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, 2023Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesThe head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said the agency will increase the required amount of...
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty ImagesAlaska Airlines forecast second-quarter and full-year earnings well ahead of estimates on Thursday thanks to strong travel demand, despite a first-quarter loss stemming from a midair blowout...
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022.Leslie Josephs | CNBCWhile the aviation industry has been in the spotlight lately for a host of safety issues, airline executives say there is no sign of slowing demand for flights.United Airlines "as an airline and as an industry"...
US Senator Richard Blumenthal (L) greets Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour as he arrives to testify before the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations during a hearing on "Examining Boeing's Broken Safety Culture: Firsthand Accounts," at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2024. Drew Angerer...
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines on Tuesday reported strong travel demand that drove it to a narrower loss than expected in the first quarter despite a $200 million hit from the temporary grounding of the...
An employee works on the tail of a Boeing Co. Dreamliner 787 plane on the production line at the company's final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.Travis Dove | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBoeing on Monday defended the quality and safety testing on its 787 Dreamliner and 777 aircraft,...
British Airways Airbus A319 aircraft takes off from Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 17, 2021. John Sibley | ReutersInternational travel roared back last year, pushing airports from London to Tokyo up in a global ranking of passenger traffic.Dubai International Airport ranked as the second busiest in 2023, up from...
An Airbus A330-941 is being delivered to Delta Air Lines, flying from Toulouse Blagnac Airport to Atlanta, in Toulouse, France, on December 8, 2023. JoanValls | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines swung to a profit in the first quarter and its CEO Ed Bastian said bookings for both leisure...
Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are pictured outside a Boeing factory on March 25, 2024 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty ImagesBoeing airplane deliveries dropped in the first quarter to the lowest number since mid-2021 as the company faces increased scrutiny after a door plug blew out from one of its 737...
General view of the sunset on the boardwalk ahead of this Monday's eclipse on April 07, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. Hector Vivas | Getty ImagesMonday's solar eclipse is giving some of the country's smaller airports their moment in the sun.The Federal Aviation Administration reported arriving flights at airports from Burlington,...