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☆ Who could buy TikTok?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Still, the company is under such close scrutiny that it would be a poor candidate to buy TikTok, experts say. If you were to tell me it’s Verizon, or AT&T, maybe it’s not as big of a problem.”Jasmine Enberg, principal analyst at Emarketer, highlighted a paradox: Only the largest, most dominant tech giants may have the resources to buy TikTok. Microsoft had been one of the handful of contenders to buy TikTok in 2020 when President Donald Trump first pushed for a sale. A former Trump Cabinet official enters the frayIn a move that caught many by surprise, former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced last month that he is putting together a team of investors to buy TikTok. As with Mnuchin, O’Leary has said a potential acquisition of TikTok may have to exclude TikTok’s algorithm.

Persons: Joe Biden, There’s, ”, Gene Kimmelman, Jasmine Enberg, ” Enberg, TikTok’s, Donald Trump, TikTok, Steven Mnuchin, Mnuchin, ” Oregon Democratic Sen, Ron Wyden, Trump, who’ve, Kevin O’Leary, O’Leary Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Google, Meta, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Department, YouTube, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Verizon, Emarketer, Activision Blizzard, Walmart, Oracle, Project Texas, Texas, Trump Cabinet, Trump Treasury, Trump, ” Oregon Democratic, Washington Post, O’Leary Ventures Locations: United States, TikTok, ” Oregon

Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broad management shakeup Monday after a series of mishaps at one of America's iconic manufacturers. Stephanie Pope, the company's chief operating officer for less than three months, has taken over leadership of the key division. Boeing has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max. Airline executives have expressed their frustration with the company, and even minor incidents involving Boeing jets have attracted extra attention. Pope, 51, was promoted to Boeing chief operating officer only in January.

Persons: David Calhoun, Stan Deal, Stephanie Pope, Lawrence Kellner, Calhoun, ”, Max, “, ” Calhoun, Dennis Muilenburg, Brian West, Steven Mollenkopf, Jason Gursky, Pope, Gursky, Richard Aboulafia, Patrick Shanahan —, Trump, AeroSystems, ” Cai von Rumohr, Cowen, Michael O’Leary, he’s, Michelle Chapman Organizations: Qualcomm, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Max, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Citi, U.S, Defense, Irish, Ryanair, ”, Boeing Co, AP Locations: Seattle, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Arlington , Virginia, Alaska, Calhoun, New York

☆ Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in wake of ongoing safety problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year in a major shakeup of the company’s leadership. The company also announced that Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is retiring. The problems have led to multiple groundings for safety issues and more than $31 billion in cumulative losses. But it comes in the face of widespread criticism of the company by CEOs of many of the world’s major airlines Boeing depends upon to buy its planes. Any Boeing customer shifting to Airbus could find itself waiting until 2030 or beyond to get its planes delivered.

Persons: Dave Calhoun, Larry Kellner, Steve Mollenkopf, Stan Deal, Stephanie Pope, Max, Calhoun, ”, Let’s, “ I’ve, Boeing won’t, Michael O’Leary, O’Leary, Scott Kirby, Ben Minicucci, Dennis Muilenburg, Muilenburg, Calhoun’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Qualcomm, Alaska Airlines, Max, CNBC, Alaska Air, ” Airlines, Ryanair, Europe’s, CNN, ”, ” United Airlines, United, Airbus, Virgin America Locations: New York, Alaska, ” United

☆ What’s next for movie theater operators like AMC after the ‘Barbenheimer’ money runs out?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

AMC Entertainment, often viewed as a bellwether for the industry as the world’s largest movie theater chain, is not immune to those challenges. Taylor Swift attends "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" Concert Movie World Premiere at AMC The Grove 14 on October 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. While box office revenues have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels, until this year, they had been on an upward trajectory. Wold lowered his projection for the domestic box office to $8.6 billion, down from $8.9 billion earned in 2023. Upping the showmanshipDespite the box office slowdown this year, AMC found itself at the center of yet another viral moment earlier this month.

Persons: “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, ”, ’, It’s, “ Barbenheimer, Taylor, Taylor Swift, Matt Winkelmeyer, Adam Aron, ” Aron, “, Paul Dergarabedian, Eric Wold, Riley, Wold, Barbie, Iris Schneider, Dergarabedian, “ There’s, Deadpool, Barbie ”, Alicia Reese, Michael O’Leary Organizations: CNN, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Hollywood, ZUMA, Warner Bros, Dodge, Wedbush, Dolby, National Association of Theatre Owners Locations: Los Angeles , California

☆ Ryanair says it may have to raise fares and cut flights this summer because of Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Ryanair may be forced to cut flights and raise fares in the peak summer season this year because crisis-hit Boeing can’t deliver the planes it promised. Until recently, Ryanair was expecting Boeing to deliver 57 Max 8-200 planes by the end of April, Reuters reported O’Leary as saying. “We don’t really know how many aircraft we’re going to get from Boeing,” he said, according to Reuters. If only 40 aircraft are delivered, Ryanair may have to “announce some minor schedule cuts” by the end of March, O’Leary was reported as saying. I think we (will) get some modest compensation out of Boeing,” O’Leary said.

Persons: Michael O’Leary, Max, O’Leary, ”, airfares, “ It’s, ” O’Leary, “, David Calhoun, Brian West Organizations: London CNN, Ryanair, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Reuters, CNN Locations: Ryanair’s Ireland

☆ Boeing is in the ‘last chance saloon,’ says Emirates head Tim Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Tim Clark, the president of Emirates, has joined a chorus of airline executives in warning that Boeing is running out of time to restore its reputation following a series of safety and manufacturing blunders. I’m sure Dave Calhoun and Stan Deal are on that,” he added, referring to Boeing’s CEO and head of commercial airplanes respectively. Clark isn’t the first airline boss to criticize Boeing since part of the fuselage of a 737 Max 9 blew out mid-flight in early January. Clark said that for the first time Emirates would send its own engineers to observe the production process of the 777 at Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems. “The fact that we’re having to do that is testament to what has happened,” he told the Financial Times.

Persons: Tim Clark, Clark, “ They’ve, Dave Calhoun, Stan Deal, Clark isn’t, Scott Kirby, ”, “ Will, Will, they’ve, Calhoun’s, that’s, —, Michael O’Leary, Brian West Organizations: London CNN, Emirates, Boeing, Financial, ” Emirates, CNBC, Alaska Airlines, Financial Times, “ Will Boeing, Will Boeing, CNN, Ryanair — Europe’s Locations: Alaska, Dubai, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Calhoun

☆ Ryanair CEO has ‘a lot of confidence’ in Boeing chief David Calhoun
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“I have a lot of confidence both personally and professionally in David Calhoun and in Brian West,” Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said Monday, referring to Boeing’s CEO and chief financial officer respectively. Calhoun — who was appointed to the top job in January 2020 as Boeing was already struggling with quality and safety issues — will unveil the planemaker’s full-year results Wednesday. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary, left, voiced strong support for Boeing CEO David Calhoun Monday. Partly because of this, Ryanair expects full-year profit for the current financial year to be at the lower end of a range of €1.85 billion-€1.95 billion ($2 billion-$2.1 billion) — trimming a November forecast of up to €2.05 billion ($2.2 billion). That would still be up from its previous record of €1.45 billion ($1.6 billion) earned in 2018, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Persons: ”, David Calhoun, Brian West, Michael O’Leary, “, Calhoun —, Dennis Muilenberg, Calhoun, Michael O'Leary, Scott Kirby, Kirby, Max, ” O’Leary, we’ll, O’Leary, ” — Organizations: London CNN, Boeing, Ryanair, Lauda, United, Max, Alaska Airlines, US Federal Aviation Administration, CNBC, United Airlines, Reuters, Airbus Locations: US, Austrian, Alaska, American, Toulouse, United Kingdom, Kiwi.com, Europe

☆ UK Must Comply With Human Rights' Court Orders, President Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON (Reuters) - The president of Europe's human rights court said on Thursday there was a legal obligation on states to comply with its injunctions in response to Britain's threat to ignore such orders over its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. In order to enact this plan, a bill is going through the British parliament which the government admits might not be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and would give ministers the power to decide whether to comply with injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights. "There is a clear legal obligation under the convention for states to comply with Rule 39 measures," Siofra O’Leary, the President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), told reporters. Last June, the ECtHR issued an injunction - known as interim measures under Rule 39 - to prevent the first deportations of asylum seekers to the east African nation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak remains determined to put the policy into operation amid pressure from right-wing lawmakers in his Conservative Party and voter concern about thousands of asylum seekers arriving without permission across the Channel in small boats.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Rwanda Bill, Michael Holden, Andrew MacAskill Organizations: European, Human Rights, of Human, of Human Rights, Conservative Party, Commons Locations: Rwanda, British, Britain

‘A Beautiful Place That Has a Dragon’: Where Hurricane Risk Meets Booming GrowthThe hurricanes keep coming, and the people, too: The fastest-growing places along the Atlantic coast this century are also among the most hurricane-prone. And rising sea levels make storm surges more damaging and coastal flooding more frequent. And this booming coastal population is, by many accounts, a larger contributor to rising hurricane risks than climate change. When Gail Hart moved from Arizona to retire in Wilmington, N.C., in 2017, she hadn’t considered the hurricane risk. Still said, “where do you put 100,000 people?”The housing crunch is one of many tensions playing out between wealthy coastal communities and those who live nearby.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesAll states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevents them from receiving certain vaccines. But the percentage with nonmedical exemptions has inched up, lifting the overall exemption rate from 1.6% in the 2011-2012 school year to 3% last year. Hawaii saw the largest jump, with the exemption rate rising to 6.4%, nearly double the year before. One apparent paradox in the report: The national vaccination rate held steady even as exemptions increased.

Persons: kindergarteners, it’s, hasn’t, ”, Sean O’Leary, —, O’Leary, “, Shannon Stokley Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, University of Colorado, CDC, West, American Academy of Pediatrics, Health, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: COVID, Idaho, New York, Hawaii, Connecticut, Maine, U.S

☆ Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on earnings, record annual profit forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRyanair CEO Michael O’Leary on earnings, record annual profit forecastRyanair Holdings Group CEO Michael O’Leary joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the airline's quarterly earnings results, record annual profit forecast, consumer travel demand, and more.

Persons: Michael O’Leary Organizations: Ryanair Holdings

☆ Ryanair’s soaring profit means regular payouts to shareholders for first time in 40 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ryanair has returned money to investors in the past, but never on a regular basis. Between 2008 and 2020, the group paid out €6.74 billion ($7.2 billion) to shareholders via buybacks and ad hoc dividend payments, according to a spokesperson. Less competition has allowed the airline to increase ticket prices, which soared 24% on average, offsetting significantly higher fuel costs. That would be up from its previous record of €1.45 billion ($1.6 billion) earned in 2018, before the Covid-19 pandemic. Ryanair agreed to buy up to 300 Boeing 737-10 planes earlier this year in a deal worth $40 billion.

Persons: ”, Adina Vălean, we’ve, Michael O’Leary, “ I’m Organizations: London CNN, Ryanair, Lauda, Interactive Investor, Financial Times, International Air Transport Association, Boeing Locations: Austrian, Dublin, Europe, Albania

☆ The World Is Becoming More African
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Declan Walsh | Hannah Reyes Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +37 min

Old World Young Africa As the world grays, Africa blooms with youth. The World Is Becoming More African Part one of a series on how the youth boom is changing the continent, and beyond. But while a handful of African countries are poised to ride the demographic wave, others risk being swamped by it. In the West, racists and right-wing nationalists stoke fears of African population growth to justify hatred, or even violence. The age gap between geriatric leaders and restless youth is “a major source of tension” in many African countries, said Simon Mulongo, a former African Union diplomat from Uganda.

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☆ Taylor Swift's Eras tour movie brought in about $96 million at the box office
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In its opening weekend, the pop singer’s concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” raked in between $95 and $97 million in the box office in the United States and Canada, movie theater chain AMC said Sunday. “I thought I had seen everything with the Barbenheimer phenomenon,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, which tracks box office numbers. Teenagers trade bracelets while waiting for the beginning of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert movie in a cinema in Mexico City, Mexico October 13, 2023. Discovery, and “Oppenheimer.” Together, the two hits brought in nearly $2.4 billion in global box office sales this year, according to tracking site Box Office Mojo. Barbenheimer and Swift’s concert film “puts movie theaters at the epicenter of the culture as the hub of cultural influence,” said Dergarabedian.

Persons: New York CNN — Taylor Swift, “ Taylor Swift, ”, “ Justin Bieber, ” Elizabeth Frank, Taylor Swift, Chris Day, Swift, Swiftie Clara, seismologist, Sam Wrench, Taylor, Paul Dergarabedian, ” Swift, Alexandre Meneghini, Beyoncé, “ Barbie, “ Oppenheimer, Michael O’Leary, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, AMC, USA, Ticketmaster, ” AMC, it’s, Twitter, Warner Bros, National Association of Theater Owners, CNN Locations: New York, United States, Canada, Memphis, Tenn, Santa Clara, Northern California, Seattle, Los Angeles, AMC’s, Mexico City, Mexico, The

☆ Boeing delivery delays disrupt Ryanair flights again
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

However, production delays at the Spirit Fuselage facility in Wichita, Kansas, combined with Boeing’s repair and delivery delays in Seattle, meant the budget airline now expects to receive only 14 aircraft between October and December. “At this early date, we do not expect these delivery delays will materially affect our full-year traffic target of 183.5 million [passengers],” Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said. Asked if it could confirm the delays and when deliveries would be up to date, a spokesperson for Boeing said that the planemaker valued its partnership with Ryanair and was committed to supporting the airline. Ryanair already trimmed its full-year passenger forecast from 185 million in July, citing potential Boeing delays, as well as the impact of air traffic control strikes. Ryanair executives had said deliveries had “significantly improved” before Boeing discovered a production flaw last month that has slowed deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX aircraft.

Persons: Michael O’Leary, O’Leary Organizations: Ryanair, Boeing, East, Porto Locations: Wichita , Kansas, Seattle, Charleroi, Belgium, Dublin, Ireland, Bergamo, Naples, Pisa, East Midlands, Portugal, Cologne, Germany

☆ Why Taylor Swift might have chosen theaters for the Eras Tour film's debut, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Taylor Swift’s fans know the greatest films of all time were never made, but that could be called into question come October 13, when her Eras Tour concert movie is set for release in North America. Experts say that choosing movie theaters for the Eras Tour film’s debut over the small screen is a move fitting of both Swift’s business acumen and relationship with her fans. Unlike her previous concerts, the Eras Tour has become a cultural phenomenon. Others seemed to have their own reasons for concern about the Eras Tour film release’s timing. The “Exorcist: Believer,” originally scheduled to be released on the same day as Swift’s film, moved it up a week.

Persons: New York CNN — Taylor Swift’s, Swift, “ Taylor, “ Taylor Swift, Fearless ”, ”, wouldn’t, Jonathan Kuuskoski, Ralph Jaccodine, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, that’s, “, “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, “ Barbie, Michael O’Leary, O’Leary, “ You’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, AMC Theaters, Netflix, Disney, Apple Music, Warner Bros, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, Ticketmaster, Berklee College of Music, CNN, National Association of Theater Owners, AMC Locations: New York, North America, France

☆ Ryanair CEO pied in the face by climate activists in Brussels
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —The CEO of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, was pied in the face during a Thursday visit to Brussels in a stunt by climate activists. Ryanair says it has so far collected 1.8 million signatures on its online petition from members of the public. The incident was captured on video, and the activists can be heard shouting: “Welcome in Belgium. O'Leary stands in front of a lifesize cardboard version of Ursula von der Leyen, the EU Commission president. After being pied, the head of Europe’s largest airline carried on talking to the media outside the EU building, saying, “We’re here to discuss the petition.

Persons: Michael O’Leary, O’Leary, “, Michael O'Leary, O'Leary, Ursula von der Leyen, ”, — Organizations: London CNN, Ryanair, European Commission, EU Commission, EU, RTL, Reuters, International Energy Agency, Twitter Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Ukraine

☆ JetZero: Is this new plane design the future of aviation?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“That is a staggering leap forward in comparison to what the industry is used to.”A rendering of JetZero's blended wing design. American aircraft designer and industrialist Jack Northrop created a jet-powered flying wing design in 1947, which inspired the B-2 in the 1990s. NASAIn 2020, Airbus built a small blended wing demonstrator, about six feet in length, signaling interest in pursuing a full-size aircraft in the future. Similarly, JetZero wants to simultaneously develop three variants: a passenger plane, a cargo plane and a fuel tanker. “Extensive aerodynamic testing and optimization are essential to fully realize the drag reduction potential of this innovative aircraft design.

Persons: Douglas, ”, Tom O’Leary, Jack Northrop, O’Leary, “, “ It’s, ” JetZero, JetZero, Bailey Miles, Miles, Richard Aboulafia, “ There’s Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Airbus, Douglas DC, NASA, JetZero, KC, US Air Force, Air Force Locations: California, Germany, American

☆ Record temperatures, plus Barbie, help to drive record movie box office
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ellie Stevens | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Advertisements for the films "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" appear at AMC Theaters at The Grove on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/APThis summer, scorching heat waves are helping take the movie box office to new levels. Movie-theater air conditioning is generally silent, powerful and adapts quickly to temperature swings. Within 5 years of the introduction of air conditioning in movie theaters in the 1920s, Basile said, 3,000 movie theaters were forced to put it in just to keep up with the industry. “Before air conditioning existed in movie theaters, summer was considered the dead season.” Not anymore.

Persons: “ Oppenheimer, “ Barbie, Hope Torres, —, ” Torres, Oppenheimer, Chris Pizzello, Barbie ”, ”, Shawn Robbins, Tyler Whitmore, ‘ Oppenheimer ’, ” Whitmore, Salvatore Basile, “ Oppenheimer ”, Eric Thayer, Basile, Michael O’Leary, Jeff Yanc, John Carpenter’s, ” Yanc Organizations: CNN, Maya Cinemas, AMC Theaters, AMC, Sunday, Boxoffice, ”, Hollywood, Regal Cinemas, Warner Bros . Pictures, Warner Bros ., TCL, Bloomberg, Getty, AC, National Association of Theater, Mushroom People Locations: Maya Cinemas Fresno, Fresno , California, California, Grove, Los Angeles, Phoenix , Arizona, Arizona, Los Angeles , California, Cineworld, Tucson , Arizona

☆ ‘Barbenheimer’ box office success has reawakened America’s moviegoing muscle
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —It’s a tale of two movies and a box office triumph: “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” maintained incredible momentum into their second weekends. It is the largest domestic second weekend performance ever for Warner Bros., which produced the movie. Crucially, these numbers reflect that not only is there high energy and excitement for movies, but an appetite for the movie theater experience. People dress up as the doll Barbie to attend the Barbie movie on July 21, 2023 in New York City. “You have to go into the theater to experience it.”Repeat viewings are also fueling box office earnings.

Persons: CNN —, “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, Barbie ”, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Stephanie Keith, Barbenheimer, it’s, ”, Michael O’Leary, “ Oppenheimer, O’Leary, “, they've, Instagram O’Leary, there’s, Paul Dergarabedian, Eric Thayer, Shawn Robbins Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., National Association of Theater Owners, B Theaters, Hollywood, B, “, Guild of America, SAG, Comscore, ”, Screen, Fox Studios, Bloomberg, Getty, Boxoffice Pro Locations: New York City, United States, Los Angeles

☆ Airlines report soaring profits amid travel demands
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —International airlines have reported significant profits this year, boosted by strong demand for leisure travel – and events, such as the World Cup, which gave Qatar Airlines an enormous lift. On Thursday, International Airlines Group, which includes Aer Lingus and British Airways, announced a record profit of about $1.4 billion for the first half of the year. “Customer demand remains strong across the Group, particularly for leisure travel, with around 80% of passenger revenue for the third quarter already booked. Qatar Airways reported a $1.2 billion profit for the past fiscal year, ascribing its strong performance to December’s FIFA World Cup. In its report, Qatar Airways said that, throughout the 2022 World Cup, the company operated around 140,000 flights to bring more than 1.4 million people to Qatar.

Persons: Luis Gallego, Benjamin Smith, Akbar Al Baker, Michael O’Leary, – CNN’s Mostafa Salem, Pierre Meilhan Organizations: CNN — International, Qatar, International Airlines Group, Aer Lingus, British Airways, KLM Group, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Olympic, Paralympic Games, Air, Qatar Airways, KLM, FIFA, Ryanair, Europe’s Locations: AirFrance, Amsterdam, France, Air France, Qatar

☆ Barbenheimer could be the one-two movie punch that blasts away the superhero smash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

'Barbie' dominated at the box office, bringing in $155 million in its opening weekend in the US. Fury of the Gods (from Warner Bros.), with $58 million in domestic box office sales since it premiered on March 17. 3” have so far helped the film collect $359 million in box office sales domestically since it premiered on May 5. “The superhero movie is not the novelty that it used to be,” Shawn Robbins, chief analyst with Boxoffice Pro, said in an interview with CNN. 'Oppenheimer' raked in $80.5 million at the box office in its opening weekend in the US.

Persons: New York CNN —, Barbie, Oppenheimer, “, ”, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Christopher Nolan’s “ Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer, “ Barbie, “ Oppenheimer, ” Shawn Robbins, don’t, Robbins, “ It’s, we’ve, “ Barbie ”, ” Michael O’Leary, ‘ Barbie ’, ‘ Oppenheimer, ’ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Yankee, Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Warner Bros, Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros ., DC, “ Guardians, Boxoffice, CNN, US, Universal, ‘, Galaxy, DC Comics, Marvel, mojo, “, National Association of Theatre Owners Locations: New York, America, New York City, United States

☆ Europe’s largest airline just sounded the alarm on travel demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —The travel industry has defied a global economic slowdown, enjoying record bookings and profits as pent-up demand following the pandemic fueled spending on air tickets and hotels. Ryanair (RYAAY), Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers, warned Monday that high inflation and rising interest rates could dent appetite for air travel in the second half of the year. The airline now expects to carry 183.5 million passengers in the 12 months ending in March 2024. The Dublin-based airline — which on Friday announced plans to return to Ukraine within weeks of the war ending — forecast “modest” profit growth for the full year. The latest figure marks a significant turnaround for the aviation industry, which suffered net losses of $183 billion between 2020 and 2022 as pandemic lockdowns hit travel.

Persons: “ We’re, Michael O’Leary, ”, Jet2, O’Leary, — Organizations: London CNN, Ryanair, EasyJet, Boeing, International Air Transport Association Locations: Europe’s, Ukraine, Dublin

☆ 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' box office debut sparks hope that cinema is back
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That gave the pink-drenched film the largest opening weekend of 2023 so far and the biggest-ever debut for a female director. Timothy Richards, chief executive of Vue International, Europe’s largest privately owned movie theater operator, said in a statement Sunday that it had seen its biggest weekend in four years for ticket sales. AMC (AMC), the world’s largest movie theater chain, said last week that 60,000 people had bought tickets see both films on the same day. Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest movie theater chain and owner of Regal Cinemas, filed for bankruptcy in September after posting a total $3.3 billion loss over 2020 and 2021. So far, Cineworld has shuttered 51 of its Regal movie theaters in the US.

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☆ Ryanair will return to Ukraine within weeks of war ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Ryanair is planning to connect major airports in Ukraine to almost two dozen European capitals within weeks of the country’s airspace reopening when the war ends. Ryanair (RYAAY) said in a statement Thursday it would offer flights to and from Ukraine within eight weeks of that happening. Speaking from Kyiv, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the carrier would “charge back” into Ukraine after the war. “The visit of Ryanair senior management to Boryspil Airport is a powerful signal that the largest airline in Europe sees huge potential in the Ukrainian air transport market,” said Boryspil International Airport CEO Oleksiy Dubrevskyy. The move highlights Ukraine’s sustained efforts to court international investors, as it plans for its future after the war.

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