Tag: Passenger
Biden Announces New Investments in Passenger Rail Projects
President Biden, a longtime Amtrak rider, exhibited a business-as-usual approach in announcing $16.4 billion in awards for rail projects, despite poll [...]
Old passenger planes converted into cargo haulers
The price to ship goods by air jumped to a record just before Christmas 2021, driven by strong e-commerce demand, port congestion and a chokehold on c [...]
Passenger car sales in China collapsed 38% y/y in January
Info from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) comes via Reuters. China's passenger car sales slumped 38% in Januaryreversing a 2.4% gain in the [...]
Chinese EV giant BYD plans to build a passenger car factory in Thailand
Chinese electric car company BYD has expanded rapidly overseas, including announcements in recent months of plans to enter Thailand's and Japan's pass [...]
London’s Heathrow passenger caps extended until late October as travel strains continue
Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus arrive at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 in London, August 3,, 20 [...]
EVs dominated Super Bowl ads, but only 9% of passenger car sales
Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker's showroom in Beijing, China Ja [...]
American Airlines London-bound flight turns back to Miami after passenger refuses to wear mask
An American Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraftNicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines said a flight to London returned to Miami beca [...]
China’s Xian Xianyang International Airport suspends all international passenger flights
Also re aviation in China in response to recently surging cases numbers:
Hong Kong has suspended flights from 8 countries
Macau has tighten [...]
China to remove foreign investment limit passenger car manufacturing
New cars for export wait for shipping at a seaport in Yantai, China on September 7, 2021.Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chi [...]
Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin NS-19 live: First six passenger crew
[The livestream is slated to begin at 8:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the web player above.]Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set [...]
Dubai Airports CEO on travel recovery, passenger numbers
The air travel industry is "not quite out of the woods" — but the future could be brighter than the last 20 months, says Paul Griffiths, the chief [...]
Passenger held for smuggling forex
A Sharjah-bound passenger who was trying to smuggle foreign currencies equivalent to ₹ 9.78 lakh was apprehended by the officials of Customs depar [...]
Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak defends cut to air passenger duty for domestic flights
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended the governments move to cut air passenger duty for domestic flights, despite the fact that air travel emits a f [...]