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Delta s US-China flights signal recovery By ZHU WENQIAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-27 09:14 Share CLOSE Delta aircraft sit idle at Kansas City International Airport, the United States, on April 3. [Photo/Agencies]
4 flights per week, middle seat offer mark possible turnaround in global air travel
Demand for global air travel is showing encouraging growth as COVID-19 vaccination rates rise and travel restrictions ease in different countries, boosting traveler confidence, industry experts said.
Delta Air Lines, a major Atlanta-based carrier, said its cash burn that averaged $11 million per day earlier started to turn positive in March with cash generation of $4 million daily.
She told local media that requiring specific numbers of published papers or demanding inclusion in a journal with a certain impact factor as a precondition for graduation damages collaborative research and “hinders the cultivation of innovative talents.”
Another proposal put forward by Li Yusheng, an adjunct Ph.D. supervisor at Nanjing Normal University, points out that this demand by universities “lacks legitimacy” and “could infringe Ph.D. candidates’ rights to obtain degrees and be assessed fairly.”
Zou Jianjun, a professor in the School of Chinese Language and Literature at Central China Normal University, told
Times Higher Education that the adoption of mandatory publication over the past two decades “was mainly driven by the benefits it offers for subject evaluation and university rankings rather than the commitment to guarantee the quality of Ph.D. education.”