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Ryanair strikers protest unfair working conditions, Barcelona, Spain.

As summer travel kicks off in Europe, airline strikes could thwart holiday plans

June 28, 2022Jobs

Across Europe, walk-outs by crew members of various airlines have led to dozens of canceled or delayed flights.

Cats rest outside a closed shop on cement steps with a red and green backdrop.

Pets stranded during the pandemic await reunions with their families

August 25, 2020Borders

Trump administration to bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to US

June 3, 2020

‘Reckoning day’ could be ahead for airline industry facing coronavirus challenges

May 11, 2020Business, Economics and Jobs

The tails of several aircraft from SAS airlines are shown lined up.

Governments offer aid as airlines forced to deepen cuts to flights, staffing

March 18, 2020COVID-19

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Airplanes of German airline Lufthansa and US carrier United Airlines land and take off at Frankfurt Airport, Germany March 2, 2020.

‘Ghost’ flights dwindle, but coronavirus a ‘massive catastrophe’ for airlines

March 12, 2020COVID-19

As the coronavirus pandemic sharply curbs travel, the aviation industry is facing the “worst crisis” since 9/11.

Design for the Real World: Airline Logos

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

The experience of commercial air travel is not really very different from airline to airline for the most part. So getting people to fly your particular airline is a design challenge. Graphic designer Michael Beirut looks at classic airline logos. Produced by Ave Carrillo and John Stanik.

Passengers walk past Air Canada planes on the runway at Pearson International Airport in Toronto April 13, 2012.

The US has been expanding the role, number and power of its border agents abroad

December 27, 2017Global Politics

Homeland Security has long been looking to expand its operations beyond US borders. Some countries have pushed back, stating concerns about possible civil rights violations; others are still debating.

A British Airways passenger plane preparing to land at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London

British Airways cancels all flights out of London after IT failure

May 27, 2017Economics

The airline said it had found “no evidence that it’s a cyberattack.”

Melvyn Koh, at center, tries out Italian company Aviointeriors' aircraft "standing seat" which has 23 inches of legroom instead of the current economy class average of 30 inches.

Airlines are running more full than at any time since they ferried troops during World War II

January 5, 2015Business

Most perks and services have already disappeared from air travel, but there’s still more to come: Airlines are planning even lower categories of service, saying it gives customers more choice. But it may also disguise more serious cost-cutting measures in places.

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