SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endurance splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida on May 6, 2022. NASA TV SpaceX returned the astronauts of NASA’s Crew-3 mission t...
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JetBlue Airways at a crossroads after Spirit rejects its takeover offer
A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty...
Spirit CEO wonders whether JetBlue bid meant to block Frontier deal
A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty...
SpaceX adds $25 portability monthly fee for Starlink service
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rolled out a $25 monthly fee this week for customers who seek to relocate their Starlink internet service satellite dishes. “Portability enables customers to temporarily...
FAA to boost Florida air traffic controllers, work with airlines to avoid disruptions
American Airline planes sit on the tarmac at Miami International Airport (MIA) in Miami, Florida, on February 2, 2022. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesd...
Rocket Lab CEO touts helicopter catch of rocket as key toward reusable goals
The Electron booster comes into view of the company’s helicopter for the catch. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck heralded the company’s first attempt on Monday to catch its Electron ro...
Competitive contracts are making space exploration cheaper
The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Frank Michaux / NASA The head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday discussed a dramatic shift in how the agency plans ...
Southwest offers free Wi-Fi on some flights to test service upgrades
OntheRunPhoto | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Southwest Airlines will temporarily offer travelers free Wi-Fi on certain flights starting this week, part of a test to bring faster internet to more cu...
Watch Rocket Lab attempt rocket booster catch with helicopter
[The company’s livestream is slated to begin at 6:05 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Space company Rocket Lab on Monday will attempt to catch the boos...
150,000 using SpaceX’s Starlink in daily average
A shipment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite antennas, also known as terminals, arriving in Ukraine. Fedorov Mykhailo on Twitter Elon Musk’s SpaceX is continuing to expand its Starlink satell...
Airlines face big rebooking challenges this summer
Airline passengers, some not wearing face masks following the end of Covid-19 public transportation rules, sit during a American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines from Los Angeles Internati...
FAA delays environmental decision on SpaceX’s Starship launches to May
SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC The Federal Aviation Administration for a fourth time delayed its environmental review of SpaceX’s Starship rocket pr...
Southwest Airlines 2022 profit forecast sees bookings, fares outpacing costs
A Southwest Airlines jet lands at Midway International Airport on January 28, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Southwest Airlines reiterated its forecast for second-quarter and 20...
Boeing lost billion dollars on Trump Air Force One plane deal
Boeing disclosed Wednesday that it has lost a whopping $1.1 billion in costs related to its deal with the Trump administration to modify two 747 jumbo jets to serve as Air Force One — and CEO Dave Cal...
Boeing posts loss as it grapples with delays on commercial, defense programs
A Boeing Co. Dreamliner 787 plane with AirEuropa livery moves past the company’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Travis Dove | Bloomb...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches NASA Crew-4 astronaut mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom launches the Crew-4 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. Aubrey Gemignani |...
FAA, airlines to meet on Florida flight disruptions as travel booms
Travelers look at a display board showing cancelled and delayed flights at Orlando International Airport on New Year’s weekend, despite thousands of flight cancellations and delays across United...
JetBlue shares fall after airline cuts 2022 growth plans
Technicians inspect a JetBlue Embraer 190 aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, December 7, 2021. Chris Helgren | Reuters JetBlue Airways shares tumbled more th...
United Airlines ramps up flights for European travel comeback
A United Airlines passenger aircraft arrives over the top of residential houses to land at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, March 13, 2020. Matthew Childs | Reuters United Airlines says deman...
Delta to pay flight attendants during boarding amid union push
Flight attendants wearing protective masks walk through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images D...
Private Axiom astronaut crew returns from ISS
Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean with the Axiom Space Ax-1 crew on April 25, 2022. SpaceX SpaceX safely returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit on Monday, carry...
SpaceX signs Hawaiian Airlines for free Starlink Wi-Fi on flights
Hawaiian Airlines plane Louis Nastro | Reuters SpaceX will start providing wireless internet on Hawaiian Airlines flights from the Starlink satellite network as early as next year, a service the airli...
SpaceX signs Starlink inflight Wi-Fi deal with charter carrier JSX
SpaceX signed its first deal to add Starlink satellite internet to an air carrier’s fleet of planes with semi-private charter company JSX, as Elon Musk’s firm moves into the in-flight Wi-F...
American Airlines (AAL) 1Q 22 earnings
American Airlines on Thursday forecast a second-quarter pretax profit as strong bookings help it cover soaring fuel costs. American, the country’s largest airline, said March was the first month...
Planet details Pelican line of Earth imaging satellites
A graphic rendering of a Pelican satellite. Planet Earth imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Thursday unveiled details of its new line of Pelican satellites, as the company looks to further exp...
United Airlines (UAL) 1Q 22 earnings
Boeing 777ER United Airlines. Aircraft to Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Massimo Insabato | Mondadori Portfolio | Getty Images United Airlines expects to turn a profit in 2022 for the first time...
Maskless faces show relief, confusion, disappointment on planes
Passengers at LaGuardia Airport on April 19, 2022. Leslie Josephs | CNBC The Biden administration’s transportation mask mandate was one of the most divisive policies of the Covid pandemic. Its s...
JetBlue founder’s Breeze Airways plans expansion from Westchester airport
A Breeze Airways airplane on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Matt May | Bloomberg | Getty Images Breeze Airways plans to add eight f...
FAA keeps zero tolerance for unruly passengers even after mask ruling
Passengers wearing protective masks masks board a Boeing Co. 737-800 operated by Avelo Airlines ahead of the airline’s inaugural flight at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in Burbank, California,...
U.S. to end anti-satellite ASAT testing; calls for global agreement
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy’s USS Lake Erie at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Feb. 20, 2008 as an anti-satellite weapons U.S. Departmen...
American Airlines’ new CEO Robert Isom vows reliability as peak travel season kicks off
An American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER plane takes off from Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, October 28, 2020. Loren Elliott | Reuters American Airlines‘ new CEO Robert Isom is aiming for one...