ATHENS, Greece — A new round of figures from the Bank of Greece confirms what anyone who has tried booking a last-minute room in the Cyclades already knows: the country’s tourism boom is not letting up.
LONDON — If you have ever sat on the tarmac in Heathrow, Frankfurt or Barcelona wondering why your flight is delayed yet again, International Air Transport Association Director General Willie Walsh feels your pain—and he insists the airlines should not be the ones paying for it.
PARIS, France — British holidaymakers plotting late-summer escapes may soon find their itineraries up in the air. In Paris, France’s largest air-traffic-controller union has called a two-day walkout that could snarl flights on both sides of the Channel and ripple across much of Europe.
PARIS — Travelers motoring across France this week may find themselves swapping picnic stops for enforced shade breaks, as the country’s road‐information service has urged drivers—particularly holidaymakers from the United Kingdom—to stay off the tarmac during the fiercest afternoon heat.
If your 2025 bucket list still includes Phuket’s beaches, Dubrovnik’s city walls or a selfie at Santorini’s blue-domed churches, you may want to press pause.
A routine attempt to check in for a flight from Paris to Chicago turned into a legal showdown this week, highlighting persistent accessibility gaps in international air travel and reminding globetrotters with disabilities of the protections they are owed on every leg of the journey.
PARIS, France — Lovers of croissants and cobblestone boulevards have long accepted that crowds come with the territory, but a new data dive confirms just how jam-packed France’s capital will be in the months ahead.
NARBONNE, France — Days of fierce flames in the Aude department of southern France have upended summer travel plans, forced the evacuation of residents and holiday-makers, and scorched an area larger than 16,000 hectares. Narbonne, a popular Riviera gateway known for its Roman ruins and seaside charm, now sits on the edge of France’s worst wildfire since 1949.
PARIS, France — Travelers settling into Air France’s La Première suites out of Paris this summer will find an elegant new ritual waiting at their seat: a trio of signature cocktails designed exclusively for the airline’s most luxurious cabin, according to a press release by Air France.
Salt-sprayed Atlantic breezes, pastel Belle Époque villas, and world-class waves already draw travelers to Biarritz; now the Basque resort town adds a new refuge above the breakers.
