Airlines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Large U.S. airlines and some of their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving any more flights between the United States and China because of what they call “anti-competitive” policies that China imposes on U.S. carriers. The airlines and unions said Thursday that China closed its market to U.S. carriers […]
Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 film the engine cover falling off during take-off at Denver international airport on Sunday. US airline regulators have launched an investigation after the part came off and struck the wing flap. Flight 3695 – with 135 passengers and six crew members aboard – rose to about 10,300ft (3,140 […]
In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, NTSB Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell … [+] examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from […]
RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images Over 320 flights have been canceled because of a winter storm that brought snow and freezing temperatures to Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado on January 15, 2024. CNN — Winter weather is continuing to disrupt air travel on Tuesday. More than 1,700 flights are already canceled and . […]
Last week, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, the United States, when a cabin panel blew off in midair leaving a gaping hole in the aircraft’s fuselage. Just days before, a Japan Airways Airbus collided with a smaller coastguard plane, resulting in the Airbus […]
It was only when I attempted to make small talk with my visibly squirming seatmate on a Raleigh-Durham to New York flight that I realized it was me causing that look of horror on his face, rather than the slight turbulence we had been experiencing since takeoff. A friendly chat, I had thought, might help […]
Updated Jan. 7, 2024 1:16 pm ET PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal investigator said the government’s probe of a blowout in an Alaska Airlines plane Friday is for now focused on the flight-specific accident rather than the model of the jet in question, which was manufactured by Boeing. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, […]
6 January 2024, 18:01 GMT Updated 18 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: ‘Trip from hell’: On board flight during mid-air blow out The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after an outer section of one […]
By Thomas Mackintosh & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News 6 January 2024, 07:17 GMT Updated 23 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Inside Alaska Airlines plane as part blows off mid-air A passenger plane lost a section of its fuselage in mid-air, forcing it . […]
(NEXSTAR) — While 2023 didn’t feature an epic air travel meltdown, some airlines and airports fared better than others when it comes to on-time performance, according to a report from Cirium, the aviation analytics company. Delta Air Lines led the list for the most on-time airline in North America with its over 1.6 million flights […]