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The end of “low-costs”
The title is a bit provocative, but the question deserves to be asked. Of course, “low-cost” carriers arenot going to disappear, but their product and their way of operating are in line with the methods oftraditional airlines and moreover, the latter have also largely evolved their operation towards the“low-cost” model. From then on, and at […]
How do airlines differ?
Pieter Elbers, CEO of India’s IndiGo, which has placed the largest order for aircraft ever with 1,021planes all at Airbus, pointed out that the only real difference between airlines was the quality of thecrew. Is this really true? Air transport is organised in such a way that all operators have the same opportunities because theyare […]
Enough is Enough
On July 3 and 4, 2025, a small minority of French air traffic controllers: 272 on Thursday, July 3 and 251 onFriday, July 4, 2025 out of a total of 3,462 air traffic controllers employed by the air navigation service DSNA,which depends on the DGAC, the French Civil Aviation Directorate, went on strike. The result […]
ICAO: A Supranational Power?
There are powers vested in certain international organizations that are greater than those of sovereign states. This is the case of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) created in November 1944 by the historic Chicago Convention which laid the foundations of modern commercial aviation. Originally 52 countries were part of this organization, there are now […]
The difficult relationship between the media and air transport
There is no doubt that air travel is one of the media’s favourite subjects. This activity has becomeaccessible to the general public even if a very small number of the inhabitants of the planet havealready practiced it. And then it is not natural for an earthling to be propelled into the air, at analtitude of […]
Aren’t Air Transport Customers Asking for Too Much?
There was a time, admittedly a little long ago, when air travel was expensive, not very comfortable and frequented by wealthy aficionados. This has changed a lot. It has now become a commodity, accessible to the vast majority of populations at least in developed countries. It is now more comfortable no matter what people say […]
At the Service of Small and Medium-Sized Carriers
From the beginning, air transport was designed to be used in the same way in all countries of theworld with the same constraints but also the same possibilities for all. As early as the ChicagoConference in December 1944, which created the foundations on which air transport was built, andthen with the creation of IATA in […]
Where is Air Travel Headed?
It is always interesting to read airline advertisements and press releases. In the end, we learn a lotabout the state of mind of the sector and we can guess the major trends to come. I note an essentialone: it seems that instead of a rapprochement between the “low cost” models and traditionalcarriers, there is a […]
Unpacking the Premises of the Aviation Industry
Sometimes air travel is difficult to understand. Some thunderous practices or announcementsgenerate misunderstandings, at least as far as I am concerned. Here are a few examples. The price of the planesRecently, following his visit to the Middle East, he and Donald Trump’s team may have announced amassive order for Boeing aircraft from Qatar: 160 long-haul […]