Retired TV reporter fulfills passion with nonprofit
For more than 30 years, Ken Wayne was a familiar face of Bay Area television news. While the longtime anchorman — who retired this spring — is off the air …
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Record summer travel is here. What it means for fares and flight delays
Travelers walk with their luggage outside the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ahead of the July 4th holiday travel period on June 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, …
A Northern California father who lost 2 sons in a Boeing Max crash waits to hear if the US will prosecute the company
By DAVID KOENIG | Associated Press As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to put up stickers directing people to …
10 most livable cities in the world; Vienna, Copenhagen top list: EIU
Vienna, Austria is the wrold’s most “liveable” city, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2024 Global Liveability Index. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images For the third year in …
Airline refunds to be immediate, JetBlue has worst delay-cancelation record
Airline passengers who experienced delayed or canceled flights at the Bay Area’s three major airports would have been eligible for nearly $130 million in refunds from airlines last year if …
German airline Lufthansa hikes ticket fares due to environmental costs
An Airbus A340-300 and an Airbus A 321-100 belonging to Lufthansa are parked on the airport apron. Helmut Fricke | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German airline firm Lufthansa Group …
World’s best airline for 2024 named by Skytrax
By Barry Neild | CNN Human beings weren’t designed to fly through the sky at 40,000 feet in a pressurized metal tube – with our aching limbs, burbling gastric systems …
Susie Wolff is upending F1’s ‘boys club’ with an all-female racing empire
Formula 1 has a problem. The high-speed racing league has been described as “a boys’ club,” Susie Wolff, the former driver and current F1 Academy managing director told Fortune in …
Southwest plane plunged within 400 feet of ocean near Hawaii – The Mercury News
Mary Schlangenstein and Allyson Versprille (Bloomberg) — A Southwest Airlines Co. passenger flight in April came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after …
Killer turbulence sees more airlines embrace data-driven mindset
Katrina Nicholas | (TNS) Bloomberg News Airlines are expressing a greater interest in IATA’s turbulence awareness program, a data collection system that helps pilots navigate tricky weather in real time, …