The “Air Briefs” are a quick overview of the latest information from airports and airlines, their new services, equipment, plus also the openings and closures of lines, etc. In short, all these little things or little details which without being revolutionary regularly feed the news in the aviation world.
France and Europe
It is therefore from April 2 that all Europeans will need a Electronic Travel Authorization to go to the United Kingdom. But, in a very recent decision, the British authorities have nevertheless decided that passengers in transit (meaning who do not have to go through customs) will be exempt from this ETA. Except, unfortunately, this measure could only be temporary. To be continued…
For once we can not blame Ryanair. We learned it recently, but the low cost company is demanding €15,000 in damages from one of its passengers who, drunk, last April, disrupted (to say the least…) a flight Dublin-Lanzarote to the point that it had to be diverted to Portugal. An example that could be followed by other carriers in the future given that the company has decided to now apply a “zero tolerance” policy in this area. In which she is absolutely right.
In a completely different genre, more debatable, the same Ryanair has just announced that it will reduce its capacity to/from Spanish regional airports by 800,000 seats for the year 2025. As already for Bordeaux or Germany, it finds in fact that the taxes asked of it are too high. Which means that, in response, the company has decided to scale back in order to concentrate elsewhere on cities or countries that are more “accommodating” in terms of taxes.
Among the new airlines of the moment in France: a Lille-Toulon and a Saint-Etienne – Bejaïa (Algeria) offered by ASL Airlinesa summer Brest-Heraklion (Crete) by The volleyan Orly-Krakow by the Poles of LOTplus the announcement for this summer by easyJet of 11 lines departing from Nantes, Lyon and Orly. Added to this is also a strengthening of the connection between Metz-Nancy airport and Oran by Air Algeria.
We told you about it a little while ago, Turkish Airlines is now the company in the world with the most foreign countries ever offered by an airline. With the recent opening of its line to Chile, it now serves 131 countries. But that's not all, because the Turkish company expects to reach 50 billion in turnover within five or six years, 170 million passengers transported and more than 800 planes for its fleet (300 more than now). In short, a company always full of ambitions…
Americas & Pacific
Even if its financial situation improves a little, the company Argentine Airlines decided to eliminate several of its domestic lines in Argentina to save money.
-This is becoming clearer in the Brazilian sky with the acquisition nearing completion of Gol par sa rivale Azul Linhas Aéreas.
Asia & Middle East
Even if it remains fragile, the peace agreement between Hamas and Israel also has the consequence that several airlines like Lufthansa or low cost easyJet et Wizzair will resume their service to Tel Aviv.
After having “reorganized” the Hong Kong company in recent years, Cathay Pacificis starting again with a vengeance and has just announced half a dozen new destinations around the world for 2025. With in the mix the resumption of its Hong Kong-Rome which will make the Italian capital the twelfth service (including Roissy) of the company in Europe.
Surprising for Japan, but the fact is that thefts, particularly of cash, on board planesTokyo Narita Airport have experienced a worrying increase in recent times. To the point that the Japanese authorities, the airport and the companies have decided to set up a prevention campaign for travelers.
Africa
Would this be proof that the situation is improving a little in this country that we only hear about most often when something is going wrong? But the fact is that after a decades of absence the Italian company ITA Airways has just relaunched its flights to Libya, between Rome and Tripoli. In addition to ITA, others such as Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways or Saudia could soon also reschedule the country. While another Libyan city, Benghazi, has just been added this January to the vast network of Turkish Airlines.
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