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Delta: Keep falling.

With Delta just announcing a raft of very negative changes for its most frequent flyers, one might wonder how this company, long considered the best of the American majors, managed to sink to the bottom of this ranking. Here...

Eurowings Discover becomes Discover Airlines: Lufthansa’s low-cost strategy as unclear as ever

Lufthansa's long-haul low-cost carrier, Eurowings Discover, has been renamed Discover Airlines, but the German airline's strategy remains unclear. It is often said that an airline is born low-cost, but does not become low-cost, and the setbacks of all the...

Why is Air France-KLM spinning off its Flying Blue loyalty program?

Air France-KLM is working with the Apollo Global Management fund to inject 1.5 billion euros into a new subsidiary to manage the Flying Blue program. This is a common occurrence in other countries, but it needs to be explained...

Air India unveils a new cabin and asserts its ambitions

Air India has just unveiled the new cabin that will equip its Boeings 777s. A fine move upmarket, which only confirms the ambitions recently expressed by the Indian airline. Air India made a big splash at the 2023 Paris Air...

Thai, Turkish Airlines, Royal Air Maroc: these airlines want to at least double in size

Some airlines are doing more than just renewing their fleets and keeping pace with growing demand: they're aiming to grow massively in order to change dimension and play a new role on the world stage. Among these are Turkish...

Cathay Pacific announces “Aria Suite” for 2024

Cathay Pacific has announced the launch of a new business class for the second quarter of 2024. A slightly enigmatic teaser that leaves the door open to all kinds of suppositions. With a simple message and a video on Twitter,...

Ben Smith: how has his five-year tenure at Air France-KLM fared?

Five years after his appointment as head of Air France-KLM, Ben Smith's assessment is extremely positive, especially given the events he has had to deal with. But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that there is still room...

New Lufthansa cabins: delays pile up

Announced in 2017 and repeatedly postponed, Lufthansa's new long-haul business class cabin, scheduled for launch in late 2023, will not be launched until at least early 2024. Lufthansa business class: a cabin that's way out of its league You may have...

Privatization of TAP: it will be in 2024. But with whom?

Consolidation in the European airline sector continues with the announced privatization of TAP, which is due to take effect in 2024. With Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM and IAG all vying for the win. It has long been known that...

Looking back at Paris Air Forum 2023: The aviation industry torn between technological innovations and environmental guilt

Just over a month ago, the Paris Air Forum 2023 was held as a prelude to the Paris Air Show, about which Bertrand spoke to you a few weeks ago. To sum up this tenth anniversary edition ? A much...