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Janet Bednarek, The Conversation

US proposes new rules giving airline passengers greater rights if flights are delayed or cancelled

Consumer advocates have pushed for greater passenger rights since at least the early 1970s but airlines have mostly been able to enforce their own policies.

Janet Bednarek, The Conversation
· Jun 22, 2023 · 09:30 pm
As the last Boeing 747 rolls out of the factory, a history of how it became the ‘queen of the skies’

The 747 was, and is, probably the most easily recognisable jet airliner.

Janet Bednarek, The Conversation
· Feb 03, 2023 · 11:30 pm
Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years

While most involuntary airport residents long to leave their temporary home, there are some who have voluntarily attempted to make it their long-term abode.

Janet Bednarek, The Conversation
· Mar 05, 2021 · 07:30 pm

50 years of the Boeing 747: How the ‘queen of the skies’ reigned over air travel

On September 30, 1968, the jumbo jet rolled off the assembly line, ready to hit the skies.

Janet Bednarek, The Conversation
· Oct 02, 2018 · 01:30 pm