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  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2022/06/26: Passengers wheel their luggage as they arrive at Terminal 5 of Londons Heathrow Airport. Hundreds of the flag carriers ground staff have voted to strike next month over a 10% pay cut imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    Europe once offered the world’s most powerful passports. Not anymore

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Passengers queue to check-in for a Qatar Airways flight in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport as the Transport Secretary is risking travel chaos by rejecting calls for an emergency visa for aviation workers, industry bosses have claimed. Picture date: Friday June 3, 2022. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images)

    Airline staff shortages are threatening to ruin your summer holidays—and it could take 12 months before they get better

    By Anurag Kotoky, Angus Whitley, and others
  • Photo taken on March 27, 2022 shows the second black box recovered at the crash site of the China Eastern Airlines’ plane in Tengxian County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The second black box of the plane that crashed Monday in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was recovered Sunday, according to the national emergency response headquarters for the accident. (Photo by Zhou Hua/Xinhua via Getty Images)

    China Eastern Airlines crash may have been intentional nosedive, black-box data shows

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • 09 April 2022, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: There is a dense crowd in the terminals of Frankfurt Airport. In many German states, the Easter vacations begin next Monday (11.04.2022). Following the abolition of numerous Corona restrictions, passenger numbers have already risen noticeably this weekend. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa (Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

    ‘We just can’t get staff’: Airports from the U.S. to Sydney are being crushed by traveler rush ahead of Easter weekend

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Bottles of Russian Standard Vodka seen on the shelf at an LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on February 25, 2022. Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the provincial government is directing the LCBO to withdraw all products produced in Russia from store shelves following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The LCBO is one of the largest purchasers of alcohol in the world. Imported spirits, including Russian vodka brands, are among your most popular products. On Thursday, all parties rose in the Ontario legislature at Queen’s Park to unanimously denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)Politics

    Russia vodka boycott goes global as stores from U.S to New Zealand yank it from shelves

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Employees package confectionary goods as they travel along the production line at Nestle SA’s Svitoch factory in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Switzerland’s Nestle SA, in 2012 is planning to invest some $15 million in its Svitoch confectionary based in Lviv. Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Companies shut Ukraine plants in face of Russian invasion, putting supplies of goods from beer to cars to candy bars at risk

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) spray disinfectant inside an Asiana Airlines Inc. aircraft at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. The South Korean won advances for a third day, with risk appetite supported by a report saying three vaccine doses could neutralize the omicron variant. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

    Passengers are two to three times as likely to get COVID on a plane due to Omicron

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • MARANA, ARIZONA – MAY 16: Decommissioned and suspended commercial aircrafts are seen stored in Pinal Airpark on May 16, 2020 in Marana, Arizona. Pinal Airpark is the largest commercial aircraft storage facility in the world, currently holding increased numbers of aircraft in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)International

    Pilots haven’t flown in months, and they’re making mistakes once back in the cockpit

    By Angus Whitley, Anurag Kotoky, and others
  • Aircraft operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. on the tarmac at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. While losses at airlines globally from Covid-19 are set to surpass $174 billion by the end of 2021 — wiping out half a decade of profits — Qantas has become one of the most financially secure carriers anywhere in the world. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    How Qantas became one of the world’s most financially secure airlines during a pandemic

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MAY 26: Qantas flight QF1250 prepares for pushback before the Qantas Supermoon Scenic flight on May 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The special three hour moon viewing flight was arranged to give passengers the opportunity to see the double phenomenon of a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse from the sky. It is the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, which coincides with a supermoon. A super moon is a name given to a full (or new) moon that occurs when the moon is in perigee – or closest to the earth – and it is the moon’s proximity to earth that results in its brighter and bigger appearance. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

    Qantas Airways is offering Australians a new incentive to get vaccinated: unlimited flights

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Covid-19 Impact Ahead of the Final Phase of the West Bengal State ElectionInternational

    U.S. tells American citizens to leave India as soon as possible

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Operations at Sydney Airport Ahead of Qantas and the Airport's EarningsInternational

    When will international travel resume? One airline is pushing back its timetable

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • SYDNEY, Feb. 11, 2021 — Sydney Opera House in red light is seen at Sydney harbour, Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 11, 2021. A red light on Sydney Opera House ignition ceremony was held as Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Friday.Tech

    Australia passes law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news

    By Angus Whitley, Jason Scott, and others
  • Facebook Australia Restricts News Publishers And Users In Response To Proposed Media Bargaining LawsInternational

    Facebook reaches deal to restore news sharing on its Australian platform

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Facebook no longer allows users or publishers to share news stories in Australia.Tech

    Facebook blocks news in Australia rather than pay publishers

    By Gerry Smith, Kurt Wagner, and others