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Lockdowns long over, Americans still hooked on online groceries

  Bloomberg Online grocery shopping looks like it will be one of the few pandemic behaviours that really does stick. The arrival of Covid-19 disrupted lifestyles, and prognosticators weighed in on the long-term changes that would bring. Now, even as Americans list their Peloton bikes on Craigslist, cancel their Netflix accounts and slow down their home-remodeling plans, they refuse to ...

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Ethiopian Airlines fires pilots for falling asleep

  Bloomberg Ethiopian Airlines Group suspended a plane crew pending an investigation after they lost communication with air-traffic control in Addis Ababa before later landing safely. Flight ET343 was en route to the Ethiopian capital from Khartoum in neighbouring Sudan, Africa’s largest airline said in a statement. Appropriate action will be taken against the aviators based on the outcome of ...

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US directs airlines to provide free meals during travel chaos

  Bloomberg US airlines should buy meals and hotel rooms for passengers suffering the lengthy flight delays, according to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who called the disruptions roiling the travel industry “unacceptable.” In a letter to major carriers, Buttigieg asked that travellers be given meal vouchers for delays of at least three hours that are caused by the airlines ...

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