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 ...

GameStop, Adobe, General Mills and more

The General Mills logo is displayed on a box of Raisin Nut Bran cereal at Scotty’s Market on September 20, 2017 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chec...

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...

Black box found from Boeing passenger jet that crashed in China: State media

Paramilitary police officers conduct a search at the site of a China Eastern Airlines plane crash in March 2022 in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China’s southern Guangxi region. AFP | Getty I...

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 ...

No reports yet of bodies or survivors

BEIJING — No bodies or survivors have yet been found from the China Eastern Airlines crash as of Tuesday morning, Chinese state media said. The domestic flight on a Boeing 737-800, which was carrying ...

Dow ends 200 points lower after Fed’s Powell leaves door open to larger rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Samuel Corum/Getty Images Stocks fell Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell left the door open to the prospect of bigger rate hikes to bring down i...

Stock futures inch higher after Powell says bigger hikes possible

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures inched higher in overnight trading after Federal Reserve Chai...

U.S. space companies to benefit from Russia pullback: Quilty Analytics

A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. SpaceX Russia is rapidly cutting itself off from much of the global space industry in response to Western sanctions due t...

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Boeing, Disney and more

A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company’s plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. Terray Sylvester | Reuters Check out the companies making headlin...

Boeing, Anaplan, Nielsen Holdings and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – A Boeing 737-800 jet operated by China Eastern Airlines crashed in the mountains of southern China with 132 people aboard, with ...

FedEx, GameStop, Moderna and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: FedEx (FDX) – FedEx earned an adjusted $4.59 per share for its latest quarter, missing estimates by 5 cents, though the delivery service’...

Aerovironment, Alibaba, Boeing and more

Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduod...

Nvidia, Boeing, Micron and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DiDi Global (DIDI), Alibaba (BABA), JD.com (JD), Pinduoduo (PDD) – China-based stocks listed in the U.S. are staging strong rallies in premark...

Putin allows Russian airlines to fly $10 billion worth of foreign-owned planes

Aeroflot Russian Airlines civil jet aircraft produced by Airbus at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Faerberg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Foreign aircraft lessors seeking to recover s...

Amazon, Boeing, CrowdStrike and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Amazon.com (AMZN) – Amazon jumped 5.3% in the premarket after it announced a 20-for-1 stock split and a $10 billion share buyback program. The...

Amazon, Netflix, Bumble and more

Netflix logo Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Bumble — Shares of the online dating company surged more than 43% in midday tradi...

Boeing airplane deliveries slipped in February, Dreamliner problem lingers

A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 29, 2020. Karen Ducey | Reuters Boeing delivered 22 jetliners to customers in February, its fewest sinc...

JetBlue founder’s startup Breeze Airways plans to nearly double its routes

David Neeleman, founder and chief executive officer of Breeze Airways, during a champagne christening before the airlines’s inaugural flight at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Tampa, Florid...

Russia’s invasion is driving up air cargo costs

A Boeing 747-8F operated by AirBridgeCargo takes off from Leipzig/Halle Airport. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The cost of transporting goods by air has surged since Russia’s inva...

As Russia presses its war with Ukraine, here are 10 aerospace and defense stocks expected to rise up to 39%

No matter when the shooting stops and Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to an end, it seems clear from actions taken by European countries that we’re entering a period of increased defense spending. Below...

Artemis missions, SLS rocket billions over budget

The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Frank Michaux / NASA To the moon, indeed. NASA’s auditor didn’t mince words when he told lawmakers Tuesday that the space agency̵...

Transatlantic flights, Europe travel will grow post-Covid despite Ukraine-Russia tensions

As if the airline industry needs yet another hurdle to overcome after two of the worst years it has ever experienced, carriers are now wondering what will happen to travel in Europe given the war in U...

Home Depot leads the list of 20 worst performers in the S&P 500 on Tuesday

Slightly positive isn’t good enough for this stock market. While market jitters on Feb. 22 were driven by Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine, the U.S. stock market was also adjusting to the idea...

Airbus plans to test hydrogen engine on A380 jumbo jet to fly in 2026

Airbus hydrogen A380 demonstrator Airbus hydrogen A380 demonstrator Airbus said it plans to test a hydrogen-powered engine on a modified A380 by the middle of the decade, in hopes of bringing lower-em...

Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight

Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dream...

FAA chief Steve Dickson announces resignation midway through term

Stephen Dickson, administrator of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nominee, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation confirmation hearing in Washington D.C., May 15, 2019. St...

Russia crisis begins disrupting Ukraine air travel as insurers drop some aircraft coverage

An Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane is seen as Turkey’s first official spotter area has been put into service for aviation enthusiasts and photographers at Istanbul Airport in Ista...

Bob Jordan is now Southwest Airlines’ new CEO. Here’s what’s on his plate

Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President Bob Jordan speaks as he is interviewed by CNBC outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 9, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reute...

Cramer says ‘the growth selling is over, the value selling has begun’

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday he’s starting to question the ability of value stocks to outperform growth counterparts even as Wall Street worries about a more aggressive Federal Reserve. I...

Boeing wins Qatar Airways order for 737 Max planes, new 777X freighters

The Boeing 777-8 Freighter The Boeing Company Boeing won a big order from Qatar Airways on Monday as the airline feuds with rival manufacturer Airbus. Shares of Boeing surged on the orders, up more th...