Record-Breaking Air Travel: Historic Passengers Expected in 2024 – IATA

2023-12-06 10:55:18 Passengers in the terminal of Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, November 21, 2023. JIM WATSON / AFP Airlines expect to carry 4.7 billion passengers worldwide next year, a “historic record”surpassing the 4.54 billion in 2019, before the Covid-19 health crisis, their main organization announced on Wednesday, December 6. From this year, carriers will … Read more

Five shipowners commit to total decarbonization of maritime transport in 2050

2023-12-01 15:25:24 The “CMA CGM Symi” in the port of Mokpo, South Korea, on January 20, 2022. VLADIMIR TONIC / AP “This is my first participation in a conference of the parties. » When flying to Dubai, the host emirate of the 28e world climate conference (COP28), Rodolphe Saadé assures that he does not arrive … Read more

the Competition Authority highlights the obstacles to the arrival of new players

2023-11-29 17:35:17 It was an ultimately unconvincing Competition Authority which presented, on Wednesday November 29, its advisory opinion on the competitive functioning of the land transport sector. Chaired by the economist Benoît Cœuré, it is there to ensure that the players do not hinder competition supposed to benefit the consumer. She spoke out on the … Read more

Controversial Ferrovial Move: Heathrow Airport Stake Acquisition and Corporate Headquarters Transfer

2023-11-29 00:02:01 This operation, however, remains subject to the green light from the stock market watchdog, specifies the company, which acquired a stake in the company managing Heathrow airport in 2006, as part of a takeover bid. “Over the last 17 years, as an investor, we have contributed to the transformation of Heathrow, alongside other … Read more

the metropolis of Lille seizes the administrative court after delays by Alstom

2023-11-28 20:42:50 The European Metropolis of Lille (MEL) has taken the matter to the administrative court to obtain guarantees from Alstom, selected in 2012 for the extension of the metro in the metropolis, but which is behind schedule “forecast of at least 10 years”, the public establishment announced Tuesday, November 28. The motion for interim … Read more

why there are concerns about the transport offer during the Olympics

2023-11-24 07:50:49 In the Paris metro, in 2017, after the award of the Olympic Games to the city of Paris. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP Fifteen million visitors are expected for the Olympic Games (JO), from July 26 to August 11, and Paralympic Games, from August 28 to September 8, and the organizing committee has focused … Read more

“We are not going to be ready” for transport at the time of the Olympic Games, according to Anne Hidalgo

2023-11-23 07:01:20 Transport in Paris and its surroundings has long been identified as one of the main points of tension in the preparation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) in 2024. The capacity of the public authorities and the organizers of Paris 2024 to hold their promise of 100% access to competition sites by … Read more