Two smaller American carriers that launched last year, Breeze and Avelo, are fine-tuning their operations. Avelo, which launched with point-to-point flights on the West Coast from Burbank, Calif., recently added a new East Coast base in New Haven, Conn., with several destinations in Florida and flying as far west as Chicago. In April, the flight […]
The United States announced a deal with European leaders on Friday to increase shipments of natural gas to help wean Europe off Russian energy. And Germany set an ambitious goal of halving its imports of Russian oil and coal this year and freeing itself from its dependence on Russian natural gas by the middle of […]
By the time Brittany Bonds gave birth to her third son in the back of an ambulance 10 weeks before he was due, she no longer trusted the drug Makena. The drug was intended to forestall preterm birth and improve the health of a baby. But it did not work for Mrs. Bonds, whose son […]
When Uber arrived in New York City in 2011, yellow taxis ruled the streets and drivers paid $1 million for the coveted taxi medallions that gave them the right to pick up passengers. Undeterred, Uber worked relentlessly to lure riders away, deriding the taxi industry as inefficient, corrupt, greedy and even a “cartel.” The taxi […]
The chief executives of the largest U.S. airlines asked President Biden on Wednesday to allow a federal mask mandate at airports and on planes to expire next month. The group also asked that the government drop a requirement that visitors from abroad provide a negative coronavirus test before traveling to the United States. “The persistent […]
The British government announced measures to help people cope with rising prices, including cutting gas prices at the pump.Credit…Mary Turner for The New York Times In Britain, the economic shock waves of the war in Ukraine are exacerbating a squeeze on household budgets and heightening fears of a cost-of-living crisis. The British government announced some […]
The Education Department says it will hold companies that own certain private colleges financially responsible for taxpayers’ losses if their schools defraud students or abruptly shut down. “If a company owns, controls or profits from a college, it should also be on the hook if the institution fails students,” James Kvaal, the department’s under secretary, […]
If Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin organize their own economic coalition, they could bring in other nations seeking to shield themselves from Western sanctions — a tool that all recent U.S. presidents have used. “Your interdependence can be weaponized against you,” said Dani Rodrik, a professor of international political economy at Harvard Kennedy School. “That’s […]
China Evergrande, the giant embattled property developer, will not be able to publish its annual financial results on time, the company said on Tuesday. The real estate giant blamed “drastic changes” to its business last year for the delay, adding that it would take its auditor a longer time to sift through the paperwork. The […]
Industry analysts had expected the plane to resume flying there in the coming months. But its return could become intertwined with the investigation into the crash involving the 737-800 NG, analysts said, with Chinese government officials hesitant to bring back the Max as they investigate a crash involving its predecessor. The Max crashes were directly […]
