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Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines gets Biden administration nod
Finance

Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines gets Biden administration nod

By David Koenig and The Associated Press
September 18, 2024
Satya Nadella
Retail

Microsoft letter says Delta lied when it blamed the software company for flight delays

By
August 6, 2024
Pete Buttigieg in front of US flag
Politics

Biden administration cracks down on airline seating fees that can run $200 a trip

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
August 1, 2024
Delta CEO Ed Bastian looks serious
Finance

Delta CEO says the CrowdStrike outage cost the airline $500 million and ‘tens of millions of dollars per day in compensation’

By Michelle Chapman and The Associated Press
July 31, 2024
Barry Biffle is wearing a suit and gesturing as he speaks in front of a magenta background.
Lifestyle

Passengers are pretending to be disabled to get fast-tracked through airports amid ‘rampant abuse’ of airport wheelchair services, Frontier CEO says

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May 24, 2024
A group of men in suits, including the CEOS of United, Delta, and American Airlines sit at a long table.
Finance

Airlines snap and sue the U.S. Transportation Department over mandated fee disclosures: ‘A bad solution in search of a problem’

By
May 14, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
Finance

Biden wants airlines to tell us about all their hidden fees. They’re suing him to keep them secret

By
May 14, 2024
Airlines plead tech failure after government orders automatic refunds for wronged travelers
Lifestyle

Airlines plead tech failure after government orders automatic refunds for wronged travelers

By
May 3, 2024
The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The commuter bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, causing vehicles to plunge into the water and halting shipping traffic at one of the most important ports on the US East Coast.
Finance

Baltimore Bridge expected to trigger ‘one of the largest marine losses in history’, says Lloyd’s of London

By Bloomberg and Laura Benitez
March 28, 2024
The Dali shipping container abuts the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Finance

Was Baltimore’s bridge collapse the fault of the cargo ship or the bridge? Both, experts say—and there’s no quick fix on the horizon

By
March 27, 2024
Scott Kirby
Leadership

United’s CEO is so concerned about Boeing’s latest disaster he’s been venting to colleagues and lobbying Buttigieg, sources say

By Julie Johnsson, Siddharth Philip, Mary Schlangenstein, Josh Wingrove and Bloomberg
January 22, 2024
Airline passenger
Finance

Are airlines changing loyalty programs to make rewards harder? Senators have the Transportation Department investigating

By
December 23, 2023
Southwest Airlines agrees to $140m settlement for flight canceling meltdown that stranded 2 million travelers in December 2022
Finance

Southwest Airlines agrees to $140m settlement for flight canceling meltdown that stranded 2 million travelers in December 2022

By David Koenig and The Associated Press
December 18, 2023
Biden administration awards $653 million in grants to upgrade 41 ports across the U.S.
Finance

Biden administration awards $653 million in grants to upgrade 41 ports across the U.S.

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November 3, 2023
LA-Vegas high-speed rail
Politics

Both parties want high-speed rail from LA to Vegas to get ‘more people spending money at our hotels, restaurants, casinos, and small businesses’

By Ken Ritter and The Associated Press
April 24, 2023

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