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Airports are caught in a bind, relying on income from parking fees but under pressure to make sure fewer passengers pay them. Vote with your wallet.
Grounded.
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If the Civil Aviation Authority hadn’t stepped in, things could have been a lot worse.
Pilots are in high demand.
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There is a global pilot shortage which could soon affect all airlines.
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Berliner’s may have won the latest battle to keep Tegel airport open, but they are unlikely to win the war.
Keeping its distance.
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It’s not as dangerous as you might think.
Lufthansa waits in Air Berlin’s wings.
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Is national pride the only thing that can save struggling airlines like Air Berlin and Alitalia from market forces?
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On the trail of the men of Britain’s Royal Aircraft Factory, who gave their lives to help create the world’s first air force.
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Failing to agree an aviation agreement could mean no legal basis for flights to operate at UK airports.
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Sophisticated systems keep planes in bubbles of safety.
Has someone tried switching it off and on again?
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How not to handle it – British Airways have offered up a textbook example of getting almost everything wrong.
Are drones the parcel couriers of the future?
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Online shopping giants and logistics firms are trying to improve efficiency and cut carbon – knowing that doing so will reduce their operating costs while appealing to green-minded consumers.
The Qantas uniform from 1964-1969, designed by Leon Paule.
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Being an air hostess in the 1960s was a sought after job. But bodies were carefully policed: at Qantas, if a hostess put on too much weight she could be rostered off until she’d lost it.
Will flying cars ever really take off?
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Flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction for years, and now companies are now starting to look at such options. But what will it take to get our cars off the ground?
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A round airport would let more flights take off in a smaller space, but the technology is nowhere near ready to make it work.
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But standards of service are so low across the US airline industry that United may well get away with it.
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By responding to passenger violence by training staff, airline management fail to address fundamental issues with their low cost profit model.
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The ban on electronic devices in cabin luggage overlooks the airports that would be least likely to detect a bomb.
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The recent film Sully reveals just what pilots are facing in a disaster situation.
Cancelled flights might be your worst nightmare, but imagine a world with no flights.
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With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
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Despite performing the same job, one of BA’s three cabin crew fleets earns far less than their colleagues.