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Five-Window Seats? Airlines Are Betting Billions on First-Class Flights | WSJ Booked

Air France just unveiled its new first-class suites, where for $11,000 round-trip from New York to Paris, customers can get five windows to themselves. These luxury airplane seats have become fiercely competitive in the aviation industry with companies like Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Etihad all offering lavish cabins. But these new planes have faced delays as Airbus and Boeing struggle to fulfill orders.

WSJ explores some of these investments in luxury upgrades in a period of increasing economic uncertainty and question the long-term demand for these kinds of seats.

Chapters:
0:00 The race for first-class seats
1:03 The demand
3:25 The global aviation industry
4:34 Will the premium strategy pay off?

Booked
Your trip may be booked, but there are hundreds of people and processes that help you travel to where you need to go. From airport logistics to cruise ship procedures, WSJ’s Booked peels back the curtain on the travel industry, guiding viewers behind-the-scenes through the lens of industry experts.

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Why L.A.’s Trains Can Take 4x Longer Than Driving | WSJ Pro Perfected

Los Angeles had one of the best mass transit systems in the U.S. about 100 years ago. But today, driving in L.A. traffic can still be faster than taking the train. The city’s mono-centric design ends most of the rail lines in downtown L.A., similar to New York City’s subway system that has most MTA and commuter lines connecting or ending in Manhattan. But L.A.’s population is too spread out for this kind of design.

WSJ spoke with the former chief innovation officer at L.A. Metro to find out how he would fix the city’s transit system.

Chapters:
0:00 L.A.’s transit system
0:46 The problems with the design
2:03 The solution
3:39 Local connections
4:45 The problem building rail today
6:06 What’s next?

Pro Perfected
Experts in engineering and design break down a ubiquitous problem, examining how the world is built and what can make it better.

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'You Play God:’ Air-Traffic Controller on Why He Took Trauma Leave | WSJ

Newark Liberty International Airport has faced two weeks of technology and air-traffic control staffing issues that have plagued the New Jersey transit hub. After multiple radar and radio outages, air-traffic controllers are taking trauma leave, further fueling flight disruptions in the area.

In an exclusive interview with WSJ, one ATC supervisor based out of Philadelphia details the ongoing problems at the airport.

Chapters:
0:00 Newark-area disruptions
0:37 Controllers taking trauma leave
1:46 Recounting close call for collision
3:25 Why Jonathan Stewart came forward
4:10 Controller pay and sacrifices
4:45 How to improve controller jobs
5:34 Why Stewart enjoys the job
6:37 FAA on Newark issues

#Newark #Flights #WSJ

Why Costco Almost Didn’t Go Through With Kirkland Gas

Costco’s co-founder Jim Sinegal sat down with The Wall Street Journal, discussing how he built the $86 billion Kirkland Signature private label. why he was so reluctant to get into the gasoline business and more.

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OnlyFans CEO on Avoiding the App Store and Personalized Algorithms | WSJ

OnlyFans has carved a niche out of the $250 billion creator economy by welcoming adult content. The company wants to build a different kind of a social media platform – one that’s not reliant on advertising and personalized algorithms.

WSJ sat down with CEO Keily Blair to discuss why she thinks OnlyFans can be one of the safest digital platforms out there.

Chapters:
0:00 OF business model
0:23 Where Blair worked before OF
1:01 OF’s search function
2:23 Design features
3:18 Why OF is not on the App Store
4:06 Expanding into new markets
4:59 Mitigating risk and working with banks
6:56 AI threats for OF
8:56 Future challenges
11:15 Going from a lawyer to social media CEO

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Space Force Chief on Why China, Russia Are a ‘Substantial’ Threat | WSJ

President Trump plans to announce that Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein will oversee development of the ambitious Golden Dome antimissile shield, envisioned to protect the U.S. from high-tech threats.

Last year, WSJ’s Shelby Holliday sat down with Space Force chief Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to learn more about why space is becoming an increasingly important domain for the U.S. military, and how adversaries like Russia and China might use space to launch attacks.

Chapters:
0:00 U.S.’s Space Force
0:49 Threats in space
3:06 Space weapons
4:29 What Space Force does
7:00 What’s next?

News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.

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