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Southwest Airlines closing 2 crew bases in cost-cutting push

Southwest Airlines closing 2 crew bases in cost-cutting push

Bob Elliott

A Southwest Airlines aircraft at a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, Feb. 16, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | ...

Trump tariffs could quickly cut North American auto production

Trump tariffs could quickly cut North American auto production

Lawrence Booth

Autoworkers at Nissan’s Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tennessee, June 6, 2022. The plant employs more than 7,000 people and ...

Airline stocks fall as possible economic ‘soft patch’ raises demand concerns

Airline stocks fall as possible economic ‘soft patch’ raises demand concerns

Bob Elliott

United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki ...

Why first-class seats are holding up new airplanes

Why first-class seats are holding up new airplanes

Bob Elliott

A Lufthansa First Class “Allegris” cabin, which was set up outside the show.  Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty ...

American Airlines to start testing free inflight Wi-Fi

American Airlines to start testing free inflight Wi-Fi

Bob Elliott

The main cabin of a American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER jet.  Mary Altaffer | AP American Airlines is planning to test ...

Lucid’s top priorities following EV CEO’s departure

Lucid’s top priorities following EV CEO’s departure

Ev Richard

Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq ...

Elon Musk sends Starlink tech to FAA, says without evidence air safety is ‘at risk’

Elon Musk sends Starlink tech to FAA, says without evidence air safety is ‘at risk’

Mickey Vernon

An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

GM raises quarterly dividend, initiates  billion stock buyback

GM raises quarterly dividend, initiates $6 billion stock buyback

Ev Richard

DETROIT – General Motors is raising its quarterly dividend and initiating a new $6 billion share repurchase program as the ...

Why Stellantis was the only automaker to advertise

Why Stellantis was the only automaker to advertise

Ev Richard

Actor Harrison Ford touts Jeep and Americana while taking a dig at another Detroit automaker during a Super Bowl ad ...

Nikola files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Nikola files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Ev Richard

U.S. Nikola’s logo is pictured at an event held to present CNH’s new full-electric and Hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks in ...