Airlines

Lufthansa has just announced that they will soon be offering low-cost long haul flights; a first for a traditional European company. From the winter of 2015, under the name of Eurowings, they will propose "leisure" destinations in the Indian Ocean, South Africa and Florida from Cologne and Bonn.
 

Reclaiming Business Class clientèle to its medium-haul network is the new goal Air France has set itself, after attacking that of the long haul. On 27th November, at their company headquarters at Roissy (near Paris), the Chairman and CEO presented the new Business Class cabins seats that will be provided on some of its Airbus A319’s and A320’s from next April.
 

The US company Delta Air Lines has just finished shopping at Airbus, having bought 23 A330neo’s and 25 A350’s, all equipped with Rolls-Royce engines; the Trent 7000 for the A330neo’s and the Trent XWB for the A350’s.
 

Following the merger in January of three Air France regional airlines together under the name of "Hop!", the French national carrier has decided to accelerate the transition even further. From next summer, all Air France domestic flights within Europe, except those serving Roissy airport, will be be marketed under the brand name "Hop! Air France".
 

This year’s new Beaujolais has just arrived. Fermented for just a few weeks, this vin nouveau wine is put on sale at midnight (French time), on the third Thursday of November; and to be able to taste this vin primeur or young wine at the same time around the world, a whole logistics programme was established.
 

After the Barbie ‘plane, here's the Hello Kitty ! Images of the famous Japanese character’s whole Sanrio family have appeared on six various types of aircraft since 2011. Their recent arrival in France on the fuselage of the Taiwanese company Eva Air’s Boeing 777, was the first of three weekly flights between Paris and Taipei, capital of Taiwan. We thought you would like to come with us to say “Hello Kitty”.
 

On 21st October, Air France launched its first weekly Toulouse - Paris green fuelled flights. For one year, the airline will use a kerosene compound composed of 10% biofuel produced from sugar cane fermentation and manufactured by a subsidiary of Total oil in Brazil. Thanks to the addition of this product to the original normal fossil fuel, the greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 80%.
 

October 15th was a starry night for a 5-star company in Paris, when All Nippon Airways organized a party in the Cambon Capucines pavilion, during which, the Japanese company unveiled a sneak preview of their new generation uniforms soon to be worn by some 13,000 employees.
 

Qatar Airways were well and truly present on 4th October, at Longchamp racecourse near Paris. On the occasion of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, one of the world's most prestigious horse races, the Doha company introduced its new "thoroughbred" A380 First Class seat.
 

Virgin Australia has just presented their new long-haul fleet Business Class design. Dubbed "Suite" by its manufacturer B / E Aerospace, the new seat will convert into a more than two metre-long horizontal bed. A revamp by Tangerine, the London design firm.
 

After 14 days of strike, Air France management and their biggest pilots’ union (SNPL) have finally reached an agreement. But what was the longest Air France conflict, has even more than the ensuing serious consequences for the company.
 

On the occasion of the IFTM - Top Resa tourism show, which runs from 23rd., to 26th., September in Paris, Lufthansa is presenting their new Premium Economy Class seat. For an average additional cost of around 500 Euros, compared to economy class, this intermediate class provides extra comfort.
 

On this 10th day of their strike, Air France pilots are maintaining the pressure on management. Yesterday, 23rd. September, 300 co-pilots and captains were thus gathered outside the French National Assembly in Paris, demanding nothing less than the simple withdrawal of the Transavia Europe project. Given the costs incurred by the strike, Alexandre De Juniac could possibly make a U-turn.
 

On 16th., September at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Qatar Airways took delivery of its first A380 out of the ten ordered. The all fired up ceremony, took place three months behind the original schedule due to a request received by the manufacturer from the Gulf company to correct some minor problems with the cabin finishes.