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fool.com - Thomas Niel - Should You Dump Airline Stocks With the Iran War Still Simmering?
Should You Dump Airline Stocks With the Iran War Still Simmering?
The Motley Fool

The Iran war has been going on for six months, with seemingly no end in sight. In the best-case scenario, the situation turns into a stalemate. Worst case, tensions and conflict escalate. Either way, it's not looking good for the Strait of Hormuz…

cbsnews.com - Bri  Buckley - Former Spirit Airlines workers hit Broward job fair months after carrier's shutdown: 'I've heard the word ghost a lot'
Former Spirit Airlines workers hit Broward job fair months after carrier's shutdown: 'I've heard the word ghost a lot'
CBS News

It's been nearly four months since Spirit Airlines shut down all operations, leaving thousands in Broward County without a job. 'I wake up every morning wishing I could get on an airplane,' said Debbie Seward. This week marks four months since…

express.co.uk - Milo Boyd - Airline with the 'world's smallest seats' and it's 6cm narrower than the average Brit
Airline with the 'world's smallest seats' and it's 6cm narrower than the average Brit
Daily Express

The airline has the narrowest seats The average Brit is significantly wider than the seats on the airline with the narrowest in the world. If you've flown with the likes of Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air, then you'll have experienced the…

cornwalllive.com - Lee Trewhela - Cornwall airport considered seizing troubled airline's plane twice
Cornwall airport considered seizing troubled airline's plane twice
Cornwall Live

Questions are still being asked about why Cornwall Council and its company Corserv did not seize an Eastern Airways aircraft before the struggling airline went bust owing the local authority £1.6 million. It was revealed at a council meeting…

smh.com.au - Bevan Shields - The airline tickets, Sydney hotels and false tax deductions: ICAC's day of awkward evidence
The airline tickets, Sydney hotels and false tax deductions: ICAC's day of awkward evidence
The Sydney Morning Herald

A husband-and-wife duo claimed false tax deductions for flights and hotels while conducting an elaborate scheme to pocket $660,000 in kickbacks from a property developer, a major corruption inquiry has heard. Anita Perrottet, the sister-in-law of…

rferl.org - Amos Chapple - Russia's 'Make Or Break' Airliner Approaches Production Amid Sanctions And Shortages
Russia's 'Make Or Break' Airliner Approaches Production Amid Sanctions And Shortages
RFE/RL

An 'all-Russian' MC-21 passenger jet made its first test flight in early August, marking a step closer to full production, due to begin in 2027. But years of geopolitical turbulence have pushed the project far off-course, aviation insiders say.

thechronicle.com.gh - Nana Kwesi Coomson - American Airlines to bring back TV screens on US flights - The Ghanaian Chronicle
American Airlines to bring back TV screens on US flights - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Home - The Ghanaian Chronicle

American Airlines wants its flyers to have screens – and not just the ones its passengers bring on board. The carrier says it will restore seatback displays across its domestic fleet, reversing a years-long strategy of removing them from…

walesonline.co.uk - Milo Boyd - Airline with 'world's narrowest seats' - not Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air
Airline with 'world's narrowest seats' - not Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air
Wales Online

Anyone who has squeezed into a seat on Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air will know that budget air travel does not exactly prioritise passenger comfort. Yet there is an airline with even narrower seats than any of these carriers — and it operates…

robbreport.com - Michael Verdon - Airlines Are Expanding Business Class Into Even More Exclusive Tiers
Airlines Are Expanding Business Class Into Even More Exclusive Tiers
Robb Report

On a May flight from Chicago to London, the most noticeable feature of American Airlines' new business class was not the sliding door. Seat 10L on AA86 was one of eight Flagship Suite Preferred seats aboard American's new Boeing 787-9. Positioned…

itpro.com - Bobby Hellard - Google's Spirit Airlines auction & TrendAI insider threat report
Google's Spirit Airlines auction & TrendAI insider threat report
IT Pro

This week, Bobby Hellard and Scott Bekker talk with ITPro's news & analysis editor, Ross Kelly, to discuss some of the top stories from August. That includes Google acquiring a treasure trove of data from a defunct airline in a bid to bolster AI…

ktbs.com - Previewing Bossier City Lions Club 73rd Annual High School Football Jamboree at Airline High School
Previewing Bossier City Lions Club 73rd Annual High School Football Jamboree at Airline High School
KTBS

BOSSIER CITY, La. - The Bossier City Lions Club is set to host its 73rd Annual High School Football Jamboree on Friday evening at M.D. Ray Field at Airline High School Stadium. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and pregame festivities will begin at 5:15…

marketbeat.com - Empowered Funds LLC Acquires New Position in United Airlines Holdings Inc $UAL
Empowered Funds LLC Acquires New Position in United Airlines Holdings Inc $UAL
MarketBeat

Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund…

washingtonexaminer.com - Anna Giaritelli - Air travel's future: Customs and Border Protection unlocks contactless airports
Air travel's future: Customs and Border Protection unlocks contactless airports
Washington Examiner

In a sit-down interview at CBP headquarters in Washington, Sabatino described the future of international air travel as frictionless, contactless, and seamless. In some U.S. cities, the future is already here. “In a few years … people…

boston.com - New York Times Service - 'I need to go to the hospital,' Delta pilot tells air traffic control
'I need to go to the hospital,' Delta pilot tells air traffic control
Boston.com

The altitude read 39,000 feet. The speed was hovering around 600 mph. And the compass pointed due east. But just after crossing over Lake Michigan on Tuesday, a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston declared an emergency, leaving its…

salon.com - Heather Digby Parton - Trump's real estate career offers a hint of Kennedy Center's future
Trump's real estate career offers a hint of Kennedy Center's future
Salon.com

Just one month after Donald Trump boarded Marine One and headed off to exile at Mar-a-Lago in January 2021, a symbolic coda to his career as a builder and politician took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After years of disrepair, the once…

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