In our round-up of travel stories this week: a miraculous story of survival high on Everest, how to not be a cliché in Paris, plus the people who decide when and where your next flight will be going.
Every time you board a flight, the plane you fly on and even the route you’re taking all come down to decisions often managed by one person, aided by a team of experts.
The chief planning officer is a key figure at most major commercial airlines, overseeing management of some of the most intricate aspects of air travel. And in times of turmoil such as our current one, when spiking jet fuel prices are prompting many airlines to drastically reduce services, that…