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Image copyright Getty Images Boeing needs to pay more heed to how pilots react to emergencies in its safety assessment of the 737 Max plane, US transport chiefs have said. The 737 Max has been grounded since March following two fatal crashes. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must decide if the plane is safe. […]

General Motors has decided to fund health care benefits for thousands of striking workers after the company initially moved to cut them off early in the nationwide work stoppage. The automaker said in a statement Thursday that it was “very concerned about the significant confusion” surrounding employee health insurance and that it had “chosen to

Image copyright Andrey Popov Japan Airlines has introduced a feature on its seat booking system that shows where young children are seated. A “child” icon appears when a passenger is travelling with children aged under two years. One traveller said the feature let him know where babies “plan to scream… during a 13-hour trip”. But

This article is part of a series of op-eds by CEOs of companies participating in CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, the largest CEO-led business coalition focused on advancing diversity and inclusion in the U.S.   By Patricia Fili-Krushel, CEO, Center for Talent Innovation  Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege to

Image copyright Getty Images Shares in Imperial Brands have dived 10% after the tobacco giant warned that the crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes in the US would hit its sales. The UK firm has invested heavily in vaping products, which many believe are safer than tobacco. But it warned that demand in the US had fallen

Transport Minister Grant Shapps says he “wasn’t aware” of the similarities between his speech about the collapse of Thomas Cook and one made by his predecessor about Monarch Airlines. A comparison suggests his speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday closely followed that of Chris Grayling’s in the wake of Monarch’s collapse in 2017.

Image caption Elspet now works as a scam marshal, offering help to others Brian had promised Elspet a bright future – a wonderful marriage later in life and their own bungalow. But Brian was not real. He was a romance scammer, something Elspet did not realise until she had sent him £10,000. They had met

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStaff at Condor Airlines, a former subsidiary of Thomas Cook, applaud bosses A Thomas Cook boss has apologised after a video emerged of staff cheering him and other executives at the firm’s Condor subsidiary after it secured a bailout. The German government stepped in to save the

Image copyright Getty Images British Airways owner IAG says the strikes called by pilots in a dispute over pay and conditions have cost it at least €137m (£120m). As a result of the two-day strike by pilots on 9 and 10 September, IAG said a total of 2,325 flights had been cancelled. There have been

Image copyright Getty Images The US and Japan have agreed an initial trade deal that will eliminate or lower tariffs on certain products traded between them. Duties on some agricultural goods will be removed or lowered, while digital products will also benefit. US President Donald Trump said the world’s first and third largest economies achieved