Southwest Airlines launches delay compensation program

Bloomberg
Singapore Air staff get eight months' salary bonus after record profits
Singapore Airlines will reward staff with a bonus payout worth almost eight months of salary, according to a person familiar with the matter, after delivering a second consecutive record annual profit.
The Independent
Plane forced to make emergency landing after engine catches fire mid-flight
All 450 passengers, including those going on Hajj pilgrimage, and 18 crew members evacuated
SETHLUI.COM
KidZania Singapore reopens on 16 May after 4 years
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Reuters
Singapore Airlines CEO says travel out of China not yet recovered
SEOUL (Reuters) -Air travel demand from China is not back to pre-pandemic levels for Singapore Airlines, but a visa-free scheme for Chinese citizens to the Asian hub has helped fill seats and the airline will add more China capacity this year, its CEO said on Thursday. Global aviation capacity returned to pre-pandemic levels this year, but recovery has been slower in Asia's aviation industry due to still-sluggish international demand in China, the world's second-largest economy. "Travel into China has been strong, travel out of China has not yet recovered fully," Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong told media.
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In Less Than a Decade, You Won’t Be Able To Afford To Travel to These Places
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The Telegraph
The strangest rules waiting to catch out tourists this summer
Holidaymakers be warned: those venting their frustration at businesses in Thailand could find themselves on the wrong side of the law. A British man has been arrested in the country for allegedly bombarding a restaurant with one-star reviews, something that could contravene its strict anti-defamation rules. A similar incident was reported in Phuket in 2020 after an American tourist accused a hotel of “modern-day slavery” on TripAdvisor. Punishment, if found guilty, can extend to two years behind
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How my family of 6 spent nearly $9,000 on a Disney vacation — and what we'll do differently next time
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Associated Press
United Airlines says it has regained some privileges that were suspended after problem flights
United Airlines said Thursday that federal regulators are letting it resume planning for growth after they imposed restrictions on the airline following a series of flight mishaps earlier this year, including an engine fire and a tire falling off a plane. United said the Federal Aviation Administration “has allowed us to begin the process of restarting our certification activities, including new aircraft and routes.” The FAA indicated, however, that it has not made any final decisions from its review of the airline, which began in March.
The Telegraph
The European countries that do coffee best (and worst)
Chatting to a coach driver in central Seville, he mentioned that he’d found a little coffee shop and had a decent espresso – “and it was cheap, too, just a euro.” I was impressed. For one thing, I’d struggled to find a place where I could get a simple coffee; the bars and restaurants in the touristy central area were more focused on flogging sangria. And for another, I was still grieving over my last coffee stop in London: £4.05 for a dire flat white at Gatwick’s Pret. No wonder the firm doesn’t
Yahoo Finance Canada
WestJet improves on-time performance in April, leaping to second best in North America
Air Canada ranked second-last in the ranking by aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Evening Standard
London's Airbnb Wild West: Capital 'hollowed out' by short-term lets eroding private rental market
Suspected brothels, party pads and severe overcrowding have all been uncovered in short-term let properties during previous council probes
Food & Wine
Pass the Time on Your Next Layover With the 'Delta Sky Club Crawl'
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The Telegraph
Putin and Xi are being handed a terrifying victory
Joe Biden is the worst US president since Jimmy Carter. He specialises in betraying America’s friends and rewarding its enemies, in humiliating the West and empowering the Global South’s autocracies.
Reuters
Malaysia outraged at Meta takedown of media's Facebook posts on PM's Hamas meeting
Malaysia's communications minister expressed outrage at Meta Platforms on Tuesday, demanding it explain why it had taken down Facebook posts by local media covering the prime minister's meeting this week with a Hamas leader. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Qatar on Monday and later stressed that though he had good relations with the group's political leaders, he had no involvement in its military apparatus. Muslim-majority Malaysia, a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, has sent a letter asking Meta to explain the takedown of posts by two media organisations about Anwar's meeting, and closed the Facebook account of a third outlet covering Palestinian issues.
Evening Standard
How can Arsenal win the Premier League title? What Gunners need on final day to beat Man City to trophy
Title race heads to final day of the season
HuffPost
Mary Trump Thinks She Knows Exactly Why Ivanka And Don Jr. Haven't Turned Up In Court
Their no-show at Donald Trump's hush money trial is down to two things, said the former president's niece.
The Telegraph
VAR league table: Which club has been wronged most – and who has benefited
“That’s wrong that, Daz” could be the words engraved on the tombstone of VAR, offering a reminder that football technology needed competent humans running the system and that every decision had a winner and a loser.
CNN
Israeli military calls for investigation after releasing video showing armed men at UN facility in Gaza
The Israeli military is calling on the United Nations to investigate the presence of armed militants at a UN facility in southern Gaza after releasing video that shows armed men at the facility.
The Telegraph
Teacher accused of having sex with school boys ‘attempts to garner sympathy’ by displaying baby bonnet in court
A teacher accused of having sex with two schoolboys made a “naked attempt to garner sympathy” by tucking her baby’s pink bonnet into her trousers when giving evidence at her trial.
The Telegraph
Thomas Tuchel keen on Manchester United job but Bayern fighting to keep him
Thomas Tuchel is hoping for an offer from Manchester United should Erik ten Hag leave Old Trafford, although Bayern Munich are attempting to talk him into remaining as their head coach.

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