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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...

More than 300 business travel professionals were surveyed by the Business Travel Show. The London show sought to identify the challenges facing travel managers in this unprecedented context. As a result of the economic crisis, priorities have changed radically. While cost-cutting generally dominated the ranking - it was the top priority...

The British government is introducing a "favourable" measure for France. France is the only country in the European Union where quarantine remains compulsory. For vaccinated citizens of other EU countries, the British government has abolished quarantine. This measure also applies to nationals of Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Uncertainty: this is probably one of the business traveller's worst enemies when it's time to head for the airport. And given the complexity and constant evolution of the current international regulatory context, it's hard to imagine anyone who can avoid this uncertainty before a business trip. A recent GBTA study noted...

The government of the hilarious Prime Minister Boris Johnson is never short of a contradiction. After announcing that vaccinated travellers from countries on the 'amber' list (countries with limited covid risk) would be accepted without quarantine, the British government made a U-turn that only it knows the secret of. The European Union was in...

Accor has just established its ibis brand in Baku. The group's third hotel in Azerbaijan's capital, in addition to the Pullman and the impressive Fairmont Flame Towers, the hotel adds a budget option for travellers, but also a new drop-off point with a contemporary feel. "The hotel will not only be the first ibis in the country, but...

The first weekend in June was a feverish time at British airports. With the announcement by Boris Johnson's government that Portugal had been placed on the 'amber' list, thousands of British passengers rushed home. In order to avoid a mandatory 10-day quarantine... Apart from this temporary fever...

It's early 2019 and the BBC is revealing to the general public a survey that should immediately set alarm bells ringing in the English political world. 79% of British passengers said they were satisfied with rail services. This is the lowest level of satisfaction since 2008, as revealed by Transportfocus. This agency is responsible for evaluating...

Terminal 3 at London Heathrow airport has become the terminal for flights to high-risk countries. The measure has come into force for passengers arriving from 43 countries considered dangerous by the British authorities. For the time being, only three countries on this red list - Bangladesh, India and the United States - have...

Updated on 27 May At a time when the general trend was towards easing travel restrictions, France is to introduce compulsory isolation for travellers from the UK, a quarantine measure which France has until now applied to 16 countries, including Brazil, India, Argentina and...

Travel and air transport professionals had been calling on the British government for several weeks. On Friday 7 May, the government finally published the list of countries classified as "green" for British travellers. The return conditions for Britons are equivalent to the entry conditions for other travellers. This list "to...

The banks of the River Tyne are abuzz with activity: soon Quayside, the area straddling Newcastle and Gateshead, is set to become a leading business hub in the North of England, thanks in particular to a brand new conference centre. And the Accor Group will be making its contribution to the "Newcastle...

"On Monday the 12th, I shall myself go to the pub, and raise, cautiously but irrevocably, a pint of beer to my lips." The British will no doubt have listened carefully to this announcement from Boris Johnson's press conference on 5 April. The British Prime Minister officially confirmed this step forward...

As part of its new roadmap for managing the pandemic this spring and until next summer, the British authorities intend to organise the gradual resumption of international travel. While international travel will be banned until at least 17 May, unless there are compelling reasons to do so, "the government hopes that people will be able to travel to and from...

Both Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel have publicly raised the possibility of tightening travel restrictions between France and their countries, the British Prime Minister before a parliamentary committee on Wednesday and the German Prime Minister on Thursday at a press conference on the sidelines of a European Union summit. From this...

2020 will have had devastating effects on European air transport, including that of the United Kingdom. The results of IAG and the major UK airports, published last week, give a very clear idea of the extent of the damage. If we start with IAG - the holding company bringing together British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus -...

Voco, the new contemporary brand from the IHG group, is doing double duty in Scotland. While the development of this upmarket brand has also turned towards France, with its first hotel in 2020 in Paris, near Montparnasse station, followed by another unveiled at the start of the year in Strasbourg, voco is now launching...

The losses incurred by air travel in Great Britain as a result of the pandemic are forcing London Heathrow airport authorities to go after passengers' wallets. On Sunday 28 February, the airport authority announced that departing passengers will now have to pay a supplement of £8.90 (€10.30). This measure, which the airport hopes will be temporary, will enable...

How is the pandemic being managed in the United Kingdom, one of the worst affected countries in Europe and the world? Tristan de Bourbon - The figures, which are indeed catastrophic, are tending to improve with the confinement imposed at the start of the year, and even before Christmas in London. The number of deaths is down,...

While La Compagnie and its all-business class flights are now a thing of the past, the idea of transatlantic routes specialising in premium traffic remains. JetBlue's arrival in Europe in summer 2021 is eagerly awaited. The US carrier is due to begin flights from New York JFK and Boston to airports in...