Aerospace and defense industry

Where are low-cost airlines cutting back now? New planes

Where are low-cost airlines cutting back now? New planes

Bob Elliott

JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines airplanes proceed to gates after landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, ...

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

Lawrence Booth

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station orbiting above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13, 2024. ...

Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Bob Elliott

Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024. Andrew Harnik | ...

Boeing pauses tests of 777X aircraft after finding damage to one of the jets’ structures

Boeing pauses tests of 777X aircraft after finding damage to one of the jets’ structures

Bob Elliott

A Boeing 777x aircraft during an aerial display on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK, ...

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Bob Elliott

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, ...

Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject new contract

Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject new contract

Bob Elliott

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900ER aircraft on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Monday, ...

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Mickey Vernon

Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing. John Kraus / Polaris Program SpaceX is preparing to launch its next ...

United CEO expresses ‘renewed confidence’ in Boeing after meeting CEO

United CEO expresses ‘renewed confidence’ in Boeing after meeting CEO

Bob Elliott

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby celebrates the opening of a new addition to its Flight Training Center in Denver, Colorado, ...

American Airlines (AAL) earnings Q2 2024

American Airlines (AAL) earnings Q2 2024

Bob Elliott

American Airlines CEO on Thursday vowed to be “diligent” in making sure capacity doesn’t outgrow demand after the carrier slashed ...

Highest class will include snacks, W-Fi, bags

Highest class will include snacks, W-Fi, bags

Bob Elliott

A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024.  ...