United States

This is a historic event for Washington Dulles airport. All the more so as the hub for all the federal capital's international flights recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. On 15 November, Washington Dulles inaugurated its own metro station called "Washington Dulles International Airport". A slower metro line...

British Airways has announced the launch of a new service between London Heathrow and Cincinnati Northern Kentucky. The service will operate five times a week from 5 June. It will be increased to four weekly flights in winter. The route will be operated by a Boeing 787-8 three-class aircraft. This will be the US airport's second service to Europe....

Business travellers who need to get to the United States have an increasingly effective alternative: choosing a flight via Reykjavik international airport in Iceland. Icelandair connects Iceland's capital with 50 destinations. Icelandair connects 24 European cities with 15 North American cities (3 in the USA and 1 in Europe).

Passengers flying to South America from France now have new alternative routes to Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Since the introduction of the IATA winter schedules, Delta Air Lines has expanded its South American network from its Atlanta hub. Delta's strengthened presence...

It's often a surprise when you make a booking on the Airbnb website: the price is higher than you first thought. Take, for example, this studio apartment rented for 3 days in Paris. It was listed at €243 for a stay from 23 to 26 November? But at the time of payment, it came to...

Salt Lake City intends to establish itself as a destination of choice for organising world-class events. And Utah's capital is making this ambition a reality with the addition of a Hyatt Regency hotel directly linked to its Salt Palace convention centre. "The project was envisioned by Salt Lake County and industry partners some...

Synergies between air and rail have been on the increase in recent months. Deutsche Bahn recently joined the oneworld airline alliance, and in July Rome Fiumicino airport signed a partnership agreement with FS Italiane to deploy Trenitalia services from the hub to Naples and Rome.

The difficulty in recruiting pilots and weaker than expected post-covid demand on certain routes are reflected in the ongoing restructuring of the United Airlines network. The US carrier has already closed some 25 routes and is preparing to suspend a dozen more. Most of these changes are not expected to affect...

Delta is expanding its transatlantic service for the 2023 summer schedule. The carrier has programmed a capacity increase of 8 % in additional seats compared to summer 2022. "Next summer, Delta will offer customers even more popular destinations on both sides of the Atlantic, continuing to strengthen its position as the carrier...

According to figures from the US Bureau of Transportation, the market shares of the major US airlines at their main hubs have not changed radically as a result of the Covid crisis. At most of the airports analysed, the US mega-carriers (American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest) have consolidated or even increased their market share...

Are electric flying taxis the key to tomorrow's mobility? United Airlines seems to believe so, having just invested no less than 15 million dollars in electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, or eVTOLs. An agreement has just been signed with the manufacturer Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's Brazilian subsidiary...

American Airlines will soon be bidding farewell to First Class on its domestic routes. And with it, it will be a short and definitive farewell to a first-class product on domestic routes in the United States. American is in fact the last major airline to offer a genuine Flagship First service. This First service still equips...

The shortage of pilots has now become a major concern for airlines. When Lufthansa presented its business for the first half of 2022, it put it at the top of the list of disruptive factors. The company also cites absences due to illness and untimely events. So, after having made some of its staff redundant...

The Bloomberg news agency has reported that AirHelp has carried out a detailed analysis of cancellations at US airports. The company, based in Germany, counted 37,000 flight cancellations at 400 US airports between 27 May and 15 July. However, this figure includes the Memorial Day and 4th of July weekends, which...

The technological advance announced by Alaska Airlines will bring numerous benefits to passengers. The electronic baggage tags will allow passengers to avoid printing traditional baggage tags at the airport. Passengers will be able to activate their tags from anywhere - their home, their office or even their car - up to 24 hours before...

Just over a year ago, the Biden administration announced with great fanfare the launch of a vast plan to modernise transport infrastructure, particularly in the air and rail sectors. The "Marshall Plan" has a budget of $620 billion, including $25 billion over five years for airport infrastructure projects. 50 million will be allocated...

For Spanish carrier Iberia, summer is the perfect time to resume flights on the North Atlantic. At the beginning of June, the carrier launched its new routes to Washington DC and Dallas. Iberia is also resuming frequencies to San Francisco. In fact, the airline's summer schedule for the United States now includes eight destinations, instead of five...

With more than 7,000 hotels worldwide, most of them in the US market, Choice Hotels is to strengthen its position of strength across the Atlantic by taking over the franchise activities and operations of Radisson Hotel Group Americas. This entity, separate from the Radisson Hotel Group whose geographical scope extends over the EMEA and Americas regions,...

With the wave of easing of restrictions linked to the current health crisis around the world, business travel is set to become a whole lot easier. The latest is particularly significant, as the United States has just abandoned the requirement to present a negative test to enter its territory. "US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for...

British consultancy ECA International, a leading global provider of data and information for expatriate management and assignments, has published its annual list of the most expensive destinations to live in. The cost of living index is based on the calculation of prices for food, household and leisure goods, clothing and other items....