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UK Eyes European Lead For Satellite Launch
June 27, 2022
Orbex is among several operators vying to be the first to perform a vertical orbital launch from the UK. The company recently erected its prototype Prime launcher to support testing at its site in Scotland.
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The UK is hoping to anchor its position as the prime location for European small-satellite launch services as it looks toward a first in-country liftoff by the end of this summer. Six payloads are scheduled to be onboard Virgin Orbit’s initial LauncherOne flight from the UK’s Spaceport Cornwall...
Delta passasjerer tilbudt US$ 10 000 for å gå av en overbooked flyging - Curt Lewis
Delta Air Lines offered passengers $10,000 each to get off an oversold flight
Passengers on a Delta flight from Michigan to Minnesota say that the airline offered them $10,000 cash to give up their seats on an oversold domestic flight.
In the end, the hour-long flight departed just 20 minutes later than scheduled from Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, according to Cirium’s flight tracker.
Jason Aten, a tech columnist at Inc. magazine, boarded the plane with his family and was waiting for it to leave the gate when a flight attendant came over the intercom, he wrote earlier this week. The crew was looking for eight volunteers to give up their seats on the apparently oversold flight, offering them $10,000 cash each.
“If you have Apple Pay, you’ll even have the money right now,” the flight attendant said, Aten wrote.
Delta, along with other airlines, has canceled huge numbers of flights recently because of major staffing shortages. Holiday weekends in the U.S., including Memorial Day and Juneteenth, have been marked by chaos.
The airline has gone as far as to offer July 4 weekend flight changes at no cost. And on Thursday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian apologized to its customers for a wave of flight cancellations and delays.
“We’ve spent years establishing Delta as the industry leader in reliability, and though the majority of our flights continue to operate on time, this level of disruption and uncertainty is unacceptable,” Bastian wrote to its SkyMiles frequent flier program members in a letter reported by Bloomberg.
Another passenger on the flight out of Grand Rapids, Todd McCrumb took to social media to confirm Aten’s experience. “It’s a true story. I was on that flight!” he tweeted. “Unfortunately, my wife has some health issues and cannot travel alone. She would not bump bc she was anxious to be home, for health issues and some other concerns. I couldn’t abandon her for any amount of $$.”
McCrumb told Fortune there were earlier offers made by the flight crew, and an agent made an opening bid of $5,000 while people were waiting at the gate. After there weren’t any takers, Delta bumped its offer up to $7,500 once boarding began and reached $10,000 by the time most passengers were on board.
Though some passengers got up and took the money immediately, Aten told Fortune it took a second announcement of the $10,000 and 20 minutes of waiting for enough people to take Delta’s cash offer, and the flight to take off.
While the offer was tempting, Aten’s group of eight ultimately turned down what would have been $80,000.
“The reason we didn’t jump on it was because they didn’t initially say how many volunteers they needed. Had we known it was eight, we would have gotten off. By the time that was clear, four or five people had already left,” he said.
When reached for comment by Fortune, a Delta spokesperson did not confirm or deny whether the flight offered passengers $10,000.
“The ability to provide compensation empowers our employees to take care of our customers and get our aircraft out on time,” the spokesperson said.
In 2017, Delta increased its maximum compensation from $1,350 to nearly $10,000 for passengers removed from oversold flights, according to a leaked bulletin to staff published by CNBC. That policy change happened in the wake of United’s 2017 incident, where passenger David Dao refused to give up his seat and ended up being dragged off the plane.
But
even today, it is rare for airlines to offer $10,000 for denied boardings,
especially for such a short flight and in cash rather than gift cards or travel
vouchers.
Airbus fikk store kontrakter med kinesiske selskaper - Curt Lewis
Airbus Wins $37 Billion China Jet Deals in Blow to Boeing
· Air China to take 64 A320s, with 32 bound for
Shenzhen Air
· China Southern will buy 96 narrowbodies and lease 19 more
Airbus SE won one of its biggest ever single-day hauls, selling almost 300 airliners worth more than $37 billion to four Chinese airlines in a coup for the European manufacturer in its tussle with Boeing Co. for dominance in Asia’s largest economy.
China Eastern Airlines Corp. will buy 100 A320neo narrow-body jets, while Air China Ltd. will take 64 jets, with its Shenzhen Airlines subsidiary acquiring 32 more, according to separate company filings Friday. China Southern Airlines Co. said earlier it would buy 96 A320neos, as well as leasing additional planes.
China, the world’s most populous nation, is a key market for Airbus and US rival Boeing, and both have worked to boost their presence there. The orders come at a time of rising political tensions between the US and China.
While travel in the country remains subdued amid Covid-related restrictions, jet orders must be made years in advance given the limited capacity of the manufacturers.
The announcements represent China’s first major jetliner orders in about three years. Boeing has historically counted China Southern as its biggest customer in the country. The airline in May removed more than 100 of the US firm’s 737 Max jets from its near-term fleet plans, citing uncertainty over deliveries.
Airbus shares gained as much as 4% and were 3.5% higher at 1:47 p.m. in Paris. Boeing shares fell 1.3% in premarket US trading.
The China Southern aircraft will be delivered from 2024 to 2027, according to a stock exchange filing Friday. The carrier will separately lease 19 A320neos. Handovers to Air China will span 2023 to 2027 and those to Shenzhen Airlines 2024 to 2026.
China Southern previously outlined plans to rapidly expand its 737 Max fleet, saying in in March that 39 were due this year, building toward a total of 103 deliveries through 2024. None of China’s other state-owned carriers have said if they might resume taking the Max once it’s officially back in service. China was the first to ground the plane following fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Since the Max grounding, Airbus has surged ahead of Boeing in grabbing orders and market share for narrowbody jets, even as the European planemaker struggles with ramping up production to meet surging demand. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury said a delayed arrival of engines meant Airbus was unable to deliver otherwise fully built jets.
To
meet its growing backlog, Airbus is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to ramp
up production of its bestselling A320 family of jets to 75 a month by 2025 as
it looks to widen its lead. Fast-growing Indian budget carrier IndiGo, operated
by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., is the world’s largest customer for A320neos,
having ordered 730 of those jets.
Unruly pax USA - Curt Lewis
Airplane passenger removed from cross-country flight diverted to Billings admits interfering with flight crew
BILLINGS — A Washington airline passenger today admitted allegations that he interfered with a flight crew by jumping on a beverage cart and pushing a flight attendant into a seat, screaming and trying to take off his clothes on a flight that was diverted to Billings for his removal, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Adam Alexander Williams, 33, of Auburn, Washington, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with interference with flight members and attendants. William faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $25,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan presided. A sentencing date will be set before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen. The court will determine a sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Williams was released pending further proceedings.
The government alleged in court documents that on Jan. 9, Williams boarded an American Airlines flight departing Seattle, Washington, for a flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. Once in the air, Williams’ behavior turned erratic and escalated. Williams yelled out to no one in particular, “Where is Jamie Sanders?” At one point, Williams jumped over passengers in his row and on to a beverage cart that was in service. As he came off of the cart, he almost landed on a flight attendant and pushed her into a seat, knocking drinks and cups to the ground. He then began to run down the aisle of the aircraft. Williams’ behavior startled the flight attendant, who later appeared distressed and traumatized.
Another flight attendant was able to calm Williams down and escort him to his seat. About 10 minutes later, Williams began to act up again and screamed an obscenity. Flight attendants placed several Marines, who happened to be on the flight, in seats around Williams. Then, after roughly another 10 minutes, Williams stood up and began screaming while taking off his clothes. At that point, to ensure the safety of passengers, the aircraft’s captain turned the plane around and landed in Billings so that Williams could be removed.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zeno B. Baucus
is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI and Billings Airport
Police.
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