The race to provide high-speed internet from satellites is well underway – but another, more ambitious competition, to connect directly from space to devices like smartphones, began in earnest earlier...
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Amazon hires Hawaiian Air to fly rented Airbus cargo jets to replace older freighters
Air cargo containers with the logo of Amazon are seen at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, United States on June 16, 2021. Marco Bello | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon has hired Ha...
Why cheap airfare is so hard to find this year
United’s check-in area at Washington Dulles International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Cheap airfares are hard to find, and it might not get much easier in 2023. Between staffing shortages, ai...
American Airlines (AAL) 3Q 2022
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 American Airlines reported a ...
SpaceX launches Starlink aviation product for satellite internet to private jets
One of the company’s flat aviation-specific Starlink antennas is seen on top of an aircraft. SpaceX SpaceX rolled out aviation-specific Starlink satellite internet service on Tuesday, with Elon ...
United Airlines (UAL) earnings 3Q 22
United Airlines forecast another profit for the end of the year and said consumer appetite for travel is showing no signs of slowing down despite high airfares. Shares jumped more than 7% in after-hou...
Relativity Space expansion at NASA’s Stennis for rocket engine testing
A map of the company’s expansion plans at NASA’s Stennis space center in Mississippi. Relativity Space Relativity Space, which 3D-prints rockets, said Tuesday that it signed a deal to expa...
American Airlines pilot union prepares to seek federal mediation in contract talks
American Airlines jet parked at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC American Airlines‘ pilot union is taking steps toward seeking federal mediation in contract nego...
NASA astronauts return to Earth
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] SpaceX is set to return its fourth operational crew mission from the Internation...
Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings 3Q 22
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...
Amazon changes Kuiper prototype satellites launch from ABL to ULA
From left: Artist renderings of the launches of an RS1 rocket and a Vulcan rocket. ABL Space; United Launch Alliance Amazon is swapping rides for the first prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper ...
Space tourism pioneer Dennis Tito books private moon trip
Dennis Tito, most widely known as being the first space tourist back in mid-2001. Wikipedia Entrepreneur Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko purchased seats on a private trip with SpaceX’s Starship r...
NASA aims for mid-November launch of Artemis I moon mission
NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at...
Delta, Starbucks link loyalty programs in bid for repeat customers
A Starbucks store is seen inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Delta Air Lines and Starbucks are linking their loyalty programs, marking ...
United adds new trans-Atlantic flights for summer 2023 in bet on travel recovery
Boeing 777ER United Airlines. Aircraft to Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport. Massimo Insabato | Mondadori Portfolio | Getty Images United Airlines is planning another big schedule increase for trans...
American Airlines raises revenue forecast after strong summer travel season
American Airlines jet parked at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC American Airlines said Tuesday that its third-quarter sales likely came in better than it previously e...
York Space wins $200 million Pentagon contract for T1DES satellites
The S-CLASS platform, designed for missions for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. York Space Systems Spacecraft manufacturer York Space Systems won a Pentagon contact worth up to ...
York Space hits $1 billion valuation after AEI investment deal
One of the company’s spacecraft in orbit. York Space Spacecraft manufacturer York Space Systems is selling a majority stake in the company to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners at an ent...
Air cargo rates slump but some companies see long-term strength
The cost of shipping air freight around the world is slumping, but some companies say the world’s shift to flying goods around the world will keep the market attractive for years. “I don&#...
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit joining SpaceX, Rocket Lab and others
The view from the upper stage of the Alpha rocket after reaching orbit on Oct. 1, 2022. Firefly Aerospace Private venture Firefly Aerospace reached orbit with its Alpha rocket for the first time on Sa...
Summer’s over, but the European travel season isn’t
This photograph taken on August 7, 2018, shows an American Airlines Airbus A330-243 aircraft on the tarmac at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images Airline ...
Economy flights from Moscow to Dubai hitting $5,000 as Russians flee
The airline industry has been hamstrung by a perfect storm of challenges over recent weeks, from labor shortages and supply disruptions to rising fuel prices. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images ...
NASA’s Artemis I moon mission is likely delayed until November
NASA’s giant Artemis 1 moon rocket is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building off its lauchpad, after postponing the much-anticipated mission a third time due to the arrival of Hurricane Ia...
Hurricane Ian forces airlines to ax west Florida flights
Local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 202...
JetBlue, American Airlines go to court in Justice Department antitrust fight
An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images ...
Southwest Airlines hired a record 3,000 flight attendants so far this year
Passengers deplane from a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, Oct. 10, 2021. Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Sunday, as pa...
Biden administration seeks new rules on airline fee disclosures
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, July 2, 2022. As travel is ramping up for the July 4th holiday, staffing shortages are causing problems for some ...
JetBlue fleet service workers seek union vote
A JetBlue passenger jet (Embraer 190) taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images A major airline union said Friday that it has enough support am...