Southwest Airlines ranked as the second-best domestic airline, according to Bounce’s 2023 Airline Index. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Southwest Airlines has taken the Boeing 737 Max 7 out of its fleet plans as regulators haven’t yet certified the smallest model of the manufacturer’s best-selling plane. Southwest became the latest of the major … Read more
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 24th February 2023. JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images American Airlines on Thursday posted a $19 million profit for the last three months of 2023, topping Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom lines. Shares of the company rose … Read more
Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Alaska Airlines said Thursday that the weekslong grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9 will … Read more
Alaska Airlines N704AL is seen grounded in a hangar at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 9, 2024. Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday halted Boeing’s planned expansion of its 737 Max aircraft production, but it cleared a path for the manufacturer’s Max 9 to return to service … Read more
Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun met with several U.S. senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday as scrutiny … Read more
Michael Whitaker, nominee to be the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill October 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. The FAA has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator for 18 months. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer | Getty Images … Read more
A mother-of-three collapsed and died while giving a eulogy at a family funeral in a “terrible blow” for onlooking loved ones. Sarah Healey, 39, was speaking at the funeral of her father-in-law in Surrey, England in November when she “suddenly collapsed”. The nurse is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Watch the latest News … Read more
Fatcamera | E+ | Getty Images Passport processing times are back to normal after big delays in 2023, making it less likely travelers will miss a trip because of a stalled renewal. However, another common passport snafu threatens to upend your trip overseas — and it involves passports that haven’t yet expired but are close … Read more
United Airlines is weighing fleet plans without the Boeing 737 Max 10 after a series of delays and most recently, the grounding of a smaller variant of the plane, the carrier’s CEO said Tuesday. The Max 10 is the largest model of the plane and hasn’t yet been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. United … Read more
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 13, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines on Monday forecast a first-quarter loss due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes this month after a part blew out during an Alaska Airlines … Read more
