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  • A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022. Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., said its offering free rides to non-employees in San Francisco for the first time, a move that triggers another $1.35 billion from investor SoftBank Vision Fund. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    GM wants to test a self-driving car that doesn’t have a steering wheel, pedals or mirrors

    By Anurag Kotoky 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
  • A man poses alongside screens presenting the Rolls-Royce EVTOL air taxi concept during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 16, 2018.Tech

    Electric air taxis are coming sooner than you think, says jet engine maker Rolls-Royce

    By Anurag Kotoky, Kyunghee Park, and others
  • An American Airlines commercial aircraft flies past a cell phone tower as it approaches to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California U.S. January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Airlines are cancelling and modifying flights to U.S. over 5G rollout fears

    By Anurag Kotoky and Bloomberg
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk Testifies In SolarCity TrialInternational

    Elon Musk says ‘a lot of challenges with the government’ are delaying Tesla’s launch in India

    By Anurag Kotoky 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
  • Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2021 shows the pilots gathering inside the simulator for safety training termly in the Prince Sultan Aviation Academy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Wang Haizhou/Xinhua via Getty Images)

    First travelers stayed away, now it’s the pilots: Airlines hit more turbulence in COVID recovery

    By Anurag Kotoky, Cecilia Yap, and others
  • A medical worker checks the temperatures of a passenger at the check-in counters inside the departures terminal at Madrid Barajas airport this month. Air traffic volumes are not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels for another three years.

    Don’t count on a recovery in global air travel before 2024, S&P says

    By Anurag Kotoky and Bloomberg
  • The interior of a mock-up Dassault Aviation SA Falcon 6X private jet is seen during the Singapore Airshow at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Planemakers and airlines are exploring new designs to reduce fuel burn and cut carbon emissions in a warming climate. Blending the wings with the fuselage to cut drag is one of several possible solutions. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Even $150,000 won’t get you a ticket: Super-rich spurned by private jets as coronavirus stops flights

    By Anurag Kotoky and Bloomberg
  • AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 16: An Air New Zealand plane is seen at Auckland Airport on March 16, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. Air New Zealand has announced it will reduce its international capacity by 85 per cent as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic and its impact on travel demand. The airline is suspending flights between Auckland and Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Tokyo Narita, Honolulu, Denpasar and Taipei from 30 March to 30 June. It is also suspending its London–Los Angeles service from 20 March through to 30 June. Air New Zealand's Tasman and Pacific Island network capacity will significantly reduce between April and June, while domestic route capacity will be reduced by around 30 percent in April and May. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)International

    Airlines slash flights by up to 90% as coronavirus destroys demand

    By Mary Schlangenstein, Angus Whitley, and others
  • Hong Kong MTR Subway-CoronavirusHealth

    Hong Kong’s famed subway reeling from protests, virus Outbreak

    By Anurag Kotoky and Bloomberg
  • Grounded Boeing Co. 737 Max airplanes are seen in a parking lot near Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Boeing plans to halt production of its grounded 737 Max in January, a move that will deepen the crisis engulfing the planemaker, complicate its eventual recovery and ripple through the U.S. economy. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Boeing says it will take ‘several quarters’ to return 737 Max fleet to the skies once grounding is lifted

    By Anurag Kotoky, Kyunghee Park, and others
  • 22 November 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: The Mercedes star can be seen on the tower of the main station. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)International

    Carmakers Announced 20,000 Layoffs in a Week as Electric Shift Upends Industry. And It’s Going to Get Worse

    By Christoph Rauwald, David Welch, and others