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☆ Exclusive: Tesla readies export of Model Y to Canada from China
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Model Y is the electric vehicle (EV) maker's best-selling model globally. Tesla's website showed that customers in Canada could take delivery of the new version of the Model Y between May and July. Tesla Shanghai began production of the Canada-bound version of Model Y earlier this month, the person with knowledge of the development said. The introduction of the cheaper Model Y for Canada qualified both it and Tesla's C$69,900 long-range Model Y for the incentive as of Friday, Transport Canada said on its website. Tesla’s Shanghai plant uses lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for the Model Y version produced there for sale in China and for export to Europe and other markets.

Air France said about 20% of short-haul flights would be canceled, but long-haul services would be maintained. The reforms will gradually increase the age at which most French citizens can draw a state pension to 64, from 62. A record 1.3 million people took part in demonstrations on January 19, which brought the country to a standstill and shuttered the Eiffel Tower to visitors. The government has said the pension legislation is necessary to tackle a funding deficit, but the reforms have angered workers at a time when living costs are rising. The legislation is currently before French lawmakers, with a vote on the final version of the text expected later this month.

Paris/London CNN —French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month, as unions staged another mass strike against government plans to raise the retirement age for most workers. Strikes that day brought the transportation network to a standstill and shuttered the Eiffel Tower to visitors. Air France (AFLYY) canceled 10% of short-haul flights but said strikes would not affect long-haul services. On Sunday, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said raising the retirement age was “not negotiable,” during an interview on domestic television station France Info. Raising the retirement age to 64 will keep France below the norm in Europe and in many other developed economies, where the age at which full pension benefits vest is 65 and increasingly moving towards 67.

☆ Passengers' hats and belongings were sucked out of a plane after a door opened mid-flight, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There were 25 passengers and six crew members on board the IrAero flight, the carrier said. Passengers lost some items as they were sucked out of the cabin, Magan Airport told the outlet. Not long after taking off from Magan Airport, the plane's rear entry ramp door slid open while the aircraft was at around 9,000 ft, per the news outlet. "Fortunately, the 25 people on board, including the crew, were unharmed," a report from Magan airport said, via the Independent. Representatives for IrAero and Magan airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Russia Airport Selling Packge With Secrutiy, Check-in — but No Flight
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Anapa Airport's "I Wanna Fly" program offers everything a flight does, except movement. Details of the package at Anapa Airport, called "I Wanna Fly," were published by independent Russian news outlet The Insider. Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency suspended all flights from the airport at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. Anapa is near the border between Russia and Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014. The "I Wanna Fly" tour is similar to when different airlines started offering "flights to nowhere" during the COVID-19 pandemic, though these often did involve taking off.

☆ Movement of persons to polling stations is strictly monitored
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-15 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Movement of persons to polling stations is strictly monitoredThe police and the National Road Transport Agency are strictly monitoring the movement of persons to polling stations. Besides the regular passenger routes, the movement of units of transports with more than eight passengers is not allowed, IPN quoted deputy head of the General Police Inspectorate Marin Maxian as saying in a press briefing. Marin Maxian noted that 23 alleged violations of the electoral process were reported by 11am. The General Police Inspectorate said any action to block the electoral process entails criminal liability. The police are examining all the reported violations.

Persons: Marin Maxian Organizations: National Road Transport Agency, Mobile, General Police

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