Faced with the powerful offensive of ecologists who find this machine too noisy, too fuel-consuming and above all reserved for the wealthiest, at least in private transport use, we began to imagine the end of this mode of transport, especially since its replacement seemed ready to take over, I am talking about the eVTOLs (Electric […]
On Monday, March 10, German air transport was almost completely paralyzed following a massive strike by ground workers at airports organized by the powerful Ver.di union. For example, Berlin airport was completely closed, Frankfurt was unable to provide connections, and Munich and Hamburg were also very disrupted. A total of 3,400 flights had to be […]
This is a difficult subject to analyze as the interactions between governments and air transport are complex. This starts with the observation that airspace belongs to the states but that its civilian exploitation is carried out by independent operators, whether public or private. However, the latter are ultimately dependent on the sovereign power, if only […]
The global geopolitical situation does not encourage optimism, at least at the beginning of 2025. Conflicts, even localized ones, have an unfortunate tendency to multiply. In Europe, there is still this war between Russia and Ukraine, and even though strong pressure is being exerted on the Ukrainian President, we still do not see the end […]
There are countless initiatives aimed at reducing the cost of painless air transport for professionals in the sector. And yet they are the first to be impacted, as well as the customers, of course. The first, employees considered easily replaceable, I am talking about ground staff, are an easy target for cost hunters. Whenever they […]
Although the increase in the number of passengers continues, reaching more than 5 billion by the end of the year, according to IATA experts, many difficulties have affected the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. It started with a series of air disasters never recorded in the last 5 years. And the causes […]
In the mid-1980s, no one could have bet a dollar on the future of Emirates, whose creation on 15 March 1985 followed Gulf Air’s gradual withdrawal from Dubai services. Operations commenced on 25 October 1985 using two Boeing 737s leased from Pakistan International Airlines with flights between Dubai and Karachi. At the time, Dubai bore […]
100 billion dollars is the staggering sum that the government of Saudi Arabia has put on the table to develop its air transport. To give you an idea, this corresponds to nearly 4 times the turnover of Air France/KLM and twice that of the Lufthansa Group. The announcement dates from June 2024 and was reiterated […]
As every year, the ranking of the best airlines in the world carried out by the London-based Skytrax organization is closely scrutinized. It must be said that this rating is not disputed by anyone and that it has been refined over time, since it began in 1999, a quarter of a century ago. This is […]
This is false, you will tell me, and you will be right. The first commercial flight took place in Florida in… 1914 and before the Second World War, major companies such as Pan Am, Air France, Imperial Airways, and others were already crisscrossing the skies and had traced important international networks. Pan Am, for example, […]
