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| 1 | | Uber announced it is expanding its flight booking capabilities in the U.K. in collaboration with Canadian travel site Hopper. The ride-hailing app had been testing the feature with a select number of users and expects a wide release in "the coming weeks." More: - Users would be able to select and pay for specific seats via the Uber app.
- The ability to book flights adds to Uber's capabilities in the U.K., which include bookings for trains with National Rail and buses through National Express and Megabus.
- Uber claims its bookings have been increasing by 40% monthly in the U.K. after it launched the option for trains in August.
- Airport trips currently comprise 15% of the company's gross bookings.
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| 2 | | U.S. airlines added 2,544 workers in March for a total of 793,779, 8.2% more than in March 2019. This represents an increase of 0.32% versus February 2023, per the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. More: - 4,477 workers joined airline passenger operations for a total of 512,927 in March, making it the 23rd consecutive month of job growth for the segment.
- United Airlines reported the most hires with 1,289 workers, followed by Southwest with 977 and Delta Air Lines with 954.
- On the cargo side, the leading company for the segment, FedEx, let go of 1,861 employees.
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| 3 | | Wisk Aero announced a partnership with Japan Airlines for a self-flying eVTOL service, pending regulatory review of its sixth-generation aircraft. JAL Engineering would work with Wisk to maintain and operate the air taxis. More: - "Japan represents a large, densely populated market where air taxi services can provide a real, positive impact for local communities," said Catherine MacGowan, Wisk's APAC Regional Director.
- The regulatory agency that would review the type certification of the aircraft, the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, signed an agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in October to cooperate on advanced air mobility certification and licensing.
- In February, Chinese company EHang performed its first autonomous eVTOL flight in Japan.
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| 4 | | JetBlue began implementing changes to its TrueBlue loyalty program starting on May 10, including switching from Mosaic Qualifying points to Tiles. The new system would simplify the number of passengers it would have to keep track of for loyalty rewards. More: - Passengers would be able to earn one Tile per $100 spent on flights or vacations.
- 50 Tiles would earn a Mosaic, with there being four Mosaic levels.
- Level 3 would grant the passenger four standby upgrades to Mint.
- Mosaic 4 would provide two additional upgrades and four one-way airport transfers by helicopter to JFK or Newark Airport with Blade.
- Pending the regulatory approval of its merger with Spirit, JetBlue would become the fifth-largest airline in the U.S.
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| 5 | | On Wednesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on whether to lower speeds for freight trucking. "If you slow all trucks down to 60 mph, it's going to take more trucks to move the same amount of freight, which adds to more congestion," said Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. More: - Earlier this month, Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) introduced the DRIVE Act, which would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from "implementing any rule or regulation requiring vehicles over 26,000 pounds that are engaged in interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed."
- The DRIVE Act is being proposed in response to the FMCSA's notice of intent for interstate commercial trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more to contain an electronic engine control unit capable of limiting to a maximum speed that would be determined.
- During the session, the president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, Anne Reinke, also testified by calling for increased oversight and enforcement by the FMCSA of illegal brokers.
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| 6 | | Logistics platform GoodShip announced it raised a $5M Seed round led by Ironspring Ventures and Chicago Ventures. The company unifies different data sources for freight outcomes optimized for shippers and carriers. More: - "There are a lot of generic solutions that miss a lot of important components and do not account for industry context. You need to know what the seasonality is and how much lead time you will receive," said the startup's CEO and co-founder, Ryan Soskin.
- GoodShip claims to have reduced clients' late shipments by 20% and freight spend by 3% to 5%.
- The round, which brings the company's total funding to $7.4M, included participation by Fuse VC, Cercano Management, and Jett McCandless.
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