A Southwest Airlines passenger jet lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Southwest Airlines plans to apologiz...
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SpaceX prepares to test fire all 33 Starship engines at once
Starship prototype 24 stacked on top of Super Heavy booster prototype 7 at the company’s facility near Brownsville, Texas on January 9, 2023. SpaceX WASHINGTON – SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell...
Delta Air Lines raises employee pay 5% as travel rebounds
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is raising employee pay 5%, the second time its lifted staff pay in less than a year as a sharp rebound in travel boosts the carrier’s profits ...
Amazon dials back air cargo service as demand cools, contractor says
An Amazon-branded Boeing 767 freighter, nicknamed Amazon One, flies over Lake Washington during the Seattle Seafair Air Show on Aug. 5, 2016 in Seattle. Getty Images One of Amazon‘s key air carg...
FAA proposes fine for United Airlines over safety checks
United Airlines Boeing wide body 777-200 aircraft as seen during take off and flying phase, passing in front of the air traffic control tower while the plane is departing from Amsterdam Schiphol Airpo...
Inside Relativity Space’s monster factory 3D-printing reusable rockets
The exterior of “The Wormhole” factory. Relativity Space LONG BEACH, California – It was a few days into the new year yet Relativity Space’s factory was anything but quiet, a din of ...
Southwest faces Senate hearing over holiday meltdown
John and Lori Ingoldsby, who drove to Denver after the first leg of their flight on Southwest Airlines was canceled, wait for a flight to finish their trip at Denver International Airport on December ...
Senators push for Airline Passengers Bill of Rights
Passengers walk past a flight status board in Terminal C at Orlando International Airport that shows many delays, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, after the FAA grounded all U.S. flights earlier in the day. ...
Texas winter weather forces airlines to cancel flights
Delayed flights prepare to depart from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on January 11, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. John Moore | Getty Images More than 1,000 U.S. flights were canceled Tuesday ...
Boeing plans to add new 737 Max production line
An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022. Lindsey Was...
JetBlue pilots approve contract extension and raises
A JetBlue passenger jet (Embraer 190) taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images JetBlue Airways pilots have approved a contract extension that ...
American Airlines (AAL) earnings Q4 2022
Employees of American Airlines help check in passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 11, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images American Airlines‘ fourt...
Southwest Airlines (LUV) earnings Q4 2022
Travelers check in at a Southwest Airlines ticket counter during the busy Christmas holiday season at Orlando International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | Anadolu Ag...
DOT is probing whether Southwest’s schedules were ‘unrealistic’ during holiday meltdown
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images The Transportation Department said W...
Southwest CEO maps out a recovery after holiday meltdown
Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport deal with the impact of Southwest Airlines canceling more than 12,000 flights around the Christmas holiday weekend across the country and in Bal...
First Rocket Lab U.S. launch is a success after NASA delays
The company’s Electron rocket lifts off from LC-2 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Jan. 24, 2023. Brady Kenniston / Rocket Lab Rocket Lab‘s first U.S. launch got off ...
Boeing (BA) earnings Q4 2022
Boeing posted a $663 million loss for the fourth quarter as supply chain issues weighed on results despite a rebound in aircraft sales and deliveries that drove up revenue. Airlines and aircraft manuf...
SpaceX completes Starship rocket test in prep for first orbital launch
Starship prototype 24 stacked on top of Super Heavy booster prototype 7 at the company’s facility near Brownsville, Texas on January 9, 2023. SpaceX SpaceX announced on Monday it completed a maj...
FAA contractor unintentionally deleted files before outage that disrupted flights
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Ima...
United Airlines (UAL) earnings Q4 2022
United Airlines‘ fourth-quarter profit and outlook for early 2023 topped Wall Street estimates thanks to strong travel demand and high fares. Consumers’ appetite for air travel and willing...
Delta CEO urges Washington to increase FAA funding after ‘unacceptable’ outage
Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., during an interview in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Bastian said that he sees ‘strong demand’ for flights carrying in...
Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings Q4 2022
Delta Air Lines Airbus A330neo or A330-900 aircraft with neo engine option of the European plane manufacturer, as seen departing from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS EHAM International airport. Nicolas Economo...
American Airlines hikes revenue estimates after strong Q4
American Airlines shares surged Thursday after the carrier hiked its revenue and profit estimates for the fourth quarter thanks to strong demand and high fares. American stock gained nearly 10% to $16...
Flight disruptions ease after FAA outage, officials to investigate
Travelers as flights are cancelled at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Air travel disruptions ease...
FAA system outage disrupts thousands of flights across U.S.
Thousands of flights across the U.S. were delayed Wednesday after a Federal Aviation Administration pilot-alert system failed overnight, prompting a nationwide halt to departures. The FAA lifted the g...
ABL Space inaugural launch fails, damages Alaska launch pad
The company’s RS1 rocket lifts off on its inaugural launch attempt from Kodiak, Alaska on Jan. 10, 2023. ABL Space The first mission by ABL Space got off the ground on Tuesday, but the company&#...
Virgin Orbit stock plummets after UK launch failure
Cosmic Girl, a Virgin Boeing 747-400 aircraft sits on the tarmac with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket attached to the wing, ahead of the first UK launch tonight, at Spaceport Cornwall at Newqu...
Capella Space raises $60 million from billionaire Thomas Tull’s fund
A satellite image taken at night on Nov. 14, 2022 of NASA’s Artemis I mission before launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Capella Space San Francisco-based satellite imagery specialist Capella...
Airline perks and elite status will be harder to earn this year
The new Delta SkyClub at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminals 2 and 3 where the reimagined state-of-the-art facilities will soon welcome millions of guests each year. Media News Group | ...