Aerospace and defense industry

Singapore Airlines to add first class cabin for its longest flights

Singapore Airlines to add first class cabin for its longest flights

Bob Elliott

Singapore Airlines new business-class seats. Courtesy: Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines is planning to add a four-seat first class to the ...

Boeing machinists end strike, approve labor contract with 38% raises

Boeing machinists end strike, approve labor contract with 38% raises

Bob Elliott

Boeing machinists approved a new labor deal Monday, ending a costly seven-week strike that halted most of the company’s aircraft ...

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

Mickey Vernon

A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, ...

Boeing (BA) 3Q 2024 earnings

Boeing (BA) 3Q 2024 earnings

Bob Elliott

Workers picket outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  ...

Boeing strike will dent last jobs report before election

Boeing strike will dent last jobs report before election

Bob Elliott

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility during an ongoing strike on October ...

Boeing union backs sweetened contract offer that could end strike, sets vote for Monday

Boeing union backs sweetened contract offer that could end strike, sets vote for Monday

Bob Elliott

Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 gather on a picket line near the ...

United Airlines raises requirements to earn frequent flyer status

United Airlines raises requirements to earn frequent flyer status

Bob Elliott

A United Airlines Boeing 757 departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on Sept. 19, 2024. ...

Airbus delivers first extra-long-range Airbus A321

Airbus delivers first extra-long-range Airbus A321

Mickey Vernon

An Airbus A321XLR Neo passenger aircraft performs a flying display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France, ...

Southwest Airlines (LUV) 3Q 2024 earnings

Southwest Airlines (LUV) 3Q 2024 earnings

Bob Elliott

Southwest Airlines‘ third-quarter profit fell from a year ago but topped Wall Street estimates as the carrier worked to drum ...

Spirit AeroSystems weighs more furloughs, layoffs if Boeing strike lasts

Spirit AeroSystems weighs more furloughs, layoffs if Boeing strike lasts

Bob Elliott

Boeing 737 fuselages on railcars at Spirit AeroSystems’ factory in Wichita, Kansas, on July 1, 2024. Nick Oxford | Bloomberg ...