aviation
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Boeing blowout: how safe is flying?
The Explainer The Week looks at the statistics on modern air travel safety
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Last updated
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Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet missing after 'mishap' over South Carolina
The U.S. military can't find a very advanced, very expensive fighter jet
By Peter Weber Published
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The real climate cost of private jets
feature Increasingly popular personal jet flights cause up to 14 times more pollution per passenger than commercial plane journeys
By Harriet Marsden Last updated
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The Week Unwrapped: Chinese job creation, an olive crisis and private jets
podcast Will Chinese graduates choose to head for the villages? Why are so many olive trees dying? And are private jets too popular for the planet’s good?
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Jet zero: future of flight or pie-in-the-sky thinking?
Talking Point New report finds no amount of alternative sustainable jet fuels could sustain the UK’s current flying habits
By The Week Published
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Flybe: turbulence prompts a second nosedive
feature Airline’s latest collapse is a blow to ‘regional connectivity’
By The Week Staff Published
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Virgin Atlantic fined for violating Iraqi airspace
Speed Read Airline said the incursions were accidental and caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Factories, drug money and scanners
podcast Will a UK lawsuit lead to better working conditions in Thailand? Could a new way of funding antibiotics help tackle resistance? And is airline security about to change for the better?
By The Week Staff Published
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Boom Supersonic: is the ‘son of Concorde’ just a fantasy?
Under the Radar Claims of profitable ‘ultrafast jet travel’ have been met with ‘intense industry scepticism’
By The Week Staff Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Chinese protests, supersonic jets and university cheats
podcast Will mortgage strikes force China to change course? Does Concorde finally have a worthy successor? And what’s behind a rise in cheating?
By The Week Staff Published
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Is flight tracking the new Netflix?
In Depth Hundreds of thousands follow flights of the famous but privacy concerns have led to backlash
By The Week Staff Published
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‘We need to reassess our toxic relationship with flying’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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Travel is back: is the UK aviation industry ready for the big take-off?
feature After two years of chaos caused by Covid-19, airports and airlines are now hit by a staffing crisis
By Mike Starling Published
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EasyJet/Wizz: battle for air supremacy
Speed Read ‘Wizz’s cheeky takeover bid will have come as a blow to the corporate ego’
By The Week Staff Published
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