Airlines
‘People just want their jets.’ Paris Air show returns as Boeing, Airbus race to increase production
An employee works at the Airbus A350 assembly site, in Colomiers near Toulouse, south-western France, on December 9, 2022. Valentine Chapuis | AFP | Getty Images A lot has changed in the four years since one of the aviation industry’s biggest air shows was held in person. The Covid-19 pandemic devastated travel demand, the aviation […]
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Ultra-long-haul flights are coming back. Qantas wants to break the record
The first class suite on Qantas’ ultra-long-range A350-1000. Courtesy: Qantas Long flights are making a comeback. It is one of the clearest signs yet that airlines are betting the rebound of international travel, devastated in the pandemic, will continue to grow. On Wednesday, Qantas launched service between New York and Sydney with a stop in […]
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Leisure vacation is ‘back and rolling’, suggests former United Airways CEO Oscar Munoz
ShareShare Post via FacebookShare Article by means of TwitterShare Article by using LinkedInShare Article by means of Electronic mail Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz joins ‘Squawk Box’ to explore the rebound in air travel, airline pilot contract negotiations, no matter if airways can cope with the surging demand from customers post-pandemic, and more. Source
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House committee votes to raise pilot retirement age to 67 amid aviator shortage
A pilot holds the thrust controls of a United Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 9, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images A House panel voted Wednesday to raise the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots to 67 from 65 as the industry faces […]
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Boeing logs more aircraft orders ahead of Paris Air Show, 787 problems persist
Boeing 787 Dreamliners are built at the aviation company’s North Charleston, South Carolina, assembly plant on May 30, 2023. Juliette Michel | AFP | Getty Images Boeing handed over 50 airplanes to customers last month, up from 35 in April, though it trails rival Airbus in deliveries so far this year as the Paris Air […]
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Now Boarding: Airlines are bringing back again the jumbo jet (kind of)
“Now Boarding” is a videocast about air travel and the business enterprise of traveling. CNBC airlines reporter Leslie Josephs and CNBC senior producer Erin Black delve into topics like turbulence, airline status, boarding, jumbo jets and all items aviation. Watch this episode and other individuals on CNBC’s YouTube channel just about every Sunday. On this episode of “Now Boarding” Leslie and Erin […]
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What it normally takes to flip an outdated passenger aircraft into a cargo hauler
The value to ship merchandise by air jumped to a file just right before Christmas 2021, pushed by strong e-commerce desire, port congestion and a chokehold on ability from airlines’ limited pandemic schedules. All those trends also drove a boom in a compact but worthwhile corner of the aerospace marketplace: changing passenger planes into plane […]
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Canada wildfire smoke again slows flights to the Eastern U.S.
People take photos of the sun in Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada causes hazy conditions in New York City, June 7, 2023. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Smoke from Canada wildfires could disrupt flights in the Eastern U.S. again Thursday after hundreds were delayed a day earlier due to […]
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New York-area flights delayed as Canada wildfire smoke cuts visibility
A seagull flies before the lower Manhattan skyline during heavy smog in New York on June 6, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images Smoke from wildfires in Canada delayed flights at New York-area airports on Wednesday as haze blanketed the region and cut visibility. The Federal Aviation Administration “slowed traffic to and from […]
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Air India sends plane for stranded travellers in Russia, with engineers
A hen flies about a logo of Air India airways at the company headquarters in Mumbai, India, Oct 19, 2021. Francis Mascarenhas | Reuters Air India despatched an plane on Wednesday to choose up passengers whose Delhi to San Francisco flight was diverted to Russia’s Far East immediately after their Boeing 777 airplane formulated engine issues, […]
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