An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The union that represents Ame...
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Delta ends $200 health insurance surcharge on unvaccinated employees
A Delta Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Delta Air Lines...
Biden administration extends transportation mask mandate for 15 more days
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on the Friday before Memorial Day. As more and more people have received ...
Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q1 2022 earnings
A Delta Airlines Airbus A-350 aircraft, flight number DL40 bound for Los Angeles takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport on July 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Ima...
Airfare surged 20% over pre-pandemic levels as inflation hit vacations
Travelers wait in line at the Delta Air Lines check-in area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloom...
JetBlue is cutting its summer schedule to avoid further flight disruptions
JetBlue planes at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways is planning to trim its summer schedule to avoid flight disruptions as it scrambles to hi...
United pushes back the return of dozens of Boeing 777 jets until at least May 13
Boeing 777ER United Airlines. Aircraft to Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Massimo Insabato | Mondadori Portfolio | Getty Images United Airlines is pushing back the return of dozens of Boeing 777 ...
JetBlue offers flight attendants $1,000 attendance bonuses for spring travel surge
A jetBlue Airways airplane takes off from Newark Liberty Airport on September 30, 2018 as seen from Elizabeth, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images JetBlue Airways is offering flight...
Who loses if JetBlue buys Spirit? Comedians
Travelers check in for a Spirit Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport on the Friday before Memorial Day. Paul Hennessy | Lightrocket | Getty Images JetBlue‘s surprise $3.6 billion cas...
Richard Branson hopes to fly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson prepares to spray champagne after flying with a crew in Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity to the edge of space at Spaceport America near...
Why JetBlue is willing to shell out $3.6 billion for discount airline Spirit
View of JetBlue planes at Terminal 5 of John F. Kennedy International Airport on May 12, 2020 in New York, NY. Pablo Monslave | Getty Images JetBlue on Wednesday said its $3.6 billion all-cash bid for...
JetBlue’s all-cash bid for Spirit Airlines complicates Frontier tie-up
JetBlue Airways made a $3.6 billion all-cash offer for Spirit Airlines, raising questions about Spirit’s deal to combine with rival discount carrier Frontier Airlines. Spirit said its board was ...
Amazon signs rocket deal with Blue Origin, Arianespace, ULA for Project Kuiper internet satellites
Artist renderings of the companies’ rockets, from left to right: New Glenn, Vulcan Centaur, and Ariane 6. Blue Origin / United Launch Alliance / Arianespace Amazon on Tuesday announced what it s...
Airlines cancel hundreds of weekend flights as storms sweep through Florida
A Southwest Airlines jet sits at a gate at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2021. Joe Skipper | Reuters Airlines canceled hundreds of weekend flights and thousands ...
Machining start-up Hadrian raises $90 million from Andreesen, Lux
The exterior of the company’s factory in Hawthorne, California. Hadrian Machine-parts start-up Hadrian Automation raised $90 million in a new round of funding led by venture firms Lux Capital an...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launch New Shepard NS-20 crew to space
[The livestream is slated to begin at 8:10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the web player above.] Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the first...
International travel return sparks battle for high spending passengers
A Singapore Airlines A380 first class suite Leslie Josephs | CNBC Singapore Airlines this week unveiled its highest-end offering in the U.S: first-class suites that feature a bed, a swivel chair, 32-i...
Aircraft leasing giant casts doubt on renting to Russian airlines again
An Airbus A321-211 aircraft of Russian airline Aeroflot with registration VP-BOE is pictured on a long term parking at Cointrin airport in Geneva, Switzerland, March 9, 2022. Denis Balibouse | Reuters...
Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital LLAP begins trading on the NYSE
Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after closing its SPAC merger, going public with over $200 million in outstanding orders. Terran trades un...
JetBlue urges flight attendants to accept assignments as it races to hire 700 people
JetBlue planes at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways on Friday urged patience from its flight attendants as it races to hire hundreds of new e...
Discount airfares rising thanks to higher fuel costs, demand, Frontier CEO says
Travelers can expect higher airfares this spring and summer, even on discount airlines. Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Friday that bookings and what tr...
FAA will keep ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward unruly passengers, outgoing chief says
Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson said Friday that the agency’s “zero tolerance” policy toward unruly passengers will continue, even though reports of bad behavior ...
Southwest Airlines launches a new, second-cheapest fare
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off from San Antonio International Airport in Texas. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Thursday unveiled its ne...
Alaska Airlines to convert 2 more Boeing jets into freighters in bet on air cargo boom
Alaska Airlines employee Jeff Ferguson loads cargo at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Mark Thiessen | AP Alaska Airlines is turning two of its midlife Boeing 737-800s...
Black box on its way to Beijing for analysis
Zhu Tao, director of the aviation safety office at the Civil Aviation Administration of China, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Wuzhou on March 23, 2022. Noel Celis | Afp | Getty Images ...
SpaceX raises prices for launches and Starlink due to inflation
A Starlink logo of a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SpaceX is raising pri...
Alaska Airlines flight attendants get double pay to pick up shifts
A Boeing 737-990operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Alaska Airlines is offering flight attend...
No survivors found; search for black box continues
Rescuers head to the site of a plane crash in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China’s southern Guangxi region on March 22, 2022. Str | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Rescue workers haven’t ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent thousands of Starlink satellite dishes to Ukraine, exec says
A shipment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite antennas, also known as terminals, arriving in Ukraine. Fedorov Mykhailo on Twitter WASHINGTON – SpaceX has sent “thousands” of Starlink sat...
Rocket builder Firefly resuming launch operations, raises $75 million
The company’s inaugural Alpha rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 2, 2021. Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON – Firefly Aerospace aims to make its second attempt to...
SpaceX will hopefully launch Starship orbital flight in May
Prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster stand at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Elon Musk on Monday gave an update on the timeline f...
Aviation internet market ripe for overhaul
A passenger plane takes off from Frankfurt Airport. The aviation industry is particularly hard hit by the effects of the global Corona pandemic. Picture alliance | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Elon Musk&...