A Boeing 737 max aircraft, up in the air soon By M. COREY GOLDMAN Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX aircraft is safe enough to take to European skies again, says the head of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX aircraft has been deemed safe enough to take to the European skies again. Europe’s top
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Airline plans for long-term coronavirus travel drought
The airline says it believes it has survived the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. By Alison Cider After raising more than $ 100 billion through government assistance and mortgages on assets such as planes and frequent flyer programs, airlines are likely to have enough cash to withstand a long-term recession. Cowen &
Driverless race steps up with Cruise allowed to drive empty in San Francisco
FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco By Jane Lanhee Lee The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in
Amazon and FedEx Push to Put Delivery Robots on Your Sidewalk
Amazon hopes its Scout robots will carry packages autonomously the “last mile,” from delivery hubs to homes. PHOTOGRAPH: ROGER KISBY/GETTY IMAGES The companies are backing bills in more than a dozen states that would legalize the devices. Some bills would block cities from regulating them at all. IN FEBRUARY, A lobbyist friend urged Erik
UK’s Gatwick Airport to cut up to 600 jobs amid travel slump
Gatwick airport, London LONDON (Reuters) - Gatwick Airport, Britain’s no.2 airport to the south of London, said it needed to axe up to 600 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce, because of the travel slump caused by COVID-19. The travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic. Lockdowns which prevented
DHL adds flight from LA to UK hub
Airbridge Cargo is operating a weekly flight from Hong Kong to East Midlands Airport for DHL. (Photo: East Midlands Airport) DHL Express this weekend will launch a weekly freighter flight from Los Angeles International Airport to its U.K. hub at East Midlands Airport, in response to rising demand for e-commerce shipments
The e-commerce boom makes warehouses hot property
The warehouse king battles a master of the universe In the late 1990s Hamid Moghadam, an Iranian-born property developer, made a $5m bet on Webvan, an American online grocer. It was a bust. Webvan was one of the most spectacular casualties of the dotcom crash. More galling still, Mr. Moghadam turned down
Huge Cargo Ship Loses Dozens of Containers in Rough Sea Conditions off East Coast of Australia
The APL England, a ship with the capacity to carry over 5,000 shipping containers, lost 40 containers in rough seas off the east coast of Australia on Monday, May 25, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. “An additional 74 containers are damaged and collapsed on the deck of the ship, while a
