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Warren Buffett is wrong about airlines' prospects after coronavirus, Raytheon...
Warren Buffett is too negative about the prospects for air travel after the coronavirus outbreak, Raytheon Technologies CEO Gregory Hayes said at a conference on Tuesday."Unlike Mr. Buffett, I actually...
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Airlines were just warned for a second time by the US government that they're...
The Department of Transportation prompted airlines again to refund passengers for canceled flights during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a USA Today report.The DOT's imprecise language...
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Delta will retire its iconic Boeing 777 fleet because of the coronavirus...
Delta plans to retire its entire fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft by the end of this year, CEO Ed Bastian said in a memo to employees.The decision to retire the long-haul plane comes as airlines plan for a...
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Leaked memo shows United is trying to convince some workers to quit ahead of...
United Airlines is offering some employees more than five years of free flights, hundreds of thousands of frequent-flyer miles, and more if they quit their jobs.The airline laid out the offer in a memo...
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Shifting Gears: Uber eyes a big buy, airline bankruptcies accelerate, and...
Good morning and Happy Friday. Welcome to another week of Shifting Gears — Business Insider's roundup of all the transportation news you might have missed.This week, we published a massive feature...
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Lufthansa is losing $1 million an hour and projections for a recovery are...
Germany's Lufthansa has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, reporting losses of around $1 million per hour.The 67-year-old flag carrier relaunched in 1953 following the dissolution of its...
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Qatar Airways' new policy is letting customers book 2020 travel from the US...
Qatar Airways just introduced a new flexible booking policy on Thursday that allows new bookings made before the end of September to be allowed unlimited changes for free with few restrictions.Unlike...
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The shortest flight route in the US is now a 29-mile American Airlines trip...
American Airlines is now flying the shortest route in the US.The flight is a 29-mile hop between Vail and Aspen — two of the wealthiest towns in Colorado.The minuscule route is thanks to the conditions...
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Qatar Airways added new restrictions to its unlimited change policy 3 days...
Qatar Airways is changing aspects of its new flexible booking policy that allows unlimited changes.Only announced on Thursday, the airline is now implementing a waiting period before the first change...
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Moderna's vaccine results helped add more than $5 billion to the 'big 4'...
Fresh hopes for a coronavirus vaccine helped boost the combined market value of the "big four" US airlines by more than $5 billion on Monday.The American drugmaker Moderna said participants in an...
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A new social distancing-friendly airplane seat design would strap barriers to...
French engineer Florian Barjot designed a new social distancing seat concept for airplane rows that includes the use of barriers between aisle and window seats.The concept also introduced head-level...
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Delta plans to add extra flights to spread out passengers and keep planes no...
Delta will fly extra planes in order to spread out passengers and keep flights no more than 60% full through at least July, Reuters reported.The move is to enable social distancing on planes, and bets...
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American, Delta, Southwest, and United say more people are starting to book...
The four major US airlines — American, Delta, Southwest, and United— have seen a small but significant growth in demand in May, a sign that airlines may be starting to recover from the coronavirus...
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United's CEO hints the airline could avoid layoffs if employees are willing...
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said on Wednesday that the airline could avoid layoffs of front-line workers if they agreed to reduced work hours until the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus...
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TSA just announced 5 changes to airport security to combat coronavirus, but...
The TSA announced several changes to the airport screening process, part of its effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic.However, the agency did not announce passenger temperature screenings,...
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I flew on an Air France Airbus A380 2 years before the airline suddenly...
Air France is retiring its Airbus A380 fleet as the coronavirus pandemic saw a drop in passengers that makes the aircraft impractical.I flew Air France on the aircraft in economy class from Los Angeles...
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Delta Air Lines will be the last US passenger airline to retire its MD-80...
Delta Air Lines is advancing the retirement date of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft to June 2.The Long Beach, California-built jets joined the Delta fleet in 1987 and also flew for Trans...
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I canceled 7 flights due to the pandemic. Here's the strategies I used that...
I was supposed to fly to Europe the night after President Donald Trump announced travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the announcement was made, I began the long process of...
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Warren Buffett dumped the 'big 4' airline stocks in April. They've already...
Warren Buffett's exit from the "big four" airlines sparked a sell-off of their shares in early May.Shares in American, Delta, Southwest, and United have erased those losses and now trade above their...
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Airbus just opened its A220 factory in Alabama that was originally intended...
Airbus has opened its A220 final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, where parts will be pieced together to form the finished flyable product.Construction began in 2019 following a vow by Airbus to...
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