Airplanes

Uber and GE announced a new partnership Wednesday to transform the world through aerial ridesharing on the largescale, as the aviation industry is reimagined for the post-pandemic era.  

BA appoints new leader to steer its operations.

The outlook for the aviation industry has deteriorated again due to rising coronavirus infections and renewed travel restrictions, Airbus chief operating officer Michael Schoellhorn was quoted as saying on Saturday.

On Thursday, the airline expanded its offering to appeal to travelers who want to take the test "from the comfort of their home" in order to qualify to be exempt from the Aloha State's 14-day quarantine.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urges Congress to approve more aid for airline workers

Shift would end output of that jetliner in Seattle area as demand for planes plummets amid pandemic

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Japan Airlines announced that it will start using more gender neutral greetings, swapping "ladies and gentlemen" for "all passengers" and "everyone."

After retiring several aircraft, Qantas Airlines is selling the bar carts used on these planes. Also, in order to make the items more enticing, these carts will come fully stocked as they would be for a normal flight on a 747.

The energy-rich nation of Qatar itself needed to bail out the state-owned airline at the end of its financial year on March 31 with $2 billion to keep the airline operating, its annual report acknowledged.

Following its initial pilot program, the airline will "quickly expand customer testing to other destinations and U.S. airports" later this year, according to United Chief Customer Officer Toby Enqvist.

Pandemic-related trends could include more private business class seating on narrowbody planes and adding touchless lavatory features

Talk about a light in the darkness.

The chief executives of American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways and the major aviation unions held a press conference Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill as part of a last-ditch effort for a six-month extension of the payroll support program granted through the $25 billion bailout from Congress back in March.  

Agency officials believe nearly 11,000 people may have been exposed to one of the 1,600 known cases of people flying while contagious with the virus — despite being unable to confirm a single case of viral transmission on a US plane.

Airbus has unveiled three visual concepts for "zero emission" airplanes to be powered by hydrogen.

German airline Lufthansa, already bailed out by the government, says it will have to make more staff cuts and mothball more jumbo jets than originally planned because the outlook for air travel is worse than the company first predicted.

Boeing will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina in a pivot away from its reliance on its union-heavy Seattle-area birthplace, as well as cut costs and improve efficiencies.

The airline and unions are also asking that the latest stimulus package include a clean six-month extension of funding for the Payroll Support Program, which requires airlines to keep their employees on the payroll through Oct. 1.

Harry's father, Prince Charles, spurred backlash when he flew the Queen's private helicopter to Cambridge this year to lecture students on climate change and lowering carbon emissions.