Airplanes

During the annual Credit Suisse virtual financial services forum in February, Solomon said remote work is "an aberration that we are going to correct as quickly as possible."

On Sunday, a powerful winter snowstorm intensified over the central Rocky Mountains with heavy snow and wind leading to airport and road closures, power outages and avalanche warnings within the three states. 

The Transportation Security Administration processed its largest number of travelers since March 15, 2020, on Friday.

The new bill will back $15 billion in support of airline industries that have struggled since the start of the pandemic.

According to an application submitted last year, the airline plans to fly to “neglected, forgotten markets” in 2021 using smaller planes to reduce costs. Breeze's initial markets will be underserved city-pairs that are currently without nonstop service, including destinations east of the Mississippi river and in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic region. 

Leading airline and business groups are asking the Biden administration to develop temporary credentials that would let travelers show they have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, a step that the airline industry believes will help revive travel.

Boeing CEO David Calhoun declined a salary and performance bonus for most of last year but still received stock benefits that pushed the estimated value of his compensation to more than $21 million, according to a regulatory filing Friday.

Ian Smith, 33, shared an email on Instagram Monday from the carrier, informing him of his ban “due to a recent incident regarding our policy on face mask coverings.” 

The numbers mark a significant jump since early this year when demand had plummeted due to widespread lockdown order and travel restrictions.

United Airlines is buying 25 new Boeing 737 Max jets and moved up the delivery of previously ordered aircraft as demand for the once-lucrative airline industry begins to return.

Flying might be the most nerve-wracking way to travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, so Philadelphia International Airport is using robots called gita to provide contactless delivery of food and drinks to passengers. 

United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to avoid criminal prosecution and settle civil charges of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service in the delivery of international mail.

The plane was a 15-year-old 777-300ER with General Electric engines

The FAA said Thursday that Boeing managers failed to put adequate priority on living up to the earlier settlement and complying with FAA regulations

Such changes to airplane parts can require years of design, testing and regulatory approvals. Some aviation-safety experts and regulators have been growing increasingly concerned about whether engine covers are robust enough to withstand the impact of a fan blade’s breaking off and shooting outward during flights.

The engine issue that occurred during a United flight from Denver to Honolulu marks the third incident in recent years involving the same jet and same engine.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing 777-200 planes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights after an engine failed on a United flight on Saturday.

The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said a maintenance records group will be formed to investigate the Boeing 777 engine’s history after it failed on United Airlines flight #328 and erupted into flames shortly after takeoff on Saturday.

Boeing says it recommends "suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol." 

The head of European planemaker Airbus called on Saturday for a “ceasefire” in a transatlantic trade war over aircraft subsidies, saying tit-for-tat tariffs on planes and other goods had aggravated damage from the COVID-19 crisis.