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Articles tagged “oil”

Airlines

Boeing Is Betting on Tobacco to Make Flying Better

With Boeing setting up roots in the U.S. south and planting its 787-10 production in South Carolina, the Solaris development begs a question: how long until Boeing takes advantage of tobacco traditions in the U.S., too?

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Carbon Offsets, Once Hyped, Lose Allure in Travel Sector

For the average consumer 'green' went by the wayside when the economy slumped. Now carbon credits have become something travel providers do in the background.

Maria Gallucci, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Obama wants $2 billion from oil industry for clean-energy transportation research

When it comes to smart fuel options for cars, buses, and planes, the U.S. needs to play catch up with Europe and parts of Asia in order to stay competitive and offer both citizens and visitors wold-class modes of transit.

Jim Efstathiou Jr., Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Bahamas turns to oil exploration in face of mounting debt

The sight of oil wells isn't the best thing for tourism, but absolute dependency on one industry doesn't look so hot either.

Adam Williams, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Bahamas turns to oil exploration in face of mounting debt

Tourism

Ecuadorian indigenous community struggles to balance big oil and ecotourism

A great eternal struggle, between the indigenous community trying to get out of poverty, and big oil using that as leverage to get what they want.

Jonathan Watts, Guardian | 11 years ago

Ecuadorian indigenous community struggles to balance big oil and ecotourism

Airlines

Despite claims, Ryanair planes were not skimping on fuel during Spain re-routings

Ryanair is lots of things -- cheap, rude, penny-pinching, insulting, classless -- but it's likely not so stupid as to toy with safety issues like lack of fuel.

Oliver Smith, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Airlines

JetBlue’s founder says he’s on a mission to lower fuel costs

David Neeleman is turning to the time-tested tradition of offering a monetary incentive to the first innovators to turn natural gas into jet fuel for half the cost of the current process at $80 per barrel.

Skift | 12 years ago

JetBlue’s founder says he’s on a mission to lower fuel costs

Hotels

Small hotels say they’re being railroaded by BP’s Gulf Coast disaster settlement

Despite the fact that gulf tourism ended for at least a year, small hotels are struggling under the weight of proving the exact nature of their losses in 2010 and 2011.

Emily Pickrell, Houston Chronicle | 12 years ago

Airlines

After years of rapid growth European carriers are cutting flights and routes

Rising airport taxes and fuel prices matched with years of rapid growth mean that airlines need to not only start trimming growth but cut now-unprofitable routes and make sure more seats are filled on every flight.

Rhys Jones and Maria Sheahan, Reuters | 12 years ago

After years of rapid growth European carriers are cutting flights and routes

Airlines

The market likes that airlines are passing along fuel costs to consumers in ticket prices

Nobody likes a fare hike, but it's preferable to the shady practice of adding fuel surcharges that don't actually correspond to actual fuel charges.

Associated Press | 12 years ago