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The shipping crisis is getting worse. Here's what that means for holiday shopping
London (CNN Business)The vast network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world is badly...
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Aug 24, 20216 min read
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Southwest weighs schedule changes, apologizes to staff after complaints about a grueling summer
Southwest Airlines on Friday apologized to staff after their unions complained about grueling schedules this summer and said it was...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
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Afghan refugee gives birth on US evacuation plane
An Afghan woman gave birth on board a US evacuation plane on Saturday, moments after landing at Ramstein airbase in Germany, the US air...
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Aug 23, 20211 min read
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ALPA Pushes FAA On Secondary Barrier Requirement
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) in the United States is pushing the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a final...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
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U.S. government received 4,176 complaints — and one compliment — about airline travel in June
Air travelers’ complaints to the federal government jumped nearly 18% in June from a month earlier as flight cancellations and other...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
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Pentagon orders U.S. airlines to help fly Afghanistan evacuees
The Pentagon has ordered U.S. commercial airlines to provide planes to help speed up Afghanistan evacuation efforts, it said Sunday. The...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read
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The shipping supply chain is stressed from Covid. That makes it ripe for hackers
By Kevin Collier The global supply chain, where goods are shipped all over the world, is already stretched thin thanks to a year and a...
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Aug 22, 20214 min read
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FAA Adds More Fines Amid Jump in Unruly Airline Passengers
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed almost $532,000 in fresh fines against 34 airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior...
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Aug 21, 20212 min read
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FAA levied more than $1M in fines against 'unruly passengers' this year amid mask mandate
So far this year, the Federal Aviation Administration has levied more than $1 million in fines against "unruly" passengers. The agency...
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Aug 21, 20212 min read
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Disrupted by wildfires, Amtrak resumes Coast Starlight service between LA and Seattle
Amtrak will resume its Coast Starlight service, which runs between Los Angeles and Seattle, next week. Service on the popular 35-hour...
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Aug 20, 20211 min read
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Southwest pilots union weighs holiday airport pickets to protest fatigue, lack of hotels
Southwest Airlines pilots union is considering picketing at U.S. airports over Thanksgiving and Christmas to protest what it described as...
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Aug 20, 20212 min read
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These Airlines Have Banned Fabric Face Masks on Planes
Face masks have become commonplace on airplanes — and are here to stay for quite a while — but not every airline allows every kind of...
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Aug 20, 20212 min read
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American Airlines will not serve alcohol on flights until 2022
(CNN) — American Airlines says it will not serve alcohol in the main cabin of its flights until January 18, 2022, when the US mask...
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Aug 20, 20211 min read
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Maersk signs first green methanol deal in step towards dropping fossil fuels
COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the...
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Aug 19, 20212 min read
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Trucking industry's hiring woes impacting consumers nationwide
As companies across the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, trucking experts are worried their industry could be left behind as...
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Aug 19, 20212 min read
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Southwest Airlines offers staff referral bonuses worth $300 as carrier struggles to fill jobs
Southwest Airlines launched this week new hiring referral bonuses for staff as the carrier struggles to hire new workers to keep up with...
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Aug 19, 20212 min read
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Don't duct tape unruly passengers, United Airlines says in memo to employees
By Wilson Wong Unruly passengers may have been duct taped to their seats on other carriers, but United Airlines officials want to make...
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Aug 19, 20211 min read
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U.S. airline passenger volume rises but down 21% from pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines carried 66.4 million passengers in June, three times the June 2020 volume but still down 21% from...
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Aug 18, 20211 min read
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TSA extends mask mandate for transportation through Jan. 18
The Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday extended a federal requirement that travelers wear masks on commercial flights,...
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Aug 18, 20212 min read
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Spirit Airlines cutting flights into September after cancellations cost airline $50 million
Spirit Airlines said Monday the cancellation of more than 2,800 flightsover an 11-day stretch this summer cost the budget airline about...
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Aug 18, 20212 min read
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