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July 13, 2022 | View Online | Sign Up |
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Thanks to Prime Day, my inbox has been flooded with countless travel accessory deals.
Instead of selling me a forty-five pack of collapsible, anti-theft, waterproof, RFID-blocking packing cubes with built-in geotags, just sell me a flight that doesn’t cost five years of work and a piece of my soul to pay for.
In today’s edition:
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Heathrow tells airlines to quit selling
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Airlines are in the government’s crosshairs
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Space like you've never seen it
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The new most populous country on the planet
Cheers,
Steven
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| SUMMER TRAVEL |
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Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling summer tickets |
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Heathrow Airport has requested that airlines stop selling summer tickets and has implemented a daily passenger cap. The cap of 100 thousand passengers a day amounts to a loss of around four thousand daily customers and will be in place until the 11th of September.
The airport’s chief executive announced the decision on Tuesday morning, stating that staff and baggage handlers have been unable to cope with the consistently high volume of passengers. As with most of the world’s major hubs, travelers passing through Heathrow have been subjected to long queues, baggage delays, and baggage not arriving at their destination. The airport already apologized to passengers earlier this week.
The London airport, one of the busiest in the world, has been wracked with problems in recent months. The staffing troubles endured across the industry have been compounded by the British government’s rules regarding the hiring process for airport personnel. In an attempt to avert any further problems, the government has sped up the security vetting process, which can typically take up to three months.
It is expected that some previously booked flights will be canceled in the coming days, and anyone booked to fly through Heathrow this summer should check in on their flight status regularly. |
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| AIRLINES |
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Lawmakers go after airlines for pandemic refund failings |
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US lawmakers are going after airlines that failed to refund or fairly compensate passengers who experienced cancellations or delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government has completed a ten airline investigation into carrier conduct regarding delayed or withheld refunds and will be pursuing action in the coming weeks. Transport secretary Pete Buttigieg confirmed ten more airlines were part of a separate investigation. None of the airlines have been named at this point.
Thousands of passengers across the US are still awaiting refunds from canceled flights in 2020 and 2021, while others received a pittance for their troubles. In many cases, passengers were offered points instead of cash, a strategy that seems lucrative to those unaware of point valuations but often severely under compensates those affected.
The investigations are part of a broader attempt at regulating the airline industry. Last week, the government also announced rules forcing airlines to allow families to sit together free of charge as well as reaffirming disabled travelers’ rights. |
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| SCIENCE |
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image: NASA |
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First spectacular images from NASA’s Webb Telescope Unveiled |
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NASA has revealed the first full-color images taken with the new James Webb space telescope, showcasing the most vivid pictures of deep space ever taken.
The mesmerizing photos have been met with excitement across the scientific community, with many heralding the new telescope as a revolutionary moment in space exploration. Webb is capable of processing infrared light (imperceptible to the human eye) from galaxies 13 billion lightyears away, giving researchers the first real look into the origins of our universe.
The ten billion dollar telescope was launched from South America last December before traveling to its resting point around one million miles from Earth in mid-January. Since then, scientists have optimized its settings to allow for the most sensitive readings. The sun shield protecting the telescope is around the size of a tennis court.
It’s hoped that Webb, the natural successor to the aging Hubble telescope, will allow scientists to learn more about deep space than ever before, delving into black holes and star genesis, as well as search for evidence of life-supporting planets in the further reaches of the universe.
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| WORLD NEWS |
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India set to overtake China as most populous country in the world |
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India is set to overtake China as the most populous country in the world by 2023, according to the UN’s most recent projections. Both China and India are home to over 1.4 billion people,
If the forecast is correct, the global population could reach eight billion by mid-November, 8.5 billion by 2030, and 10.4 billion by the end of the century. In 1950, the population was just 2.5 billion.
The news has drawn both celebration and concern. The UN applauded the developments in medicine and living standards that have allowed such a significant increase in population while also drawing attention to the climate issues so many people can create.
India and China are some of the world’s largest coal-burning nations, and both required verbiage changes to the Glasgow Climate Pact that suggested they “phase down” coal usage instead of “phase out.”
Growth is slowing across the world, however, which lends to workforce concerns in the future. With an aging population living far longer than previous generations, there is uncertainty if the workforce will be able to cope. |
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| WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING |
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Answer: Australia is the only continent with no volcanoes (although there is evidence of them in the past). |
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