WASHINGTON – The United States and China have agreed to double the number of airlines’ flights that the airlines can operate between countries, from four to eight a week. The deal marks a further narrowing of a distance between the world’s two largest economies over travel restrictions imposed during the …
Read More »Boeing offers second volunteer redundancy package to employees
An aircraft flies over the Boeing Co. production facility. in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, on Monday, May 4, 2020. Sam Wolfe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing will offer a second voluntary redundancy package to employees to leave the company, with pay and benefits, the planner said on Monday. …
Read More »Airlines want people to believe that air travel is safe during the pandemic, but travelers are skeptical
In an effort to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a convincing audience that measures such as mandatory face masks and hospital-class air filters sitting in an airplane are safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It does not work. Research indicates that instead of becoming …
Read More »Netanyahu says Israel is preparing for direct flights to UAE via Saudi Arabia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends a statement at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, August 17, 2020. Emil Salman / Pool via REUTERS JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel was preparing for direct flights, across Saudi Arabia, to the …
Read More »Virus pandemic that affects air travel as carriers struggle
In an effort to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a convincing audience that measures such as mandatory face masks and hospital-class air filters sitting in an airplane are safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It does not work. Research indicates that instead of becoming …
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