Where are the best and worst airports in the world?
Skytrax has just produced as every year its ranking of the best airports in the world. The result comes from nearly 14 million questionnaires completed by 100 different nationalities. Little change in the Top 10 but some airports, including Paris CDG, are falling back in the rankings! The Top 10...
READING TIME: 2 minAirAsia launches into finance and insurance
AirAsia has become in a few years the most important low-cost airline in Asia. With the sale of its leasing company, the airline is now launching into digital finance and insurance. AirAsia sells its air leasing company AirAsia has a fleet of over 200 aircraft serving 165 destinations in 25 countries....
READING TIME: 2 minLufthansa shows its muscles
European air transport giant Lufthansa published last Thursday a record net profit of 2.36 billion euros in 2017, an exercise marked by the end of a long conflict with its pilots and the disappearance of its rival Air Berlin. Analysts interviewed by financial service provider Factset were expecting 2.28 billion...
READING TIME: 1 minChina is coming through the sky in force
Competition from Gulf companies is often mentioned in these columns. But other competitors will arrive in Europe and especially in France. The future giants are definitely not always the ones we believe in. . Traffic rights more than doubled for Chinese companies China and France have agreed to a significant expansion...
READING TIME: 2 minFlying taxi on the right track
In recent times, we have been witnessing technological wagers between billionaires. And when it’s not the Hyperloop that makes...
What future for European airlines compagnies ?
How to understand the craze of Gulf companies for European carriers preferably in poor health? The answer is probably...
Why are airliners so uncomfortable?
Why are commercial aircraft increasingly delayed and uncomfortable? Patrick Smith, airline pilot and blogger, author of the book « confidential...
Air Astana returns to profitability in 2017
Air Astana realized a profit of $39.1 million in 2017 and returned to profit after the first loss in...
Air Italy attacks Alitalia directly
New name, new colours and new ambition: the Italian airline Meridiana, 49%-owned by Qatar Aiways, becomes Air Italy with...
A Tokyo to Paris flight that’s eye-catching
It had to happen. Japanese people are never short of ideas. First Airlines was created to never fly. ....
