News Archive: 2009: transport and infrastructure

20, 2009 November:

Largest plane takes to skies

An Air France A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, sets off today on its first flight across the Atlantic despite production and delivery delays still plaguing its manufacturer Airbus - the flight will leave Paris shortly before noon local time, with 538 passengers aboard, and is scheduled to arrive in New York just after 1pm local time...

23, 2009 October:

Emotional baggage

Air France will begin charging economy class passengers for checking a second bag on flights between Europe and the United States, the carrier said on Thursday, in line with US and British airline policies...

12, 2009 October:

AirAsia to fly to Paris

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia yesterday confirmed it will soon start a service to Paris after winning the necessary landing rights, a top official said...

14, 2009 September:

Ditching reality

French passengers on an Aer Lingus Dublin-Paris flight were thrown into panic when a faulty announcement told them the plane was about to make an emergency landing, the airline said...

06, 2009 August:

Links of London

A new transport system is in the planning which will link London to the Paris Metro, allowing passengers to take the Eurostar from London St Pancras straight through to an underground stop on the new metro line...

22, 2009 July:

The fly and low points

Now, this sounds like most travellers' dream come true - a night in a venue right by the airport, all for free! Only slight downside is that the venue IS the airport - but at least a travel website ‘The Guide to Sleeping in Airports' advises you on the best and worst ones in which to sleep...

08, 2009 July:

Air-France flying low

Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, which has already been forced to cut operations in the economic crisis, saw passenger traffic fall 6.4 per cent in June, the company said on Tuesday...

17, 2009 June:

New sensors for Air France

Air France has replaced the air speed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul aircraft, a pilots' union official says. The company had been under pressure from pilots who feared the devices could be linked to the crash of Flight 447...

01, 2009 April:

The painted lady

Considering it was supposed to have been dismantled more than a century ago, Paris' most famous landmark is looking good as it turns 120 years old - however, none of this growing old gracefully - the ‘Iron Lady' is being given a facelift to maintain her youthful appearance...

14, 2009 January:

Eurostar travel hits record level

High-speed Channel Tunnel passenger train service Eurostar has said ticket sales rose 10.9 per cent last year, as it carried 10.3 per cent more passengers...

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