Increasingly, air pollution is changing everyday life.
The United-Continental merger provides another example of how air travel is changing.
"There is something in the air, something is changing," Mr. Makarenko said.
Old customs and jobs are dying and the air itself is changing, however, transformed by an American newcomer, Smithfield Foods.
Old customs and jobs are dying, however, and the air itself is changing, transformed by an American newcomer: Smithfield Foods.
"On a long-term scale, you can take the average over time and get a fairly reliable understanding of how [ground-level] air quality is changing.
Human activity is changing air quality and climate in the US Pacific Northwest.
The 42-year-old Nakamura does not have the air of someone who is changing the world.
"For a lot of business travelers, the whole air-to-rail equation is changing now that they can get from London to Paris, say, in about three hours -- and that's downtown to downtown, not outlying airport to airport," Mr. Fiorenza said.
"Most white-collar people know us for shipping documents," says Smith. "But that is only about 11% [of express revenues]." About 70% of the company's expected $21 billion revenue this fiscal year 20022) will come from express air shipments, but the picture is changing rapidly.
