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China kicks off Lunar New Year travel rush, expects record 9 billion trips
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2024
» BEIJING - China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted.
How do air travel safety measures differ by country?
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2020
» Governments, airlines and airports around the world are putting in place new measures to help protect travellers and allow for a return to the air during the global coronavirus pandemic.
Revival of supersonic travel faces headwinds
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» Supersonic passenger travel, which died out with the Concorde's demise in 2003, will make a comeback by the mid-2020s if three US entrepreneurial companies can make jets quiet and efficient enough to win over buyers and fliers.
Japan Airlines invests $10m in supersonic jet company Boom
Reuters, Published on 05/12/2017
» Denver-based startup Boom Supersonic said on Tuesday Japan's No 2 carrier Japan Airlines Co Ltd has invested $10 million in the company, which is building a supersonic passenger aircraft it claims will be faster, quieter and more affordable to fly than Concorde.
'Flying taxi' startup Lilium raises $90m from Tencent, others
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/09/2017
» FRANKFURT: Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to develop a five-passenger "flying taxi", has raised a second, $90 million round of financing from top tech investors, making it one of the best-funded electric aircraft projects to date.
Analysts: BA needs charm offensive
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/05/2017
» LONDON/BERLIN: British Airways must turn its attention to repairing its brand after a weekend of chaos and criticism caused by a major IT outage that grounded flights from London's two main airports.
Giant rabbit dies on United Airlines flight
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2017
» LONDON - A giant rabbit has died on a United Airlines flight from London, prompting a review at the Chicago-based airline which faced a global backlash this month over its treatment of a passenger who was dragged from his seat.
American Airlines suspends employee after fight on plane
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2017
» American Airlines has suspended an employee after a video showed an altercation on one of its planes involving crew, several passengers and a crying woman carrying a young child.
Slim chances of commercial success
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2017
» The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) has been delayed five times and faces rising costs, yet its future as the vanguard of Japanese-built passenger jets seems assured by the corporate muscle behind it and a government set on reviving an aerospace industry dismantled after World War II.
United Air removes couple from plane
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2017
» NEW YORK - An engaged couple were removed from a United Airlines flight to Costa Rica on Saturday, as the airline remained under scrutiny following outrage caused by a video last week of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight.