China expects air travel to hit a record in 2024

China expects air travel to hit a record in 2024

China is expected to see a record-level of passenger air travel in 2024, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. All Copyrights Belong To Jingying Zhao | Moment | Getty Images China is expecting air passenger travel to hit a record in 2024, bouncing past pre-pandemic levels. Passenger flights may reach 700 million this year, … Read more

Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $550 million

Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it 0 million

A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-114 aircraft taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Las Vegas on May 5, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass flight cancellations cost it some $550 million and reiterated that it is … Read more

Boeing’s new outsider CEO Kelly Ortberg takes the helm

Boeing’s new outsider CEO Kelly Ortberg takes the helm

Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg is the Boeing’s new president and chief executive officer, effective August 8, 2024. Ortberg will also serve on Boeing’s Board of Directors. Courtesy: Boeing Aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg becomes Boeing‘s new CEO on Thursday with a singular mission: restoring the reputation of a U.S. manufacturing icon. That enormous goal will … Read more

Indigo allows women to avoid booking seats next to men on flights

Indigo allows women to avoid booking seats next to men on flights

India’s biggest budget airline IndiGo has been trialing a booking feature that will allow women to avoid booking a seat next to men on flights. The feature, the first of its kind for an airline, works by showing female travelers a pink seat at the seat selection page if it will be occupied by a … Read more

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems in spotlight at NTSB hearing on 737 Max panel blowout

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems in spotlight at NTSB hearing on 737 Max panel blowout

Jennifer Homendy, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during investigative hearing, into the blowout of a left mid exit door plug on a Boeing 737-9 MAX during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 flight on January 5, 2024, at the National Transportation Safety Board headquarters in Washington D.C. United States on August 6, 2024. (Photo … Read more

Microsoft fires back at Delta after outage, says airline declined help

Microsoft fires back at Delta after outage, says airline declined help

Microsoft fired back at Delta Air Lines on Tuesday after the carrier said it would seek damages from the software giant and CrowdStrike for thousands of flight cancellations in the wake of a massive IT outage. Delta struggled more than rival airlines to recover from the outage, cancelling more than 5,000 flights in the days … Read more

Summer is ‘high season’ for flight delays. What travelers need to know

Summer is ‘high season’ for flight delays. What travelers need to know

Ironheart | Moment | Getty Images The summer travel season is in full swing, often bringing more flight delays and cancellations. But travelers may be out of luck when it comes to reimbursement for such disruptions, depending on the root cause and specific airline policy, experts said. “In general, in the U.S. airlines aren’t really … Read more

CrowdStrike says it isn’t to blame for Delta’s flight cancellations after July outage

CrowdStrike says it isn’t to blame for Delta’s flight cancellations after July outage

Travelers wait in line, as a flight board shows delays, on the check-in floor of the Delta Air Lines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images CrowdStrike on Sunday said Delta Air Lines had rejected onsite help during last month’s massive outage … Read more

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Friday offered employees two free travel passes to thank staff members who were caught … Read more