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Tag: Planes
Two Planes Clip At Boston Logan, Following Multiple Close Calls Around The Country
Topline Two planes clipped each other while moving at low speed on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport Monday morning, just one week after a plane taking off from Boston nearly collided w...
Paper Planes? Ukraine Gets Flat-Packed Cardboard Drones From Australia
As previously noted, Ukraine is massively enhancing its drone fleet with a variety of new models — but few of them are as unusual as the Corvo drones which Melbourne company SYPAQ has just announced i...
Russia Has Nine A-50 Radar Planes. Insurgents Claimed They Sneaked Into A Belarusian Air Base And Blew Up One Of Them.
A Russian air force A-50U. Wikimedia Commons Pro-Ukraine Belarusian insurgents reportedly infiltrated an air base in Belarus and sabotaged a Russian air force Beriev A-50M airborne early-warning plane...
FAA Grounds Planes In Carolinas As Chinese Spy Balloon Suspected Nearby
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for several major airports in North Carolina and South Carolina Saturday afternoon in a “national security effort” as a suspected Chine...
FAA launches investigation after two planes nearly collide at JFK airport
Grounded Delta Airlines planes are parked at gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 11, 2023, in New York. Yuki Iwamura | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration has ...
How United, Delta, JetBlue and American Airlines paint their planes
Commercial aircraft are generally expensive to manufacture, operate, maintain and fly, but not many think about the cost that goes into painting one. Dean Baldwin Painting is a 57-year-old aircraft pa...
United Airlines Ordered 200 Boeing Planes, Breathing New Life Into Plane Manufacturer
| Getty Images Key Takeaways United Airlines ordered 200 planes from Boeing. The order shows a vote of confidence from a major airline. An order of this size also reveals United Airlines’ overal...
Two Planes Collide At Dallas Air Show
Topline Two historic military planes collided and caused a fiery crash midair at an airshow Saturday afternoon in Dallas, Texas, sending out debris over a nearby highway—it’s unclear how many fataliti...
The Hydrogen Economy Will Soon Be Ready For Take Off, Including Planes And Power Plants
LISBON, PORTUGAL – JULY 22: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321Neo, first flight using SAF – Sustainable … [+] Aviation Fuel, takes off to Ponta Delgada, Azores, on the day it was signed th...
Airlines have the passengers. Now they need the planes
The first U.S.-made Airbus jetliner moves down the assembly line at the company’s factory in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. on September 13, 2015. Picture taken on September 13, 2015. Alwyn Scott | Reute...
The Air Force’s Aged Fleet Of AWACS Radar Planes Is In ‘Hospice Care.’ It Needs New Planes As Soon As Possible.
The E-3 Sentry AWACS plane with its rotating radar dome above the fuselage has long been a symbol of Western resolve to resist aggression. A total of 68 were built during the cold war, with half being...
The Russian Air Force Loses Up To Four Planes In One Day As Ukrainian Air-Defenses Advance
Russian air force Su-25s. Russian air force capture The Russian air force reportedly has had a very bad day. The Ukrainian defense ministry on Saturday claimed its forces shot down four Russian warpla...
American Airlines agrees to buy 20 supersonic planes from Boom
American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, still ye...
Radisson Hotel Group CEO Outlines Planes For Luxury, Sustainability And 2022 Growth
Federico J. González, CEO of Radisson Hotel Group Radisson Hotel Group Federico J. González, CEO of Radisson Hotel Group, believes the company is entering a new phase of growth with the recent, pre-pa...
Russian Troops Just Shot Down One Of Their Own Planes. It Was One Of Their Most Precise.
An Su-34 takes off for a strike in Ukraine. Russian state media capture Russian air-defense troops apparently shot down a high-tech fighter-bomber over eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Just one problem: it ...
Delta buys 100 Max planes in first big Boeing order in over a decade
Delta Air Lines planes at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Getty Images Delta Air Lines is buying 100 Boeing 737 Max 10 planes, its first major order for new aircraft from the U.S. manufacturer in...
FCC approves SpaceX Starlink service to vehicles, boats, planes
The Starlink logo is seen in the background of a silhouetted woman holding a mobile phone. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to provide S...
Hackers can now bring cargo ships and planes to a grinding halt
Container cargo ships sit off shore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex in Long Beach, CA, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Jeff Gritchen | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Armed with little more...
Ukraine Could Get German Air-Defenses. They Might Prevent Devastating Bombing Raids By Russian Planes.
IRIS-T SL during testing. Diehl photo Germany has announced it will supply Ukraine with its latest air-defense system. This might help the Ukrainians ward off carpet-bombing raids by Russian bombers a...
Boeing Changes Will Make Planes Safer, Executive Says
EVERETT, Wash.––Boeing safety chief said changes under way at the plane maker following two deadly 737 MAX crashes should prevent engineers from designing another automated cockpit system without suff...
Southwest upgrading planes with faster Wi-Fi, bigger overhead bins
OntheRunPhoto | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said it will spend more than $2 billion on improved passenger amenities like bigger overhead bins, faster internet and power outlets ...
Travelers’ airline satisfaction is down as planes fill up and fares rise: J.D. Power survey
Travelers wait in line at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty Images Packed planes and more expensive t...
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...
White House May Appeal Ruling Against Mask Mandate On Planes, Psaki Says
Topline The Biden administration will not rule out appealing Monday’s court ruling that overturned the federal mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation—which could result in the order going...
Florida judge overturns CDC mask mandate for public transit, planes
Travelers make their way through the Miami International Airport before starting the Labor Day weekend on September 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A federal judge in Florida on ...
Major Airlines Are Pleading To Drop Mask Mandates On Planes
NurPhoto via Getty Images The CEOs of major U.S. airlines wrote a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he drop the mask mandate on planes and testing requirements for arriving international t...
Twenty-One States Sue Biden Administration To End Mask Mandates On Planes And Public Transportation
Topline Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Biden Administration in an attempt to end the mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation, which they ...
Boeing receives order for up to 35 737 MAX planes from new Caribbean airline Arajet
Boeing Co. BA, -0.40% said Monday that it has received and order for 20 737 MAX planes from the new Caribbean airline Arajet. The order for the 737-8-200 model plane includes options to buy an additio...