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This composite photo of planes taking off at LAX is just mind-blowing
More than 66 million travelers fly in and out of Los Angeles International Airport every year, making it the third-busiest airport in the US. In 2013, there were 1,685 takeoffs and landings per day, on...
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Southwest Airlines and its pilots are at war — now Boeing is caught up in the...
Southwest Airlines and its pilots union, SWAPA, have been working on a new collective bargaining agreement for nearly half a decade, and it's been tense.Now, the tension between the airline and the...
View ArticleBoeing just spent $1 billion on this massive facility to build airplane wings
Boeing just opened a facility in Everett, Washington, where engineers will craft the largest composite wings in the world for the company's forthcoming 777X airplane. Named the Composite Wing Center,...
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Homeland Security says the solution to long airport lines could be killing...
The federal government may be bogged down by bureaucracy, but even it wants to alleviate long lines.The US Department of Homeland Security announced May 17 that the nation's 12 biggest airlines have...
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Falling fuel prices are a double-edged sword for this airline
Energy companies may not be the best investments these days, but the aviation industry has by and large benefited from low oil prices. Now that oil prices are rising, some airlines are rushing to lock...
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These are the 20 safest airlines in the world
Despite some recent tragedies, air travel is still one of the safest forms of transportation around. According to Australian consumer-aviation website AirlineRatings.com, the world's airlines...
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Boeing made a 'major mistake' 12 years ago that left its customers in the lurch
The 757 was always a bit of an odd duck for Boeing.It's a twin-engine narrow-body airliner that's larger than the run-of-the-mill 737, but smaller than wide-body jets like the 787 Dreamliner.It's a...
View ArticleSimple etiquette rules to remember the next time you fly
Business Insider put together a list of basic etiquette rules to follow on your next flight. Keep them in mind to keep traveling a pleasant experience for everyone involved. Produced by Jacqui Frank....
View ArticleThese are the safest airlines in the world
Air travel continues to be one of the safest forms of transportation, and these 20 airlines rise to the top.Ranked by AirlineRatings.com, the Australian website took 407 airlines into consideration and...
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Lufthansa suspends flights to Venezuela amid the country's ongoing economic...
CARACAS (Reuters) - German airline Deutsche Lufthansa said on Saturday it will temporarily suspend flights to Venezuela as of next month due to economic difficulties in the South American nation and...
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These are the 10 safest low-cost airlines in the world
The low-cost airline business model has only been around for a couple of decades, but it has developed a major presence in the airline industry.According to PWC, low-cost airlines account for more than...
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I flew to Spain on Iberia, and it was the worst airline experience I've ever had
I just spent a lovely weekend in Spain with my wife.Getting there and back was completely awful.The reason?I flew an airline called Iberia.Long story short: It gave us an impossibly short layover, so...
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This one major sector is cashing in on low oil prices
Airline industry profits will reach $39.4 billion (£27.3 billion) in 2016, according to a report from the International Air Transport Association, and a big reason for that is the persistently low...
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This guy's stash of airline memorabilia shows how much flight-attendant...
Like most other types of clothing, airline uniforms have evolved a great deal over the years. Flight attendants have worn everything from buttoned-up jackets in the 1950s to flashy miniskirts in the...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to fly on the worst airline in the world — North Korea’s 'Air...
Air Koryo is an airline run by the North Korean government, and it's consistently rated as the worst airline in the world. In fact, it's the only airline with a one-star rating on airline-review site...
View ArticleInside Delta's 2.7 million square-foot facility where they repair and...
There is a reason why flying is one of the safest ways to travel. Planes are simply reliable. But they aren't able to fly for decades straight without regularly scheduled maintenance. We checked out...
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I took a ride on Bombardier's brand-new airliner — this is what it was like
The stakes were high. It doesn’t happen often that a bunch of CEOs of some of the world’s most important airlines fly on one and the same aircraft. And unlike in other industries, where the top brass...
View ArticleThis one room in Atlanta acts as a mission control for all of Delta's planes
It may be reassuring to know that there are a ton of eyes watching your Delta flight, making sure that everything runs smoothly and safely. From the company's Operations Control Center (commonly known...
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Cheap oil is forcing a luxury airline to make a major change
Cheap oil is a double-edged sword for Emirates.Affordable crude helped the Dubai-based airline earn a record $1.93 billion in profits last year.With much of its premium business dependent on oil...
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These 5 American cities will offer direct flights to Cuba
As the US and Cuba's relationship continues to thaw after half a century of tension, airline travel to the island nation will become more common.On Friday, the Department of Transportation announced...
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