Depuis plusieurs jours, le trafic aérien à Madagascar connaît une forte perturbation à la suite de la décision de plusieurs compagnies internationales de suspendre leurs vols à destination du pays. Situation politique instable La perturbation du trafic aérien à Madagascar s’inscrit dans un contexte de tensions politiques récentes. Des manifestations et des mouvements sociaux ont […]
Le mardi 19 août 2025, la longue grève du personnel navigant d’Air Canada a pris fin, suite à un accord conclu lors d’une nuit de négociations tendues. Reprise graduelle de l’activité Le SCFP, représentant les employés, et Air Canada ont finalement trouvé un terrain d’entente dans le cadre d’une médiation. Cet accord a marqué la […]
Many flights are delayed. Usually it’s due to a technical problem, a strike or a meteorological issue. Sometimes, passengers faced some awkward situations! We specially picked for your the best stories of the last years. A ground worker forgotten in the cargo hold An TAAG Angola Airlines plane had to make a stop in Porto just after its […]
Some airports offer individual relaxation areas: the ideal space for taking a nap or relaxing. The first nap spaces appeared in the Atalanta airport in 2009 and have since been developed in other airports around the world. But what are these areas? Let’s consider three examples: In Atlanta, Philadelphia and Dallas (USA), the rooms have a […]
The national strike is due to air traffic control unions. This is the 11th strike in 12th weeks. Ryanair cancelled more than 50 flights and foresee many other delays and cancellations. British Airways and easyJet are forced to suspend their French services. Air France plans to operate all flights but some delays and cancellations […]
The three Air France unions came upon an agreement. The pilots strike of the French company will occur between the 11th and the 14th of June. These days were chosen because the Euro competition – which takes place in France this year – will begin the day before the strike. The pilots unions want to […]
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has reported traffic stats for August 2015. In the five London airports, it has no less than 96,000 departures and arrivals, an increase of 4.8% compared to last year. But among all these flights, over 30,000 were victims of a delay of more than 15 minutes. Compared to August 2014, […]
Today, it is considered that only 5% of incidents (delay, cancellation, overbooking) which are eligible are subject to claims. Companies are generally insufficiently informed about potential remedies. Considering also that the process can last up to 18 months and lead to a dispute, many prefer to give up before they recover what they are owed. […]
Generally, when a flight is delayed, the victims expect financial compensation. After the story of this tweet very badly taken from Transavia after a delay, the passengers of the Lion Air flight from Surabaya to Bali were offered by the co-pilot ‘services’ of a flight attendant. A passenger, shocked by this announcement, decided to write […]
A cancelled flight, the tweet of the year As she was about to board a Transavia plane, it was cancelled, not one but four times. Not glad with this flurry of bad news, the adult film actress decided to make it known by tweeting : “Possible to have information on the flight TO3743? Cancelled 4 […]
