passenger
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Further, shorter booking cycles in the passenger airline business are making forecasting more difficult for Lufthansa, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Below are key dates in the passenger plane's evolution.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Chinese brands achieved a 9.7% share of the Western European passenger car market in the period, up from 5.2% in the first-half of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
As you’re motoring away on your time off this summer, perhaps even driving over that very “Grapevine” on the I-5, here’s some backstory drama for you to take along in the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But as they walked back to the car, Gloria raced ahead and jumped in the front passenger seat, calling out, “I’m going to sit here if it kills me!”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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At first, when their boat of some 60 passengers landed in April after 15 hours on the water, they were taken to a reception centre and given cake and orange juice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The airline had launched additional flights to Europe in March and April "to cater for an upsurge in market demand as passengers prioritised alternative routings".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Last week, 186 passengers had to be brought ashore from a Viking cruise liner that hit a sandbank because of low water levels near the city of Vidin in Bulgaria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Later, Basarnas said it got confirmation the ferry "was almost entirely engulfed in flames" as "passengers held on in the ship's bridge and bow while awaiting rescue".
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Should one of us go over there and help the passengers unload—er, I mean—deplane?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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