Airlines' fragile recovery from COVID
Airlines are recovering from huge COVID fallout but face fresh turbulence from rocketing inflation while airports battle to cope with booming demand.
Jul 15, 2022
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Founder of Joby Aviation says electric air taxis will be in service in 2025
The notion that hundreds or even thousands of electric-powered air taxis could be whisking people over jammed roads is inching away from science fiction and closer to reality.
Oct 9, 2023
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Buttigieg warns airlines to finish retrofitting planes to avoid interference from 5G signals
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned the nation's airlines Friday that flights could be disrupted starting next week because some planes lack updated equipment to prevent interference from transmissions by wireless ...
Jun 24, 2023
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A rapid shift to electric cars can save 24,000 lives and leave Australia $148B better off over the next two decades
Reducing air pollution from road transport will save thousands of lives and improve the health of millions of Australians. One of the quickest ways to do this is to accelerate the current slow transition to electric vehicles.
Sep 15, 2022
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Latin America's stricken airlines facing long haul to recovery
Latin America's beleaguered airlines will take up to three years to recover losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, and in the meantime desperately need government help, according to experts surveying the damage to the industry.
May 31, 2020
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As climate concerns threaten air travel, aviation industry banks on technology solutions
As aviation struggles to emerge from the historic, pandemic-driven downturn, another longer-term challenge already looms. Concern about air travel's contribution to climate change threatens to curtail growth of an industry ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Airlines given $123 bn in state aid: industry
Governments have provided airlines $123 billion to help weather the coronavirus storm, the global aviation industry said Tuesday, warning though that the assistance was adding to surging debt in the industry.
May 26, 2020
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Steady need for new planes despite pandemic: Airbus
The pandemic will have no long-term impact on the need for new aircraft, according to a market outlook released Saturday by European plane maker Airbus, which foresees greener fleets emitting less CO2.
Nov 13, 2021
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Airlines push White House to reject testing for US flights
Leaders of several major U.S. airlines met online Friday with White House officials to press their case against requiring coronavirus tests for passengers on domestic flights, saying it would undermine the already fragile ...
Feb 12, 2021
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Air industry could fly back into black next year, IATA says
Global air transport is on course to return to profit after two pandemic-battered years but the war in Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis lurk as threats, the industry's world body said on Monday.
Jun 20, 2022
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