Eiffel Tower reopens; COVID passes required as of next week
With “Welcome” messages in multiple languages, the Eiffel Tower greeted tourists Friday for the first time in nearly nine months,… Read More »
FAA orders checks on 9,300 Boeing 737 planes for possible switch failures
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive to operators of all Boeing 737 series airplanes to conduct inspections to… Read More »
EU probes 3.2 billion Euro restructuring aid for airline TAP
EU competition regulators will investigate whether a 3.2-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) restructuring plan for ailing Portuguese airline TAP is proportionate and… Read More »
Lyft to resume shared rides in U.S. for first time since pandemic
Lyft said it will return the option for passengers to book shared rides in select U.S. markets for the first… Read More »
Malaysia Aviation Group opens tender to sell six Airbus A380-800 planes
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has launched a tender for the sale of six Airbus A380-800 aircraft or their components, the… Read More »
Alitalia’s successor ITA to take off in mid-October after EU deal
Carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) will replace state-owned Alitalia and start flying in mid-October after Italy reached a long-awaited deal… Read More »
A Delta pilot is suing the company for $1 billion and accusing it of stealing the idea for an App
He said he spent $100,000 to build the app, which he pitched to Delta, Bloomberg reported. A Delta Air Lines… Read More »
Boeing cuts 787 production, suffers 737 MAX cancellation
Boeing said it will cut 787 production after finding another production-related structural defect, and a major customer partially canceled a… Read More »
Lockheed Martin opens advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion Spacecraft production
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center today. The STAR Center features business and digital transformation… Read More »
Delta Air Lines reports first profit since Covid-19 pandemic
Delta Air Lines DAL 2.34% said U.S. vacation travel has fully recovered as the airline reported its first quarterly profit since the Covid-19… Read More »
EU targets airlines in major climate policy shakeup
Airlines may lose a tax break on jet fuel that has drawn fire from environmentalists, while having to use more… Read More »
Space startup Momentus hires former U.S. defense official as CEO
Momentus named former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood as chief executive officer, a day after the… Read More »
Joby and JetBlue team up to create credits for clean flight technology
Electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation, JetBlue Airways Corp and Signature Flight Support are teaming up to develop aviation carbon… Read More »
Lessor BBAM orders 12 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters
Boeing said on Monday aircraft lessor BBAM LP ordered 12 more 737-800 converted freighters to meet rising demand from the… Read More »
Billionaire Richard Branson buys stake in space tech fund Seraphim
British billionaire Richard Branson has bought a stake in space tech fund Seraphim Space Investment Trust as part of a… Read More »
UAE’s flydubai cuts Boeing 737 MAX order by 65 due to post-COVID plans
United Arab Emirates airline flydubai said on Tuesday it had agreed with Boeing to cut the number of Boeing 737… Read More »
Woman apparently duct-taped to seat after trying to exit plane midflight
A woman who allegedly had a meltdown midflight and tried to open an airplane door was duct-taped to her seat,… Read More »
Air France is looking for 160 Boeing 737 MAX or Airbus A320neo jets for its budget fleet
Air France is choosing between Boeing’s 737 MAX and Airbus’s A320neo series for its budget fleet. Get Report and rival Airbus… Read More »
Virgin Galactic shares slipped after the company filed to sell up to $500 million in common stock
Shares of Virgin Galactic slipped on Monday after the company filed to sell up to $500 million in common stock. This follows… Read More »
Air France-KLM starts process for major medium-haul jet purchase
Air France-KLM has launched a tender to “renew and extend” the medium-haul fleets of Dutch unit KLM and the French… Read More »
How the U.S. airline industry still refuses to accommodate disability
It will probably be years before we see a wheelchair seat on an airplane. When her wheelchair was severely damaged… Read More »
Canada’s Porter Airlines to double fleet with major order of Embraer jets
Porter Airlines is tapping opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic with a firm order for 30 Embraer E195-E2 jets that will… Read More »
American Airlines bars Turkish woman bodybuilder from flight for ‘offensive’ clothing
A bodybuilder was not allowed to board her flight at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport Thursday because American Airlines crew found… Read More »
Virgin Galactic rocket plane soars to space with Billionaire Branson aboard
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic… Read More »
Delta Air Lines creatively adapts its fleet strategy to changing economic times
Delta Air Lines, a decade ago, became known as a savvy acquirer of used aircraft. However, as its fleet aged… Read More »
United’s new Travel-Ready app does it all: you can order in-flight food, upload your passport
United’s Travel-Ready feature puts numerous functions at travelers fingertips. Anthony Cozzi, United Airlines director of digital products, demonstrates the airlines… Read More »