Transport
Departures on holiday: Bison Futé forecasts extremely heavy traffic on Saturday, with a black flag for the biggest cross-country flight
It’s going to be a hot summer. Nationwide, Bison Futé is predicting a weekend of heavy traffic congestion on the main roads, starting on Friday ...
Transport
Aéroports de Paris: unions call for strike action on July 17, ahead of the Olympic Games
Aéroports de Paris unions call for strike action on July 17, ahead of the Olympic Games Four unions at Paris airports operator Groupe ADP announced ...
Transport
Departures on summer holidays: up to 653 km of traffic jams on the roads in the middle of the day
Record traffic jams for the first weekend of the summer holidays Saturday was classified as red throughout the country because of the start of the ...
Transport
Accident involving a minibus transporting children from the Var to Slovenia: two dead, including a child
Two minibuses from the Var region, carrying children to Slovenia for a sports trip, were involved in an accident on Friday. The Var prefecture is ...
Transport
Seine-et-Marne: Three people killed in a tourist plane crash on the A4 motorway
The small plane crashed at 3.45pm on Sunday, after colliding with a high-voltage power line The crash of a passenger plane on the A4 motorway ...
Transport
Crack on the A13: the prefecture announces that the motorway will be fully reopened on Monday
The reopening will take place “in two stages”: firstly in the province-Paris direction from Thursday morning, then a complete reopening in both directions of traffic ...
Transport
The ring road is unexpectedly closed, causing traffic jams of over 400 km, with alternative routes completely saturated.
There was another unexpected closure of the Paris ring road and several other major routes on Thursday 6 June, due to the US President’s visit ...
Business
SNCF: agreement on bonuses for the Games approved by the majority of unions
The SNCF is proposing to pay 95 euros gross per day to railway workers mobilised during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, up to a maximum ...
Business
The €49-a-month ‘rail pass’ will be on sale from Wednesday for young people aged between 16 and 27
The scheme, which applies to all French regions except Ile-de-France, will be available in July and August The ‘rail pass’, aimed at young people aged ...
Environmental
Almost five billion air passengers expected worldwide by 2024, a record
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), meeting at its General Assembly in Dubai, predicts that by 2024 airlines will have made a net profit of ...