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'Flying taxis' to be tested during Paris Olympics: Minister

France's transport minister said Wednesday that so-called "flying taxis"—large futuristic drones capable of transporting several people—would be authorized for use on an experimental basis during the Paris Olympics.

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Lufthansa made to pay $775 mn in US flight refunds

The US Department of Transportation said Monday that three airlines including German carrier Lufthansa have been made to pay over $900 million in passenger refunds due to pandemic-related flight cancellations or changes.

Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves either through an atmosphere (especially the air) or beyond it (as in the case of spaceflight) by generating lift or propulsive thrust, or aerostatically using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement.

The engineering aspects of flight is studied in aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, which is the study of vehicles that travel through the air, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space.

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