United States

Is Mexican air transport entering a turbulent period? One might think so, following the decision by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On 23 May, the FAA downgraded Mexico's aviation safety rating from category 1 to category 2. This is bad news, because it has implications for...

The upturn in domestic air traffic is having a negative impact on travellers. Since 1 May, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United have no longer offered full flexibility on travel. These three carriers are following in the footsteps of American Airlines, which had already decided in April to further restrict the conditions under which changes could be made. All of these...

American Airlines has just taken possession of a new terminal for its regional routes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, including 14 boarding gates. The new 22,500 m² facility can handle several thousand passengers a day. Designed in cooperation with the airport authorities, the terminal has a capacity of 850 seats. Coming soon...

The transatlantic axis should soon be back in service, or at least with a return to higher volumes of travel. The European Union has just announced that travellers from the United States will soon be accepted on its territory, probably during the summer. The 27 Member States will accept, unconditionally, all those who have been vaccinated...

Brightline in Florida is the first private rail operator in the United States in 40 years. The young rail company's ambition is to extend its network, which currently comprises a line linking Miami to West Palm Beach via Fort Lauderdale. On this 105 km long line, 17 trains run every day for a total...

Admittedly, the health and regulatory context is not favourable, particularly for air travel. Admittedly, the opening of this route remains subject to possible changes, and conditional on the easing of travel restrictions. Nevertheless, Air France is planning to launch a new service from Paris-CDG. This will be a first for the alliance...

A lively district - Seaport - with a host of bars and restaurants, but also a business district, a vast park and ample meeting space: the new complex proposed by Hilton in Boston has many arguments to seduce business travellers passing through the North American metropolis. Comprising 416...

"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...

US airline Delta Air Lines has just announced that it will be doing away with middle seat neutralisation on its flights from 1 May. The measure had been taken in April 2020 with the acceleration of the covid pandemic. With the rapid roll-out of the vaccination programme in the United States, the airline is seeing an increase in...

This is a historic recovery plan, rivalled only by Roosevelt's New Deal after the Great Depression. Or the Marshall Plan, the US aid package for Europe after the Second World War. US President Joe Biden's 'American Jobs Plan' provides for a budget of 2,000 billion dollars...

Since US President Joe Biden took office, there has been a growing number of initiatives aimed at reopening the United States to international travellers. Last week, US airlines and travel agencies urged the government to draw up a plan to reopen international borders. On condition that the number of vaccinations and cases of...

American Airlines has just announced a series of tests deployed at its Dallas Fort Worth hub, with a common denominator: the contactless passenger journey. The airline intends to change the airport experience in order to regain the trust of travellers: "While fewer customers have travelled over the past year, our...

480 million passengers in 2020, compared with 927 million a year earlier on US airlines. Only 36 million of these will be on international routes. This compares with 115.4 million passengers the previous year. The covid has of course had a devastating effect on air transport in the United States, if we...

As part of its Connect with Confidence programme presented at the end of last year, Marriott is gradually sketching out the contours of the hybrid meeting solutions that will be offered within the group's hotels, initially in the United States and Canada from March 2021, before being extended worldwide. Technology...

It is called the "Northeast Alliance" and took shape on 25 February. This is the strategic alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue which was announced at the beginning of January. An alliance which, according to the management of American and JetBlue, will enable them to accelerate their financial and operational recovery. The...

United Airlines grounded 24 of its Boeing 777s on Sunday after an engine on one of its aircraft caught fire in flight. The engine sent debris flying over a suburb north of Denver at the weekend. The disaster, which caused no casualties, involved a...

Like other countries, the United States has noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a sharp reduction in passenger travel in 2020. While Americans made 498 billion journeys - all types combined - in 2019, the year 2020 saw a total of 370 billion journeys, 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...

According to a new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is managing health security in the wake of the covid-19 crisis, all passengers travelling to the United States will have to present a negative test before boarding a flight. The measure also applies to US citizens returning to their own country. The test cannot be...