out regularly by the Trump administration - at a time when the organisation of the forthcoming football World Cup could be an invitation to...

The army has been sent to several American cities, the shutdown is dragging on, there is a lot of rhetoric against Europe, there is a travel ban on 39 countries, the cost of ESTAs and entry to national parks has risen, and there is the desire to scrutinise your social networks if you want to set foot on American soil......

Could this be in response to Donald Trump's thunderous announcements, which follow one another in rapid succession? In any case, the pace of updates to the Henley Passport Index seems to be accelerating. Back in October, the authors of the report pointed to contrasting trajectories between the United States and China, with a significant loss of influence on the part of...

In the latent war that now characterises the relationship between the United States and Venezuela, the Trump administration has decided to attack the airlines. On Saturday 29 November, Donald Trump warned airlines to avoid Venezuela's airspace from now on. He wrote on his Truth Social network, without giving any further details:...

The announcement was made on Wednesday, against a backdrop of budgetary paralysis that has lasted since 1 October. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced a 10% reduction in air traffic capacity. This will take effect from 7 November at the 40 busiest airports in the United States. "This is a...

Reading this 2025 edition of the Henley Passport Index report, business travellers will perhaps be less focused than usual on the top three - Singapore, South Korea and Japan - whose Asian hegemony is no longer surprising. Or on France's position, generally stable in fifth place. It's...

How is La Compagnie's traffic between France and the United States currently performing? Christian Vernet - Our results differ somewhat from those of other carriers, since our fiscal year runs from November to October. For the 2024-2025 financial year, we've got off to a very strong start, with significant growth in sales and excellent traffic forecasts. However...

Every year, the Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index takes stock of each country's international representation around the world. This is all the more important in a multi-polar world where conflicts and tensions are on the increase. This is what the Lowy Institute points out in the introduction to its index. Launched in 2016,...

Donald Trump doesn't like trains and prefers planes, especially Air Force One. A staunch opponent of the various high-speed rail projects in the United States, in particular Brightline West, which will link Los Angeles and Las Vegas in three hours by 2028, the Republican president has just cut federal funding for the...

Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin notes a 25% drop in bookings to the US this summer in an interview with Bloomberg. Last weekend, the resignation of Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia was announced. After Gebbia joined Elon Musk's team at DOGE, a powerful movement to boycott his company was launched in...

We knew that the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House would be a revolution in the way the world's leading power conducts its affairs. The over-activity of the President's new American administration is generating daily surprise, often incomprehension and, increasingly, rejection - even anger in the case of the...

The decision was taken at the end of last week. Emirates, the largest carrier in the Gulf, is to reduce its capacity to the United States significantly. Five routes will be affected by capacity reductions. In an announcement published last Wednesday, the airline said it was reducing the number of flights from the month of...