Chinese TGVs arrive and threaten the air transport
The world's longest high-speed rail network will reach downtown Hong Kong on September 23, offering a direct connection to 44 continental destinations. This rail network extends over 25,000 kilometres and is a major competitor for airlines in a market where congested airspace and limited landing slots lead to regular...
READING TIME: 1 minShort flights: Delta Air Lines, Ryanair, Qantas Airways, United Airlines, Icelandair, etc.
Aigle Azur flies to Milan and reinforces its presence in Europe: The French airline has just landed in Milan for the very first time in its history. The A320, flight number ZI643, departed Orly airport on time, with 177 passengers on board (out of 180 available seats). The passengers...
READING TIME: 4 minWarning ! Companies cheat to fly !!!!!
The least we can say is that air carriers do not appreciate the European provisions that protect passengers against cancellations, delays and overbooking. A big penny problem, include variable compensation between €250 and €600 that they must pay in the event of default in the cases provided for by...
READING TIME: 3 minAir news : Aer Lingus, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways, Finnair, FlyLaNova, etc.
Finnair will add flights on several of its Japanese routes, increasing its capacity to Japan by 15% over the 2019 summer season. Three weekly flights will be added on the Helsinki-Osaka route, meaning that Finnair will now operate ten weekly flights between these two cities during the summer season,...
READING TIME: 2 minWhen Ryanair is packing
Ryanair has therefore decided to charge its passengers the right to take a small suitcase with them, whether in...
50 years after the Concorde, a start-up aims for a supersonic future
Luxury flights faster than sound: an American start-up hopes to revive the flame of supersonic commercial flights 50 years...
Warning, little bird in the cabin
Normally, birds are a problem for air transport. Especially when they are sucked up by aircraft engines (255 deaths...
India: fastest growth in domestic air traffic worldwide
If you had been asked the question, you could have answered that c‛est China has the strongest growth in...
297 million trips
China recorded 297 million air passenger trips in the first half of 2018, a 12.4% year-on-year increase. The country’s...
Plane: why flights are longer than 20 years ago
You think a 1h15 flight to Barcelona-Madrid is fast? Yet it is longer than in 1995. Indeed, at the...
