Sentences with phrase «of air travel in»

The vast majority of flights operate without problems, although the reality of air travel in the world today is that congestion and economic pressures can lead to the possibility of lost luggage, delay, cancellation and overbooking.

Travellers are being asked to give their opinion on the future of air travel in Finland — and with your help the Scandinavian country's biggest airport and airline could well be adopting Meat Free Monday as a result.

Travellers are being asked to give their opinion on the future of air travel in Finland — and with your help the country's biggest airport and airline could well be adopting Meat Free Monday as a result.

We look at the availability of air travel in each state, the quality of the roads and bridges, the time it takes to commute to work and the supply of safe drinking water.

We looked at the availability of air travel in each state, and the quality of the roads.

Not exact matches

Skids or slides off runways and taxiways are the most common type of accident in commercial air travel, according to the International Air Transport Association, which represents most of the world's airlinair travel, according to the International Air Transport Association, which represents most of the world's airlinAir Transport Association, which represents most of the world's airlines.

The steadily increasing demand for air travel means Boeing is creating demand in the services market with the hundreds of new airplanes it is producing each year.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

No - frills air travel has grown worldwide, as passengers seek out the lowest fare in exchange for perks like food, free checked baggage and seat assignments, which used to all come with the cost of a ticket.

Richmond attributes the surge in trans - Pacific air travel to continued growth of the Chinese economy and middle class.

A 2017 survey from the air travel site Airfwarewatchdog found that a little over half of respondents believe families with children aged 10 and under should have to sit in a designated section apart from other passengers, and the idea of separating children and adults has gained traction on Reddit, where threads with titles like «Would you pay extra for a child - free flight?

Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

Much of the cocaine from the region — Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are the world's biggest producers — travels to the US, plying sea and air routes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, as shown by the map below, which was prepared by US Southern Command and displayed at the hearing.

As someone who spends thousands of hours in the air each year, I know how isolating traveling can be, especially when first starting out.

Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing CEO, discusses the demand for more airplanes with the growth of passenger air travel, the increased defense budget in the U.S. and its progress on a deal with Embraer.

According to unconfirmed statistics hidden in the lyrics of Air Canada's hold music, business travel is at an all - time high.

Air travel has long been an established way of life for millions around the world, but innovation continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the skies.

«The rise in serious incidents involving animals in flight leads us to believe that the lack of regulation in both health and training screening for these animals is creating unsafe conditions across U.S. air travel,» said John Laughter, Delta's senior vice president for corporate safety, security and compliance.

He now runs MilePoint and BoardingArea — two more sites focusing on the ins and outs of air travel.

Facebook asked Hudson's Bay, Target Canada, Sport Chek, Air Canada, Mercedes Benz Canada and Travel Alberta to be part of the first wave, in part based on the fact that each of them already had a substantive presence on Instagram:

Other activities include: producing products that may be recycled at the end of their lifespan for material reuse; reducing energy consumption in operations; or even re-engineering distribution methods as a means of reducing long - distance travel during product delivery, ultimately reducing fossil fuel consumption (and the disease - causing air pollution that is its byproduct).

«Wizz Air UK is a key part of our Brexit contingency plan... and the natural next - step in the development of our UK business, putting us in a strong position to take advantage of opportunities that may arise in what remains Europe's largest travel market,» Wizz CEO József Váradi said on Thursday.

«Because we are in the hospitality and recreation business, which is largely dependent on discretionary spending,» the company's latest financial report explains, «we believe that the weak housing market, increases in unemployment, decreases in air flights to Las Vegas, decreases in the value of stock and other investments, and the general tightening of spending on business travel have all affected visitations to Las Vegas and the spending budget of our customers.»

When the family sold a 75 % stake to Air Canada in 1986, the deal included the perkiest of perks: free lifetime air travel for Deluce and his wife, Catherine, founder of Toronto brokerage Chestnut Park Real EstaAir Canada in 1986, the deal included the perkiest of perks: free lifetime air travel for Deluce and his wife, Catherine, founder of Toronto brokerage Chestnut Park Real Estaair travel for Deluce and his wife, Catherine, founder of Toronto brokerage Chestnut Park Real Estate.

IAG's interest in Norwegian would see a wave of consolidation in European air travel which started last year extend its reach to long - haul travel.

In the intervening 17 hours, a compounding series of misfortunes — a broken de-icing machine, frozen engines and brakes, a lack of gates at the terminal, a plane that idled so long it had to refuel, a crew that worked so long it needed to be replaced — turned the flight into an almanac of the indignities of modern air travel.

Airlines» customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark - ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.

After the demise of the Concorde supersonic jet in 2003, flight times have stayed relatively constant — but Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Technology, says air travel could get a speed boost in just a few years.

But Alexandre de Juniac, head of the International Air Transport Association, said Thursday that industry leaders are not worried about a downturn, saying air travel to the U.S. «still looks positive in 2017.&raqAir Transport Association, said Thursday that industry leaders are not worried about a downturn, saying air travel to the U.S. «still looks positive in 2017.&raqair travel to the U.S. «still looks positive in 2017.»

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

«The only real reference point right now is commercial air travel, and we are a victim of our own excellent safety measures,» says Dr. Clay Cowl, chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, who was not involved in Castleberry's research.

The annual Air Travelers in America Survey found 81 percent of those questioned were satisfied with their overall travel experience.

The annual Air Travelers in America Survey by an industry trade group found 81 percent of those questioned were satisfied with their overall travel experience.

«The significant investment that we are making with the introduction of new cabin products demonstrates our commitment to continued investment in products and services, our long - term approach to ensure we retain our leadership position, and our confidence in the future of premium full - service air travel,» Singapore Airlines CEO Mr. Goh Choon Phong said in a statement.

With air travel and gas prices still sky high, more small and mid-sized businesses are using videoconferencing and online meetings in place of in - person visits.

-- Ed Jankowski, CEO of XpresSpa, a luxury travel spa business, serving almost one million air travelers each year at its 53 stores across 22 airports in the United States, Amsterdam and Dubai

TORONTO — Air Canada is jumping into the low - cost leisure travel market with the launch of its new Rouge airline, which will begin flying on Canada Day to destinations in Europe and the Caribbean.

Showgirls spin like gears, in a nod both to old Hollywood and the time distortions of air travel.

According to analysis of actual retail transactions, the overall luxury market — including fashion, fine dining, air travel and the like — was down 13 % in 2009, but shot up 14 % year - over-year in 2010.

The US3 has accused the ME3 of receiving more than $ 52 billion in state aid over the past decade, which they claim is in violation of the Open Skies agreement that governs air travel between the US and the ME3's home nations.

In fact, Americans log more than 452 million business trips each year, a significant number of which involve air travel.

Price in recent days had elicited bipartisan outrage over the cost of his air travel.

Even those of us with lifestyles more stuck - in - traffic than Up In the Air feel the strain of business travel, not to mention the often tedious commutes that bookend our workdayin - traffic than Up In the Air feel the strain of business travel, not to mention the often tedious commutes that bookend our workdayIn the Air feel the strain of business travel, not to mention the often tedious commutes that bookend our workdays.

«The rise in serious incidents involving animals in flight leads us to believe that the lack of regulation in both health and training screening for these animals is creating unsafe conditions across U.S. air travel,» John Laughter, Delta's senior vice president for corporate safety, security and compliance, said.

«We want to kick - off the summer travel season by giving our customers some of the lowest prices available,» WOW Air founder and CEO Skúli Mogensen said in a statement.

We'll fly to Calgary on the cheap: The highly profitable duopoly of Air Canada and WestJet over long - haul air travel will be challenged in 2014 as Toronto - based Porter Airlines, Vancouver upstart Canada Jetlines and Calgary - based Enerjet introduce cheaper flights between major Canadian citiAir Canada and WestJet over long - haul air travel will be challenged in 2014 as Toronto - based Porter Airlines, Vancouver upstart Canada Jetlines and Calgary - based Enerjet introduce cheaper flights between major Canadian citiair travel will be challenged in 2014 as Toronto - based Porter Airlines, Vancouver upstart Canada Jetlines and Calgary - based Enerjet introduce cheaper flights between major Canadian cities.

With ET3, there is no air in the way of the vehicle, it is like space travel conditions and so it coasts for the entire trip, using no additional energy.»

Of the six airlines in the top 15 largest travel companies, including Delta Air Lines ($ 15.77 B), Ryanair ($ 15.35 B), United Continental ($ 10.43 B), Southwest Airlines ($ 9.28), Singapore Airlines ($ 9.21 B) and Lufthansa ($ 9.11 B), three are headquartered in the U.S., two in Europe, and one in Asia.

The keys are smuggled into Mexico and then on to the United States — by land, air, or sea — using methods as varied as they are ingenious: stashed under fresh produce, in cans of jalapeños, in the bellies of frozen shark carcasses, in trap compartments of cars, trucks, motor homes, container ships, small aircraft, even submarines; taped to the bodies of backpackers traveling by bus; catapulted over border fences; concealed in the trunks of corrupt local sheriffs; or trundled through underground tunnels (some so well constructed that they have air conditioning), a tactic purportedly devised by El Chapo himself.

Our goal is to be a centrifuge in the fight for cleaner air for a vast majority of the general public through many avenues from industry and recreation to travel, medical and everyday life.