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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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Airlines Like United Can Underpay Bumped Passengers Because of a Government Rule

Harvard Business

By now, many of us have viewed the disturbing video of a bloodied man being dragged off of United Airlines flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday. This incident has thrust the common airline practice of overbooking into the spotlight. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has even called for a government ban on the practice.

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Where Does the Airline Industry Go from Here?

Harvard Business

Eighteen months into the pandemic, a panel of experts discuss what’s changed, whether the bailouts were misspent, and if business travel is ever coming back.

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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. However, following still more government restrictions on Venezuelan currency (known as Bolivars), some flights to and from Caracas were suspended today. One airline cancelled all flights. Maduro’s government sold $8.6

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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Free Market Response to Ebola

MishTalk

Before tackling the free market issue, let''s first review the government''s response to date. Free Market Response It''s 100% certain the free market response would not have been the government''s response to date. Government mandated is not free market by definition. I read a comment that airlines are being greedy.

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Trapped in Venezuela: Looking to Get Out? Good Luck!

MishTalk

Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Lufthansa cut the number of flights. The result is best described as Trapped in Venezuela With the cash-strapped government holding back on releasing $3.8 Travel agents are swamped with requests but turn customers away because there are no tickets to sell. Air Canada stopped all service.