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France's hung parliament passes 20-bn-euro inflation package
France's hung parliament passes 20-bn-euro inflation package
by  AFP

France's divided parliament on Friday passed its first major piece of legislation since elections last month, greenlighting a 20-billion-euro ($20-billion) package to help low-income families struggling with inflation. Although the cost-of-living bill passed with a wide majority, analysts say other pieces of planned legislation, such as pension reform, will be far more difficult.

'Work to be done': aviation still overwhelmingly male
'Work to be done': aviation still overwhelmingly male
by  AFP

Rebecca Lutte regularly takes to the skies behind the controls of her RV-10 kit plane. Lutte, who is often joined in the air by her husband in the passenger seat, says that on several occasions air traffic controllers asked if her spouse was there in case of problems.

US airlines post profits, but struggle to boost capacity
US airlines post profits, but struggle to boost capacity
by  AFP

Strong travel demand has enabled the biggest US airlines to return to profitability, but efforts to restore capacity back to pre-pandemic levels face manpower and cost challenges. For one thing, while business travel has come back partly, McNally believes it may never fully hit its pre-Covid level due to the greater use of virtual meetings.

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