[ad_1] OntheRunPhoto | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is reinstating its quarterly dividend that it suspended at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the latest sign of the airline industry’s recovery. The $54 billion in federal aid that airlines received to keep paying employees during the …
Read More »Boeing’s last 747 rolls out of factory after a more than 50-year production run
[ad_1] Boeing’s last 747 aircraft, #1574, at its factory in Everett, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC EVERETT, Wash. − Boeing‘s final 747 rolled out of the company’s cavernous factory north of Seattle Tuesday night as airlines’ push for more fuel-efficient planes ends the more than half-century production run of the …
Read More »United CEO says business travel has ‘plateaued’ but revenue is still rising
[ad_1] United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landing in London Heathrow International airport in England, UK. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Business travel demand has “plateaued” but revenue continues to rise thanks to strong demand and capacity constraints, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told CNBC on Tuesday. Major companies, …
Read More »Delta pilots would get more than 30% in pay raises under new contract deal
[ad_1] A pilot walks past the windows at the newly renovated Delta terminal D at LaGuardia Airport in New York March 6, 2021. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Delta Air Lines and its pilots’ union have reached a preliminary agreement for raises topping 30% over four years, …
Read More »Astra chief engineer Benjamin Lyon resigns from rocket builder
[ad_1] Benjamin Lyon, chief engineer and executive vice president of engineering and operations Astra Beleaguered rocket-builder Astra is losing its highly touted chief engineer, Benjamin Lyon, the company said in a securities filing Friday. Lyon resigned from his role as Astra’s chief engineer and executive vice president of operations and …
Read More »FCC authorizes SpaceX Gen2 Starlink: Up to 7,500 satellites
[ad_1] A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX The Federal Communications Commission issued a key authorization to Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday, granting approval for the company to move forward with launching up to 7,500 next-generation satellites in its Starlink internet …
Read More »Delta making lounge access harder after complaints of crowding, lines
[ad_1] The Sky Lounge during a tour of Delta Air Lines Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is making the most exclusive corners of the airport harder to …
Read More »Amazon used AWS in satellite experiment
[ad_1] An image captured by the ION Elysian Eleonara satellite in January 2022. D-Orbit Amazon’s cloud computing division successfully ran a software suite on a satellite in orbit, in a “first-of-its-kind” experiment, the company announced Tuesday. AWS, or Amazon Web Services, conducted the prototype satellite software demonstration through partnerships with …
Read More »Frontier Airlines gets rid of telephone customer service
[ad_1] Frontier Airlines Airbus A320 takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on August 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. AaronP | Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images Say goodbye to the airline call center −at least at Frontier Airlines. The budget carrier last weekend completed its transition to …
Read More »Envoy Air says pilot who was reported incapacitated during flight has died
[ad_1] An American Eagle Embraer 175 aircraft is seen on the tarmac through a plane window at LAX in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 10, 2018. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters An Envoy Air flight returned to Chicago shortly after takeoff on Saturday night after a pilot was incapacitated and later …
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