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SNCF Strike on June 10: Disruptions Expected on High-Speed Lines

September 3, 2026 by Amara Nambinga

Grève SNCF du 10 juin : des perturbations sont à prévoir pour les TGV INOUI en France ou vers l'Europe, OUIGO, TGV Lyria, avec en moyenne 2 TGV sur 3 en circulation - DepositPhotos.com, shadow69

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On en sait plus sur les prévisions de trafic SNCF pour le mercredi 10 juin 2026, alors qu’un mouvement social national est annoncé.

Dans un communiqué, la SNCF annonce que des perturbations sont à prévoir pour les TGV INOUI en France ou vers l’Europe, OUIGO, TGV Lyria, avec en moyenne 2 TGV sur 3 en circulation.

“Tous les clients sont recontactés en cas d’annulation de leur train et bénéficient d’un remboursement ou d’une possibilité de report sur un autre train. Grâce aux places restant disponibles, l’ensemble des clients devrait pouvoir voyager dans la journée“, souligne le Groupe.

De même, des perturbations sont à prévoir sur les lignes Intercités de jour et de nuit avec environ 1 train sur 2 qui circulera.

Grève SNCF du 10 juin : en région, un trafic “fortement perturbé”

The regional traffic, for its part, will be heavily disrupted. Detailed forecasts will be announced in each region on all information channels starting this Monday, June 8, by the end of the day.

Finally, in Île-de-France, for trains and RER operated on behalf of Île-de-France Mobilités, traffic will be heavily disrupted on most lines. The detailed forecasts for each line will be announced starting Tuesday, June 9.

“Transilien SNCF Voyageurs and Île-de-France Mobilités invite travelers who can to postpone their train travel on June 10“.

Read also : Convention EDV – SNCF : “It is high time we get to work” says Jean Castex

Delta Air Lines Posts Solid Q2 2026 Results

August 27, 2026 by Amara Nambinga

Delta Airlines : des résultats solides au 2e trimestre 2026, Depositphotos.com Photo by Boarding2Now

Costa Rica

Delta Air Lines s’appuie sur une demande soutenue pour absorber des coûts de carburant historiques. Au cours du trimestre clos en juin 2026, la compagnie a enregistré un chiffre d’affaires opérationnel GAAP de 19,8 milliards de dollars (17,7 milliards de dollars en non-GAAP). Cette performance opérationnelle permet à l’entreprise de générer un rendement à deux chiffres sur le capital investi et de poursuivre la réduction de sa dette.

Ed Bastian, directeur général de Delta, commente ces résultats : « We generated $1.4 billion of pretax earnings while absorbing the highest quarterly fuel costs in our history. This performance reflects the strength of demand, the growing preference for our brand, and the dynamics of our diversified revenue base. »

Pour l’ensemble de l’exercice 2026, la direction confirme ses prévisions initiales, ciblant une croissance des bénéfices de 20 % sur l’année. Les objectifs annuels prévoient un bénéfice par action (EPS) ajusté situé entre 6,50 $ et 7,50 $, ainsi qu’un flux de trésorerie disponible compris entre 3 et 4 milliards de dollars.

Robust Financial Metrics and Positive Outlook for the September Quarter

The results for the April–June 2026 quarter underscore the company’s profitability. On a GAAP basis, operating income stood at $1.9 billion (margin 9.4%) and earnings per share reached $2.44. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income was $1.6 billion (margin 8.8%) with an adjusted earnings per share of $1.56. Operating cash flow was $1.6 billion on a GAAP basis (1.7 billion on a non-GAAP basis).

For the quarter from July to September 2026, the carrier expects revenue to rise by about 15% (“mid-teens”) versus the prior year, accompanied by a double-digit operating margin.

This favorable trend should support the company’s debt-reduction plan and the planned revaluation of dividends paid to shareholders in the fall.

Cruise Lines Buy Up Paradise Islands in Droves

August 21, 2026 by Amara Nambinga

In brochures, they make quite an impression. Lately, private islands have become one of the cruise industry’s latest weapons to entice passengers. In the Bahamas, Royal Caribbean, for example, transformed Little Stirrup Cay into a true fun park. Renamed Perfect Day at CocoCay, or CocoCay for the in‑the‑know, the island offers white-sand beaches, pools, private cabanas and a vast water park. From the ship’s portholes, the vegetation is nearly erased by the neon-coloured slides that saturate the landscape, like giant serpents.

“There, everyone is having fun”, recounts a Daily Mail journalist who tried the experience. In the edition of Thursday, August 13, he describes entire families cavorting in the pools and couples toasting with champagne in the private overwater cabanas.

A world designed specifically for the traveler

Since its opening in 2019, which cost $250 million in investments (about €231 million), CocoCay has become Royal Caribbean’s most popular port of call worldwide. The 58‑hectare island now concentrates all vacationers’ desires: families can enjoy the water attractions, adults have access to calmer zones and sometimes areas reserved for those over the legal age. Royal Caribbean has refined its winning formula to turn CocoCay into a model.

After a first Royal Beach Club in Nassau, the company opened another space in Santorini, and it aims to offer a total of eight such complexes by 2028.

More money away from crowds and constraints

Yet the concept is far from new. Norwegian Cruise Line was the first to buy its own island in 1977, with Great Stirrup Cay, also in the Bahamas. Since then, Disney Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and others have followed. The movement has accelerated on all fronts in recent years. MSC Cruises would notably have invested $200 million (around €185 million) to transform a former industrial island into a marine reserve at Ocean Cay.

Carnival, for its part, has developed Celebration Key on more than 26 hectares of land in Grand Bahama, featuring a lagoon and one of the longest bars accessible from a pool anywhere in the world.

For all these companies, these islands primarily represent a new revenue stream. Passengers can access certain facilities for free, but paid options pile up quickly. Restaurants, drinks, watersports or private cabanas help push up the bill. At CocoCay, the star of the line, access to the water park starts at around €77 per person, while booking premium cabanas can cost nearly €3,500.

At the same time, the companies also save on certain costs tied to traditional port calls and avoid conflicts with residents of destinations that are very touristy, or even overrun.

65% Cut in Air Passenger Tax: Here Are the 26 Affected Lines

July 6, 2026 by Amara Nambinga

Baisse de 65 % de la taxe sur les billets d'avion : voici les lignes 26 lignes concernées ! - depositphotos.com Auteur ilixe48

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The government is implementing, from June 1, 2026, a reduction in the passenger air transport tax (TSBA) for certain air routes deemed essential to territorial development.

Announced by Philippe Tabarot, Minister of Transport, this measure targets routes operated under a public service obligation (PSO) and under a public service delegation (DSP).

The scheme reduces by 65 % the amount of tax applied to each ticket, dropping it from 7.40 euros to 2.63 euros.

Planned by the initial 2025 finance law, this reduction was conditioned on the prior agreement of the European Commission. French authorities had begun talks with Brussels since the law’s enactment. Following these exchanges, the Commission confirmed the measure’s compatibility with EU law, thus paving the way for its entry into force.

The government is working to extend the scheme to overseas territories.

The measure covers, notably, several metropolitan routes serving towns such as Aurillac, Brive, Le Puy-en-Velay or Rodez. It also includes connections between Corsica and the mainland, notably to Paris-Orly, Marseille and Nice, as well as the links connecting Strasbourg to various European metropolises and the Brest–Ouessant line. In total, 26 air routes are affected.

The decree implementing this reduction was published on May 31, 2026.

“By making these routes more financially accessible, this measure reflects the Government’s will to support the connectivity of the least-served territories and to ease the cost of air travel to and from these destinations,” stated Philippe Tabarot.

The minister also indicated that the government would continue its work to extend a similar scheme to overseas territories.

The European Commission, however, regarded the mechanism provided for in the finance law for Overseas routes as not legally retainable in its current form. “We therefore actively pursue the work started to find a solid and appropriate legal solution for our Overseas Territories,” he added.

Here are the 26 routes affected by the air ticket tax reduction:

– Aurillac – Paris ;

– Brive – Paris ;

– Le Puy – Paris ;

– Castres – Paris ;

– Rodez – Paris ;

– Limoges – Paris ;

– Tarbes – Paris ;

– Brest – Ouessant ;

– Limoges – Lyon ;

– La Rochelle – Lyon ;

– Poitiers – Lyon ;

– Strasbourg – Madrid ;

– Strasbourg – Munich ;

– Strasbourg – Copenhagen ;

– Ajaccio – Paris (Orly) ;

– Bastia – Paris (Orly) ;

– Calvi – Paris (Orly) ;

– Figari – Paris (Orly) ;

– Bastia – Marseille ;

– Bastia – Nice ;

– Calvi – Marseille ;

– Calvi – Nice ;

– Ajaccio – Marseille ;

– Ajaccio – Nice ;

– Figari – Marseille ;

– Figari – Nice.

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Airport: Expect Long Lines This Summer

July 1, 2026 by Amara Nambinga

The new European border management system, called EES (Entry/Exit System), has come into operation on 10 April 2026. It is a European database enabling the digital collection of personal data from third-country nationals, whether visa-exempt or not, upon their entry into and exit from the 29 Schengen-area countries. This device was introduced to modernize controls at Europe’s external borders.

It gradually replaces the manual passport stamp with a digital record of non-European travelers’ entries and exits, including biometric data such as a facial photograph and fingerprints.

However, since its rollout at airports, the system has caused disruptions, notably long queues for travelers. Indeed, according to a recent Financial Times statement, several affected countries placed late orders for the biometric data-collection machines required to implement this device, which could significantly disrupt travel during the peak summer season.

A new European border system that could disrupt air travel this summer

Marco Troncone, the head of Rome Airports, recently told a British media outlet that he was “very worried about the summer” and that “the EES system must be suspended to avoid a catastrophe.” Indeed, the situation has already caused concern in Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium and Greece, where authorities have sometimes suspended biometric checks to prevent airport saturation, while American and British holidaymakers prepare to flock to the continent. Olivier Jankovec, head of the airport industry association ACI Europe, meanwhile warns that the “system is not functioning”.

Originally, the automated system was designed to process each passenger in less than a minute. But when it is out of service or malfunctioning, customs officers must revert to manual checks, including fingerprint collection. This is why wait times can grow substantially for travelers, especially since many airports require a single queue for all passengers.

According to ACI Europe’s findings, drawn from 45 airports across 20 countries, passengers wait up to three and a half hours to be served. Smaller airports have been particularly affected by the new device, notably the Greek islands of Corfu and Zakynthos, which require travelers to wait on the tarmac. According to Olivier Jankovec, the European Commission “from the start, ignored the operational implications of the device. For weeks and months, they refused to see that we had problems”, he revealed.

European airports adapt their strategies to address EES-related challenges

To mitigate the difficulties related to implementing the EES, some member states are organizing as best they can. Malta has announced a contract with an Italian company specializing in artificial intelligence for installing facial-image capture kiosks, while the Czech government awarded a contract for fingerprint readers at Prague Airport. Meanwhile, Ryanair has asked Spain to suspend its entry authorization system, described as “half-baked” after complaining of “excessive” queues that can reach up to an hour at passport controls.

Switzerland has already had a glimpse of the disruptions the EES could bring this summer, its airports having faced long delays during the winter ski season. At Geneva Airport, queues for non-EU passengers reached up to two and a half hours, prompting authorities to double staff in the arrivals hall. The European Commission, for its part, has repeatedly stressed that the system is functioning correctly and that member states have the flexibility to temporarily suspend biometric checks until September.

According to Commission figures, the new system has already logged more than 108 million entries since October and has denied access to 42,000 people, including 1,100 deemed security risks. Moreover, a Commission spokesperson recently reaffirmed that it is up to member states to ensure proper deployment of the border-management operating system on the ground. The smooth operation of borders must be guaranteed by member states through a sufficient number of border guards and automated solutions, such as self-service kiosks and electronic gates.