From 1968 to 1974, US airlines experienced 130 hijackings. But it was Cooper’s hijacking-as-extortion plot that captured the public’s imagination – and inspired a copycat crime wave.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been unlike any crisis, both in terms of depth and duration, and has damaged the aviation industry more than most sectors.
What’s behind the chaos at airports across Europe and North America? An airline industry expert explains the problems that have resulted in delays and cancelled flights.
With the right training, dogs can sniff out more than 90% of COVID cases.
The government uses a process called public procurement. A professor of public policy explains how the process works and how it is increasingly used to achieve social goals.
Since 9/11, billions have been spent beefing up airport security. Was it worth it?
The lasting problems of infrastructure aren’t of need or construction, but of overbuilding, delayed costs and the challenges of thinking ahead.
Green jobs are the way to avoid a decade of decline for towns dependent on airport employment.
There have been winners and losers – and not all of them were predictable.
In addition to transport, Nigeria needs to pay more attention to logistics and supply chain management.
Some do so of their own accord, using airport amenities to meet their basic needs. Others, however, would rather be anywhere else – and find themselves at the mercy of bureaucratic wrangling.
A vaccine may be the magic bullet, but getting travellers back in the skies will require much more — including convincing people that travel is safe again.
Over the approaching holidays, people around the world will want to travel to see friends and family. Getting tested for the coronavirus can make this safer, but testing alone is not a perfect answer.
Airlines and airports reacted quickly after 9/11 to put new procedures in place that overcame passengers’ newfound fears of flying. An aviation historian explains why it may be harder to so today.
Canada’s ban on foreign travellers is not consistent with the science of the pandemic or Canada’s own values of inclusion and openness to outsiders.
Persistence pays off – but unless campaigners put forward an alternative, the airports will always be able to fight back.
Weaker winds and higher temperatures are making airlines less efficient.
Suspending flights and screening passengers is mainly about reassuring us, not keeping us healthy.
The aviation ambitions of several African countries are linked to Chinese investment.
The day and a half it takes to get from New York to Singapore and back offers plenty of time to ponder the economics of ultra-long-haul flights – and wonder why we’d want to make it any longer.
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Professor in Public Policy, De Montfort University
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Professor of Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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Professor of Management, University of Bristol
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Director of Public Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Interim Head of School of International Business, Logistics and Supply Chains, University of Sydney
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Honorary Professor of Transport Studies
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne