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Air France boosts services to the French West Indies, French Guiana and Reunion Island

While due to COVID, Air France is bringing its domestic program back to pre-holiday levels, it has also announced an increase in frequencies to its overseas destinations. Next summer, the airline will serve the French West Indies (Pointe-à-Pitre in...

What service on KLM with the COVID health restrictions?

Here are the steps taken by KLM to adapt the service and customer experience to the constraints of COVID-19. General health measures at KLM No change in boarding priorities. Health measures on boarding according to local rules. Social distancing on board if possible. Mask...

Emirates ceases operations

Emirates has announced that it will suspend all commercial flights from March 25 for an indefinite period. Cargo flights will continue. (See the bottom of the article for successive updates) This decision is accompanied by drastic salary cuts of 100%...

Delta Airlines flight empties its tanks over a school

On January 14, Delta Airlines flight DL89 from Los Angeles to Shanghai experienced an engine problem, forcing a return flight to Los Angeles. Following safety procedures, he emptied his tanks before landing without any problems. On the other hand for an...

Skyteam opens a lounge at the new Istanbul airport

Last month Skyteam opened its 7th "own" lounge in Istanbul. It follows Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, London Heathrow, Sydney, and Vancouver. Why have their own lounge? In airports where no airline in the alliance has a strong presence, it is...

Royal Air Maroc joins OneWorld

At the moment, when we talk about alliances, it's more for negative than positive reasons. LATAM leaves Oneworld without going anywhere else, Air Europa says bye bye to Skyteam, Lufthansa offers 50 million euros to Air Italia to...

SAS unveils an attractive cabin for its A350s

SAS, the Scandinavian airline, has just presented the cabins that will equip its A350s, of which it has just received the first. Previously the airline had presented the new livery of its aircrafts, a minimalist livery that we find very...

Alitalia remains on life support with a new government loan

While Alitalia's takeover project has reached an dead end and the airline's liquidity is running out, the State has agreed to a new bridging loan of 400 million euros to ensure the airline's survival until a buyer is found. This...

A220 forbidden to fly full throttle

Following a series of engine incidents, Airbus A220s are no longer allowed to fly full throttle. We spoke to you just last week about the setbacks encountered by Airbus on its A320 Neo and A220. Things seem to be getting...

The four potential buyers of Malaysia Airlines are known

Malaysia Airlines has been in bad shape for a while now and the government was wondering whether to sell it, refinance it or simply shut it down. 20 potential investors have declared their interest in making a strategic investment in...