Aerospace and defense industry
SpaceX and T-Mobile group up to use Starlink satellites to ‘end cell dead zones’
T-Cellular CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX founder Elon Musk announce partnership ideas on Aug. 25, 2022. Screenshot SpaceX founder Elon Musk and T-Cell CEO Mike Sievert mentioned that their providers are doing work to “conclude cell dead zones,” and will start a new cell assistance enabled by Starlink second-technology satellites and T-Mobile bandwidth. Starlink is […]
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Sky-high rents hit the aircraft market as Boeing jets top $300,000 a month
An Airbus A321 is being assembled in the final assembly line hangar at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama. Michael Spooneybarger | Reuters Passengers aren’t the only ones paying more to fly this year. A tight supply of aircraft is driving up the price airlines pay to rent planes, just as travel demand […]
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South Korea and U.S. start their largest navy drills in a long time immediately after North Korea backlash
South Korea and the United States commenced their premier joint military services drills in many years on Monday with a resumption of area teaching, officers reported Chung Sung-jun | Getty Pictures News | Getty Pictures South Korea and the United States began their greatest joint military drills in years on Monday with a resumption of […]
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Airline unions urge carriers not to resume buybacks when bailout ban ends this fall
A United Airlines flight crew walks through the terminal at San Francisco International Airport on April 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The largest U.S. airlines are making money again. Labor unions don’t want them to spend it on stock buybacks. A condition of the $54 billion in federal aid […]
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American Airlines agrees to buy 20 supersonic planes from Boom
American Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, still years from building its first commercial airplane. United Airlines made a commitment last year to buy 15 Overture jets. “Passengers want flights that […]
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Business travel spending might not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2026
Lighted tunnel in the United Airlines terminal, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Illinois. Andrew Woodley | Universal Images Group via Getty Images Business travel spending might not recover to pre-pandemic levels until sometime in 2026 — two years later than previously expected — as inflation, labor shortages and geopolitical issues slow the sector’s rebound, according to […]
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London’s Heathrow airport extends passenger limits until late October as travel strains continue into the fall
Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus arrive at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 in London, August 3,, 2021. Tejas Sandhu | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images London Heathrow airport has extended limits on departing passengers through late October to avoid travel chaos as Britain’s busiest hub grapples […]
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Even airline employees are having trouble finding a seat home from Europe this summer
International passengers walk through the arrivals area at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport on November 26, 2021 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Airlines want people to take a European vacation this summer — as along it’s not their employees. Carriers are discouraging their staff from using their employee perks […]
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Boeing delivers first 787 Dreamliner since 2021 ending pause over manufacturing flaws
An employee works on the tail of a Boeing Co. Dreamliner 787 plane on the production line at the company’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. Travis Dove | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing delivered its first 787 Dreamliner in more than a year on Wednesday, ending a pause on handovers of the […]
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Business travel costs are expected to rise through 2023, industry report says
Passengers wait for flights with their luggage at Heathrow airport in London Luke MacGregor | Reuters The cost of business travel, from hotels to airfare, is set to rise through 2023 as demand returns more than two years after the Covid pandemic began, according to an industry report published Wednesday. Business-travel airfare is on track […]
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