Going from one place to another right now can mean being jolted by conflicting sets of rules and regulations, depending on the state of the pandemic at your destination. It can be a dizzying experience.
Tag: Airlines and Airplanes
Cicadas Took On Biden’s Press Plane. They Won.
The omnipresent insects filled the engines of a flight set to accompany the president on his trip to Europe, forcing a delay and a new plane and pilot to be called in.
Pilots in India Seek Better Payouts for Colleagues Killed by Covid
Air India pilots had their salaries reduced during the pandemic, a union says, and many came to India’s aid when people and vaccines needed to be transported, though they were not vaccinated themselves.
British Tourists Rush to Return From Portugal as Deadline Looms
Thousands of British tourists paid extra to rebook early return flights. British Airways and other airlines added flight capacity to help bring them home.
United Airlines Wants to Bring Back Supersonic Air Travel
The airline, which plans to buy planes from Boom Supersonic, a start-up, could become the first to offer ultrafast commercial flights since the Concorde stopped flying in 2003.
British Tourists Return to Portugal, Unleashed but (Mostly) Masked
Sorely in need of sun and a change of scene, British travelers returned to the newly “green-listed” country and were met by relief, exasperation — and hardly anyone.
U.S. to Reimpose Sanctions on Belarus Over Forced Plane Landing
The move is the latest Western response to the forced landing of a European commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard.
U.S. to Reimpose Sanctions on Belarus Over Forced Plane Landing
The move is the latest Western response to the forced landing of a European commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard.
Flying and Climate: Airlines Under Pressure to Cut Emissions
The airline industry might not be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for decades because most solutions are not yet viable.
E.U. and Britain Move to Impede Belarus’s Access to Air Travel
The European Union told airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after the country forced a commercial flight to land in order to arrest a journalist.