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Bloomberg
15 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Air France-KLM Stimulates Transatlantic Demand With Lower Fares
Air France-KLM is stimulating demand among price-sensitive customers with cheaper fares, after some passengers in coach class on routes like trans-Atlantic flights became more hesitant to book. The airline group has noticed about 2-3% softness at the back of its planes, Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith said on Monday in a Bloomberg TV interview. Premium cabins, on which Air France-KLM heavily relies, remain popular, particularly for travel from the US to France, he said.
Bloomberg
18 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Air France-KLM CEO Says Premium Demand Is Holding
Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith says "premium demand" for the airline "is holding across all of our sectors." Smith speaks to Bloomberg's Guy Johnson from the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual meeting in New Delhi, India. He also discusses the potential impact of tariffs and trade uncertainty on the airline, as well as merger and acquisition prospects. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Items sold from old United Local School building
HANOVERTON, Ohio (WKBN) – Friday was the last day of classes for the United Local School District, which means it was the last day of classes ever for the building that opened in 1951. Waiting on the other side was a brand new school that will greet students when classes start again Sept. 2. It was a day to be sad and happy at the same time. Ben Smith, United Local class of 2004, sifted through a pile of old football travel bags laid out on the old gym floor, which were among the items for sale at the old school. Smith bought his friend's and his own. 'When I was a junior, we got these football bags to carry our pads to away games, and it's kind of funny to see them sitting here with all of our old treasures and trophies,' Smith said. The sale of items included a table of trophies, old photos, and yearbooks. It was necessitated by the closing of the old school, which, along with the sale, included a walk-through for the community, who were reminded, for example, where the old elementary office was located. 'It is sad. It is,' Wendy Doyle said. Wendy Doyle is Vice-President of the School Board, and Denise Rhodes is its president. Both graduated from United Local, as did their children. Right next to the old school is a new $59 million school that, in September, will house grades K through 12. It was paid for with a combination of money from the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission and the Nexus Gas Transmission Company. No United Local taxpayers' dollars were needed. 'There's a gas plant within our community that generates a lot of money for us, and we get tax money off that, which really helps out, and we've been able to offset what the state was not able to pay for with the co-funding,' Rhodes said. Brayson Fischer bought a trophy earned by his seventh-grade basketball team. He'll be an eighth grader when the new school opens. 'I think it's going to be nice but I'm going to miss the old school,' Fischer said. 'It's exciting to see rebirth here at United Local. I have nothing but great memories here and I hope they can continue to do that over the next however long the new building's here,' Smith said. Most of the old school will be demolished — though a newer gym, an auditorium, and a couple classrooms will be saved. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Science
- Sydney Morning Herald
Rock art expert breaks silence over Burrup emissions study controversy
A leading statistician on an emissions study into an ancient West Australian rock art site has spoken supporting an 800-page report, days after blasting WA bureaucrats for 'unacceptable interference' by altering a graph in a separate summary of that report. The report on monitoring of industrial emissions near the site on the Burrup Peninsula in the state's north-west was released last Friday, and lauded by industry and the Cook government as proof that modern industrial emissions were not currently impacting the ancient petroglyph images carved into the site's striking rock landforms. That conclusion was rubbished by world-renowned rock art expert Ben Smith, who said the 800-page report showed the opposite. The Murujuga rock art monitoring program is a $27 million joint effort between Curtin University scientists, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. Its release came days before Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt approved a 40-year extension to the life of Woodside's North West Shelf assets – among which are a gas plant releasing some of the emissions being monitored. The report was published alongside an eight-page summary featuring graphs showing benchmark levels for acceptable pollution on the Burrup. The ABC reported Curtin University Emeritus Professor Adrian Baddeley, who was the report's chief statistician, complained in an email to DWER on Tuesday that one of those graphs had been altered on the summary. The alteration removed a line showed in the main report, showing an early warning threshold of pollution on the Burrup. Baddeley, who told a pro-Palestine rally at Curtin last May universities had become 'more corporate, much more authoritarian, much more coercive' wrote to the government department:
The Age
4 days ago
- Science
- The Age
Rock art expert breaks silence over Burrup emissions study controversy
A leading statistician on an emissions study into an ancient West Australian rock art site has spoken supporting an 800-page report, days after blasting WA bureaucrats for 'unacceptable interference' by altering a graph in a separate summary of that report. The report on monitoring of industrial emissions near the site on the Burrup Peninsula in the state's north-west was released last Friday, and lauded by industry and the Cook government as proof that modern industrial emissions were not currently impacting the ancient petroglyph images carved into the site's striking rock landforms. That conclusion was rubbished by world-renowned rock art expert Ben Smith, who said the 800-page report showed the opposite. The Murujuga rock art monitoring program is a $27 million joint effort between Curtin University scientists, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. Its release came days before Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt approved a 40-year extension to the life of Woodside's North West Shelf assets – among which are a gas plant releasing some of the emissions being monitored. The report was published alongside an eight-page summary featuring graphs showing benchmark levels for acceptable pollution on the Burrup. The ABC reported Curtin University Emeritus Professor Adrian Baddeley, who was the report's chief statistician, complained in an email to DWER on Tuesday that one of those graphs had been altered on the summary. The alteration removed a line showed in the main report, showing an early warning threshold of pollution on the Burrup. Baddeley, who told a pro-Palestine rally at Curtin last May universities had become 'more corporate, much more authoritarian, much more coercive' wrote to the government department:
