How Singapore Airlines makes 50,000 in-flight meals a day

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How a grand attempt to improve airline travel backfired — and ended up turning flying into a total nightmare

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aerial view of a plane with the top rolled open like a sardine tin to reveal a crowd of people inside
Shortsighted decisions that prioritized efficiency and price cuts over quality and comfort have made air travel and airline customer service a total mess.

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It all started with one dumb law

A 17-year-old Seattle high schooler is tracking more than 150 private jets' emissions

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Private jet emission tracker on Climate Jets
The home page of ClimateJets.org, created by 17-year-old Akash Shendure.

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Travel nightmares in Europe continue after a strike at German airports leads to thousands of cancellations Friday

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Lufthansa Airbus A350-900.
Lufthansa Airbus A350-900.

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Some passengers were 'crying' after an oven caught fire on their flight to South Africa

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A KLM Boeing 777 takes off from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam
A KLM Boeing 777 takes off from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam.

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The pilot shortage is slowly easing — but isn't going away anytime soon. Autonomous planes could fill the gap.

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Two pilots in training take a course on a 737 jet simulator at the Pan Am Flight Academy in Miami Springs, Florida.
The pilot shortage is due to a combination of factors, including baby boomers reaching the mandatory retirement age at 65 and a diminishing pool of potential candidates. Additionally, during the Covid-19 pandemic many pilots were encouraged to go into early retirement.

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The college student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet is launching his own flight-tracking website

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Jack Sweeney and Elon Musk
Jack Sweeney says he's launched his own public database to help track flight data for celebrities like Elon Musk, pictured left.

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Your next flight might land a lot smoother and quieter than you're used to as new rules that save fuel expand to more airports

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A Boeing 747 landing into the sunset.
A change in landing style is part of the US aviation’s effort to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, as it was outlined in the US Aviation Climate Action Plan released at a United Nations conference in 2021.

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A FedEx aircraft aborted landing to avoid a Southwest Airlines passenger jet that was mistakenly cleared for the same runway

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Southwest planes at Austin Bergstrom International Airport
The Southwest Airlines plane was bound for Cancun, Mexico.

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A pilot lost his job twice in 3 years after airline shuts down for a second time: report

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A Flybe aircraft.
Passengers were told overnight not to turn up for their flights the next day after Flybe went into administration on January 28.

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