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Intra-European travel has been doing very well," said aviation analyst James Halstead, adding that limited planes meant ticket prices could stay high. Britain's easyJet (EZJ.L) said earlier this month it wanted to more than double profits and expand its fleet, even though fuel prices could mean higher ticket prices. Spot Northwest European jet fuel prices were at $957 per metric ton on Wednesday, up 5% from before the assault. JET FUELSome airlines have already warned that rising fuel costs will drive up ticket prices or dampen future earnings. He said ticket prices could go up by a mid-single digit percentage ahead of Christmas.

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Air France-KLM has tended to let airlines it invests in keep their operations and branding. With the process still in its infancy, Air France-KLM has a chance to make a pitch to TAP now off the back of SAS. LONG FIGHT AHEADThere are remaining challenges for Air France-KLM as it looks to clear regulatory hurdles with SAS, including approval from American and European policymakers. Europe's airline industry has a history of cultural and political barriers to smooth integration, even within Air France-KLM itself. Air France-KLM is a member of the rival SkyTeam alliance.

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REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File PhotoLONDON/GDANSK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - European carriers on Monday reported disruptions and suspended flights across the African continent after Niger's junta closed its airspace on Sunday. The junta on Monday braced for a response from the West African regional bloc after ignoring its deadline to reinstate the country's ousted president or face the threat of military intervention. The disruption adds to a band of African airspace facing geopolitical disruptions including Libya and Sudan, with some flights facing up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) in detours. But aviation analyst James Halstead said that airlines would mostly have to find alternative routes and difficulties should be limited given the small number of African air connections. Spokespeople for Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and Brussels Airlines said that flight times could be between one-and-a-half and three-and-a-half hours longer for rerouted flights.

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☆ Airlines are offering more U.S.-Europe service than ever — but don't expect bargains
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Airlines scheduled a near-record 51,000 flights from June through August from the U.S. to Europe, according to airline data firm Cirium. The number of scheduled seats is the highest since 2018. Despite that increase in capacity across the Atlantic, fares are up sharply as airlines test travelers' appetites for trips abroad. JetBlue is flying to London's two largest airports from New York and Boston, and plans to launch service to Paris from New York in June. Delta plans to offer a record number of seats from the U.S. to Europe, up 20% from last summer.

“And we kind of thought that they were going to take us.”They waited, well into the early hours of the morning – before finally getting an email from the US State Department. However, the US State Department has advised that American citizens in Sudan “should have no expectation of a US government-coordinated evacuation at this time” due to the security situation and the closure of the airport in Khartoum. “It is imperative that US citizens in Sudan make their own arrangements to stay safe in these difficult circumstances,” said State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel at a news briefing last Friday. The French Embassy in Sudan was carrying out a separate evacuation for French citizens, and foreigners of other nationalities were welcome. Welker also argued that Americans in Sudan are largely there for humanitarian and educational reasons – and that the US should help retrieve all those who want to leave.

☆ Europe’s Air-Traffic Agency Under Attack From Pro-Russian Hackers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Bojan Pancevski | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, France. Photo: jacky naegelen/ReutersEurope’s air-traffic control agency said Thursday that it was under attack from pro-Russian hackers amid fears that Moscow could interfere with the region’s critical infrastructure as its confrontation with the West escalates. The cyberattack on the agency’s website started on April 19, a spokeswoman for the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, also known as Eurocontrol, said, adding that it wasn’t affecting the agency’s air-traffic control activities.

On Tuesday, a nationwide day of industrial action brought record numbers of people onto the streets against the policy change. But Olivier Gantois, the head of the French Association of Petroleum Industry (UFIP), said there was little impact on consumers for now. The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at TotalEnergies fuel depot in Mardyck, near Dunkerque, as France faces the sixth nationwide day of strike and protests against French government's pension reform plan, France, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolThe four French LNG terminals and all of the gas storage facilities also remained blocked, FNME-CGT representative Fabrice Coudour said. The next nationwide day of strikes and protests is set for Saturday.

☆ Air France-KLM orders new Airbus freighter, passenger aircraft
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] An Air France Airbus A350 airplane lands at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, near Paris, France April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File PhotoJan 27 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) has placed a firm order with Airbus (AIR.PA) for four freighter and three passenger aircraft, the Franco-Dutch airline said on Friday, as part of efforts to renew its fleet. They offer a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to Boeing's planes and are less noisy, the airline added. The three additional A350-900 passenger aircraft for Air France, to be based at Paris' main Charles de Gaulle airport, will replace previous generation models. By 2030, Air France-KLM aims to reduce CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometre by 30% compared to 2019 levels.

☆ France urges EU peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Jan 1 (Reuters) - France on Sunday urged European Union peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID after Paris decided to do so amid an outbreak sweeping the country. Only Italy and Spain also require tests in the 27-nation, largely border-free EU and health officials from across the bloc failed last week to agree on a joint course. From Sunday, France is requiring that travellers from China provide a negative COVID-19 test result less than 48 hours before departure and will randomly test those arriving. "France will push for this methodology to be applied across the EU," Health Minister François Braun said as he and Transport Minister Clement Beaune checked on the new procedures at Paris' Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport. Asked about the fact that a Chinese traveller with COVID could for the time being land in another EU country and then travel unchecked to France, Beaune said: "This is why we must coordinate (across the EU), to be more efficient."

☆ Summer's over, but the European travel season isn't
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

This photograph taken on August 7, 2018, shows an American Airlines Airbus A330-243 aircraft on the tarmac at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. It's a welcome shift for airlines as they seek to drum up revenue after travel restrictions and concerns about Covid-19 sapped demand for many European trips in 2020 and 2021. Lucrative business travel segments have been slower to return than leisure, making these trips all the more crucial. "I think there's no question that people's appetite for going to Europe has gotten longer," said Kyle Potter, executive editor of Thrifty Traveler, a travel and flight deal website. Plus, a strong U.S. dollar is making fall trips to Europe more attractive, driving down costs of everything from shopping in Milan to high-end dining in Paris or London for many U.S. travelers.

☆ Volkswagen-led consortium files for EU antitrust clearance in Europcar deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Charles PlatiauFRANKFURT, April 19 (Reuters) - A Volkswagen-led (VOWG_p.DE) consortium that has made a bid to buy Europcar (EUCAR.PA) has filed for antitrust clearance with the European Commission, it said on Tuesday, confirming that it expects the deal to be completed by the end of June. EU antitrust clearance is the only remaining obstacle standing in the way of the tender offer, the consortium, which also includes asset manager Attestor Limited and Dutch mobility group Pon Holdings BV, said in a joint statement. The consortium in July launched a bid for Europcar that values the French-listed firm at 2.9 billion euros ($3.1 billion). The 0.50 euros per share offer price can be topped up by 0.01 euros apiece if 90% of shareholders take it up. ($1 = 0.9260 euros)Reporting by Christoph Steitz and Foo Yun Chee, editing by Thomas EscrittOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Atenționare de călătorie în Franța: Este grevă la aeroporturile din Paris
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: AFPAtenționare de călătorie în Franța: Este grevă la aeroporturile din ParisSindicatele din Aeroporturile din Paris (ADP), Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle şi Orly au anunțat grevă până luni, informează Ministerul Afacerilor Externe. Astfel, există posibilitatea apariţiei unor întârzieri la decolarea şi aterizarea avioanelor pe cele două aeroporturi menţionate, în intervalul de timp vizatCetăţenii români pot solicita asistenţă consulară la numerele de telefon ale Ambasadei României la Paris: +33147052966 şi +33147052755, apelurile fiind redirecţionate către Centrul de Contact şi Suport al Cetăţenilor Români din Străinătate (CCSCRS) şi preluate de către operatorii Call Center în regim de permanenţă. De asemenea, cetăţenii români care se confruntă cu o situaţie dificilă, specială, cu un caracter de urgenţă, au la dispoziţie următoarele telefoane de permanenţă: misiunea diplomatică a României în Republica Franceză: +33680713729, Consulatul General al României la Marsilia: +33610027164, Consulatul General al României la Lyon: +33643627736 şi Consulatul General al României la Strasbourg: +33627050022, la care pot apela în funcţie de zona în care se află, transmite Digi24. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe recomandă consultarea paginilor de Internet paris.mae.ro, lyon.mae.ro, strasbourg.mae.ro, marsilia.mae.ro, www.mae.ro şi reaminteşte faptul că cetăţenii români care se deplasează în străinătate au la dispoziţie aplicaţia "Călătoreşte în siguranţă", care oferă informaţii şi sfaturi de călătorie.

Persons: Charles, de - Gaulle Organizations: Call Locations: Franța, Paris, de, Orly, României, Străinătate, Republica Franceză, Marsilia, Lyon, Strasbourg, lyon.mae.ro, strasbourg.mae.ro, marsilia.mae.ro, străinătate

☆ Zeci de indieni în tranzit ilegal, instalaţi pe aeroportul parizian Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: foto simbolZeci de indieni în tranzit ilegal, instalaţi pe aeroportul parizian Roissy-Charles-de-GaulleUn terminal al aeroportului parizian Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle a fost amenajat pentru a putea adăposti mai multe zeci de indieni în tranzit ilegal pe teritoriul francez, ceea ce a făcut să scadă numărul persoanelor menţinute în zona de aşteptare a aeroportului, relatează luni AFP, citată de Agerpres. Optzeci până la 90 de persoane în tranzit, cu probleme administrative de viză, se acolo în prezent", a declarat ADP luni pentru AFP. Numărul străinilor menţinuţi în zona de aşteptare principală a scăzut astfel la 35, potrivit unei surse aeroportuare. Toţi străinii instalaţi în anexa temporară sunt cetăţeni indieni, cei mai mulţi dintre ei fiind bărbaţi, a precizat aceeaşi sursă pentru AFP. În cea mai mare parte, aceşti indieni sunt în tranzit între Moscova şi Mexic, cu speranţa de a emigra în America de Nord.

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