Chris Zappone

Digital Foreign Editor at The Age

Digital Foreign Editor at Sydney Morning Herald

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Faster, higher, sleeker: How Boom Supersonic wants to reinvent flight

4 days ago | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone

Part of the drive by Boom is to challenge the status quo in aviation. Boeing is beset by problems with its 737 Max, labour and safety issues, and production slowdowns. Airbus has gained market share, but it is also slowed by lingering production disruptions created by the pandemic aftermath. “This is an industry where there are only two players in the world, Boeing and Airbus, and neither of them has launched a new product in more than 20 years,” says Scholl.
Faster, higher, sleeker: How Boom Supersonic wants to reinvent flight

4 days ago | watoday.com.au | Chris Zappone

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‘Adapt or die’: How tech disrupted Generation X careers

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Members of Generation X were taught in movies that the hero never “sold out” to the system. For many, the culture was built around this impulse. Movies like The Breakfast Club, bands like The Clash, and even the death of Kurt Cobain all reflected this ethos. So, that generation’s working life has often been dismaying.
‘Adapt or die’: How tech disrupted Generation X careers

5 days ago | watoday.com.au | Chris Zappone

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Flying to Asia? Australians become spoilt for airline choice

6 days ago | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Malaysia Airlines is introducing more daily flights to Australia to meet surging demand for travel to Asia, as travel fully recovers from the aftermath of the pandemic lockdowns. The increase is seen as a sign of the “competitive tension” among international long-haul carriers to Australia even as domestic players maintain their grip on the short-haul routes.
Australians shun US travel as Trump sparks confusion, then backlash

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. American political chaos spurred by President Donald Trump has dampened demand for US holidays, figures show, as anger and uncertainty around his actions hit Australian travel.
Trump-China tariff war could end post-COVID travel surge ‘a bit faster’

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The post-COVID travel surge may finally slow in the face of a weaker Australian dollar and share market losses, in a follow-on effect from a brewing global trade war. The dollar has fallen in response to the volatility spurred by US President Donald Trump’s tariff frenzy, while share market plunges have taken their toll on superannuation accounts.
Trump-China tariff war could end post-COVID travel surge ‘a bit faster’

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Chris Zappone

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Tariff war could put brakes on post-COVID travel surge

1 week ago | futures.tradingcharts.com | Chris Zappone

Apr 13, 2025 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) --Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that 2.38 million people went overseas in January. However, the number of Australians opting for overseas travel fell to an estimated 1.69 million in March. Paul Bloxham from HSBC says the post-Covid travel boom had been likely to slow down at some stage, and he notes that the financial market turmoil in the wake of the Trump administration's tariffs regime may see this gather pace.
Tariff war could put brakes on post-COVID travel surge

1 week ago | futures.tradingcharts.com | Chris Zappone

Apr 13, 2025 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) --Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that 2.38 million people went overseas in January. However, the number of Australians opting for overseas travel fell to an estimated 1.69 million in March. Paul Bloxham from HSBC says the post-Covid travel boom had been likely to slow down at some stage, and he notes that the financial market turmoil in the wake of the Trump administration's tariffs regime may see this gather pace.