Calls are growing in Europe for all plane passengers to pay their fair share, with current EU climate legislation letting the private aviation sector off the hook.
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Fausto Corvino, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Current loopholes in EU climate laws would allow affluent private jet passengers to maintain their polluting lifestyle, while the lower and middle classes are compelled to give up low-cost flights.
Making a jet airline succeed hinges on three key factors – market scale, airport access, and geography. Australia offers new entrants a brutal starting ground on all three.
A passenger looks for his bicycle among a pile of unclaimed baggage at Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport in Montréal in June.
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Changes to the Canadian airline industry will offer consumers new choices when flying from major airports. But the new services could burden a system that’s already at capacity.
Air France planes await their passengers (2010).
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The surprise acquisition by the Netherlands of 14% of Air France–KLM, which triggered a dispute between the two nations, reveals a trend toward more of a national approach to industrial interests.
Oil prices have been in a tailspin for month, falling to a five-year low, yet airfares have barely budged. What gives?
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Oil prices are down almost 50% from their peak this year, and jet fuel has plunged 33% since last December. Given energy costs consume almost a third of airline operating expenses, shouldn’t we expect…
Consumers always hope to get the best deal when they make their travel and holiday plans. But so do the airlines.
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How airlines price tickets is a source of many myths and urban legends. These include tips about the best day of the week to buy a ticket, last-minute discounts offered by the airlines, and the conspiracy…
Norwegian Dreamliner has sunset lift-off!
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The north Atlantic is one of the most lucrative and highly competitive airline markets in the world. Since the late 1940s numerous airlines have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to operate profitable…