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☆ Why Southwest just broke its 50-year boarding tradition
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Open seating helped Southwest load and unload passengers, which Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said meant more on-time departures and cost savings on Thursday’s earnings call. Even as other airlines switched to assigned seats in recent decades, Southwest kept its boarding process the same. ‘Sad day’Some loyal Southwest customers vented their frustration about the policy change on social media. She worries she will have to pay extra for her traditional A-group seats as Southwest moves to assigned seats. But activist pressure did not factor into the company’s move to assigned seats, Southwest CEO Jordan said on the earnings call.

Persons: Herb Kelleher, —, you’ve, William Thomas Cain, Bob Jordan, Gary Kelly, ” “, ”, Sandy Wolfe, “, Wolfe, Jordan, William McGee Organizations: New, New York CNN, Southwest Airlines, Southwest, “, CNN, Elliot Investment Management, United, Delta, American Economic Liberties Locations: New York, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Southwest, here’s, ‘, American, United States

☆ Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian soldiers of the Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' enter the embattled village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 25, 2023. Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying to push further south in their counteroffensive against Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said last week that its forces had raised the national flag in the strategic settlement, but were still carrying out mopping-up operations. She said Russian troops were gathering new forces there and regrouping, and Moscow was aiming to deploy its best troops there. She added that in the past week Ukrainian forces had retaken 1 square km (0.39 square mile) around Bakhmut, and Russian troops had not made any advances.

Persons: Robotyne, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Tom Balmforth, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Separate, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Reuters, NATO, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Orikhiv, Tokmak, Russian, Azov, Mala Tokmachka, Russia, Moscow, Bakhmut, Poltava, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine says it gains foothold in strategic southeastern village
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Tuesday its troops had entered the strategic southeastern village of Robotyne, a potentially significant advance in its counteroffensive against Russian forces. "Our soldiers in the village of Robotyne," General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian forces in the south, wrote on Telegram under a picture of a soldier in a tank. Tokmak's capture would be a milestone as Ukrainian troops press southwards towards the Sea of Azov, a military push intended to split Russian occupying forces. The Institute for the Study of War, an American research group and think tank, has described the Ukrainian attacks on Robotyne as "tactically significant". Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, did not immediately comment on the reports from Robotyne.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Russian, Deputy, Reuters, Robotyne, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Robotyne, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Tokmak, Russian, Azov, American, Ukrainian, Russia, Kyiv

☆ Russia abruptly fired a front-line general, and now Ukraine is seizing the moment to punch through the defenses he had overseen
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The fired Russian general had demanded changes after suffering losses in artillery battles with Ukraine that were crucial to holding their defensive lines. According to the US officials, Ukraine has expressed a desire to press south toward the occupied city of Melitopol, near the Sea of Azov. Doing so would allow Kyiv's military to split the territory that Russia currently occupies and threaten its hold on the Crimean peninsula. Ukrainian “Grad” multiple rocket launcher fires standing in a field near Orikhiv on June 27, 2023 in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. A press officer stands on top of a destroyed Russian military vehicle in Novodarivka village, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.

Persons: they've, Serhii Mykhalchuk, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ivan Popov, Popov, Dmytro Smolienko, Getty Images Popov, Mark Milley, Milley Organizations: Service, Ukrainian, US, NATO, Pentagon, New York Times, Grad, Getty Images, Kyiv, Kyiv's, Staff of, Armed Forces, Staff, Arms Army, Publishing, Times, Joint Chiefs Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Melitopol, Azov, Russia, Ukrainian, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian, Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia Region

☆ U.S. senators press Southwest to answer questions on holiday meltdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A group of 15 U.S. senators on Friday demanded Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) Chief Executive Bob Jordan answer questions about the low-cost carrier's holiday meltdown that led to nearly 16,000 flight cancellations. "The airline must examine the causes of this disaster and ensure it never happens again," said the letter led by Democratic Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal asking for answers about the software it uses for crew scheduling and why did the company "fail to invest funds to modernize these systems to ensure that it could effectively coordinate crew and flight schedules after major storms and during major travel periods?" Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Pandemic restrictions: What was in the first wave and what is now in the world? Op-Ed by Ala Tocarciuc
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +8 min

Pandemic restrictions: What was in the first wave and what is now in the world? The purpose of applying the first wave of quarantine was to allow health systems to prepare for a response to the pandemic. Countries have chosen various pandemic tactics for the so-called second wave. The models of restrictions applied in wave one and the models of restrictions applied in wave two are different and now the restrictions depend on several indicators. Reflections on possible scenarios in MoldovaWe tried to slow down the pandemic here with severe restrictions at the beginning of the pandemic.

Persons: Ala Organizations: People, National Medical Company Locations: Moldova, Italy, China, Slovakia, COVID

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