Sentences with phrase «on a commercial airline»

The company is aiming for business travelers who want a step up from first class on commercial airlines and hopes to bring private travel «down to a level where people will fly it around the country.»

Paris (AFP)- American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers» mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, media reports say, citing documents from US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

United Airlines said on Wednesday it planned to testify at an upcoming U.S. House Transportation Committee hearing on commercial airline consumer issues after a passenger was dragged off an April 9 flight in Chicago to make room for crew members.

Sometime when I'm less tired, I'll figure out how many hours you'd have to log on commercial airlines to add up to the risk of one home birth — to mother or child.

The crux of this is not the degree to which guns are or are not protected by the Bill of Rights, though that does come into play when comparing these restrictions vs being able to travel on commercial airlines, for example.

It comes after Bernie Sanders» supporters launched a social media campaign highlighting their candidate's frequent appearances on commercial airlines.

Billionaire hedge - funder Lee Ainslie took Rice on his private jet to Beantown on Oct. 30, 2015, a trip that could have cost just $ 300 round - trip on a commercial airline.

More and more people are travelling by plane each year, with approximately 2.75 billion passengers flying on commercial airlines annually, according to the authors.

It's a bit like flying on a commercial airline; when your luggage gets lost.

The ASPCA urges pet owners to think twice about flying their pets on commercial airlines, especially if they plan on checking them in as cargo.

If pet owners have already committed to transporting their pets on commercial airlines, the ASPCA is offering the following top ten tips for safe air travel with your pet:

Unless your pet fits in a proper carrier that is stowed under the seat in front of you, I would have serious reservations about flying them on commercial airlines.

You may come pick - up your puppy in Washington or we can ship your puppy to you on a commercial airline.

OESR will not fly dogs on commercial airlines as cargo to adoptive homes.

It takes 24 hours on a commercial airline out of New York, another 2 hours south on a puddle jumper from Santiago to Puerto Natales (only another hour and a half farther by air, and I would be in Antarctica).

The beauty of Hamilton Island is that you can fly directly onto the island on a commercial airline with direct flights from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns.

The First Class Mini Suite offers the longest lie - flat seat available on any commercial airline.

Politicians in Europe are already pushing for taxes and emissions limits on the commercial airline industry but, researchers explain, a more precise understanding of the effects of aircraft emissions on the atmosphere are necessary if such plans are to be effective.

If someone flies on a commercial airline they are not leading to higher emissions.

The AIG Travel Travel Guard Flight Guard plan offers Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage for you and your family while you are traveling on a commercial airline.

You might need constant medical care, a stretcher, IV's, or a number of other special needs that can not always be met on a commercial airline.

In many cases, an injured or sick passenger can not simply fly on a commercial airline.

If you passed while a passenger on a commercial airline, your beneficiary would receive a bonus of 100 % of your death benefit

If death occurs while flying as a passenger on a commercial airline, due to a crash, that passenger who has an active life insurance policy is considered insured, and his beneficiary will receive the face amount of the policy as a death benefit.

Not exact matches

Airlines are warring over wealthy travelers, spending millions on plush first - class cabins that look more like flying hotel rooms than seats on a commercial airliner.

Emirates was the first commercial airline to put showers on their planes.

Biofuels and other alternative sources have been in the headlines enough to have dulled any futuristic sheen (thanks to Richard Branson's billions, Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to conduct a commercial test using biofuels in 2008), but their widespread viability remains somewhere on the horizon.

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.

Tasked with designing balanced and nutritious menus for passengers on commercial space airlines — no food in tubes or Tang.

Commercial airline flights could start before the end of the year depending on how diplomatic discussions go, Peter Quinter, from law firm GrayRobinson, told Bloomberg.

The new measures will affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries.

Branded airline amenity kits filled with travel - sized personal care items have been handed out to business and / or first - class passengers on long commercial flights since at least the 1950s, according to the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport.

Other changes announced on Friday include allowing US companies to provide safety - related services for commercial aircraft in Cuba, where US airlines are beginning regularly scheduled flights, and allow Cuban pharmaceutical companies to apply for US Food and Drug Administration approval.

In a ceremony held at Dubai Chamber's premises on Tuesday, Dubai Chamber signed an MoU with online marketing agency Digital Falcon to boost Dubai Startup Hub's digital presence, flydubai sealed a strategic agreement with cybersecurity startup VUL9 to deliver security staff monitoring and related services to the airline's offices across the UAE, Emirates NBD signed an MoU with VUL9 for the bank's cybersecurity projects, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a deal with logistics tech startup LoadME, a freight services aggregator, to drive Fiat Chrysler's commercial vehicle sales in the Middle East.

The low - priced tickets are not changeable or cancellable and will not be eligible for upgrades, Alaska Airlines chief commercial officer, Andrew Harrison announced on the company's Q1 2018 earnings call.

TRU Simulation + Training to feature Rockwell Collins integrated visual systems on its commercial full flight simulators - Apr 26, 2018 - As part of its new contract with TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, Rockwell Collins will be providing its integrated visual systems for 15 systems over the next three years for several of TRU's commercial full flight simulator clients for commercial airlines and airframe manufacturers.

The Baltic nation of Estonia is securely storing the healthcare records for more than one million of its citizens on distributed databases, Japanese airline Peach Aviation recently became the third commercial carrier to accept cryptocurrency as payment for flights, while the musician Imogen Heap built her own blockchain to release a single directly to her fanbase.

But American Airlines also offers commercial value on top of diplomatic leverage.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Most of the name - calling on the subject embroils the major airlines and general aviation's commercial segment: the corporate aircraft, air - taxi services and commuter carriers which claim their right to use the same crowded airspace as the airliners.

There is a natural commercial preference for some Heathrow slot holders to focus on more profitable long haul services, although recent acquisitions by larger carriers of smaller airline slot allocations have been used to improve domestic connectivity.

What's more, we know that APD has already had a commercial damage on airlines» viability to operate in the UK.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele wants to take advantage of commercial airlines» new - found interest in General Mitchell International Airport by getting to work there on a new international terminal as soon as possible.

Commercial air service may be returning to the Chautauqua County - Jamestown Airport if the federal Department of Transportation accepts a proposal submitted by on - demand airline Boutique Airways under the Enterprise Air Service (EAS) program.

The Senate on Thursday shot down the New York Democrat's legislation that would have required minimum seat sizes for commercial airlines.

This news follows on the heels of NFIA's award from the Regional Council and the regular addition of new commercial destinations and airlines.

Half a century after Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 slammed into the side of 4,950 - meter Mount Sanford in eastern Alaska's Wrangell Mountains, killing all 30 men on board, commercial pilots Kevin McGregor and Marc Millican found the wreckage embedded in a glacier.

The editorial further notes that transmission on commercial aircraft or other public transportation has not been reported, even after an extensive investigation of airline passengers who traveled to the USA with two well - publicized, infected and symptomatic passengers.

The good news in the article on reducing airline greenhouse gas emissions (12 October, p 6) relates exclusively to commercial...

The ill person did not exhibit symptoms of Ebola during the flights from West Africa and CDC does not recommend that people on the same commercial airline flights undergo monitoring, as Ebola is only contagious if the person is experiencing active symptoms.