Bloomberg Air France-KLM’s French arm faces possible strikes throughout the year-end holiday as workers step up pressure to adjust salaries in the face of spiralling inflation. Two Air France cabin crew unions issued a strike notice from December 22 to January 2, according to statements posted on their websites. Air France said it questions the logic of the strike notice, …

  Bloomberg Six airlines paid back more than $600 million in refunds to passengers because of major delays or cancelled flights, the US Transportation Department announced as air travel has seen more disruption amid the coronavirus pandemic. The department, which said its enforcement actions on refunds led to hundreds of thousands of flyers getting money back, is also issuing more …

Bloomberg Nasa launched its most powerful rocket in 50 years early Wednesday, sending an uncrewed capsule skyward on a 25-day mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth. The agency’s Space Launch System rocket, with an Orion capsule perched atop it, cleared its Kennedy Space Center launchpad on the Florida coast just after takeoff at 1:48 am local …