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    United Boeing 787-9 Returns To Tokyo 3 Times Over Flap Problem

    A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 had to return to Tokyo’s Narita airport three times for a problem with the leading edge flaps. The aircraft...

    How Alaska Airlines Is Uniquely Positioned To Emerge From This Crisis

    Few crises have unfolded as severely and as quickly as the coronavirus pandemic. The impact on the airline industry, however, has been staggering. After...

    What Will Happen To All The Widebodies Being Retired Due To COVID

    With many airlines anticipating a two to three-year recovery period towards 2019 passenger volumes, older, larger, and overall less-efficient jets are being retired. One...

    Passenger Forced Off Spirit Flight In New York Over Mask Refusal

    Earlier today, a passenger aboard a Spirit Airlines flight to Florida was removed for not wearing a mask. The incident took place on an...

    The Oldest Planes Still Flying For American Airlines

    American Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world. Impressively, the carrier has an average fleet age of just under 11 years....

    Tesla is taking reservations for its Cybertruck in China – TechCrunch

    Tesla has opened up reservations for its all-electric Cybertruck to customers in China, a move that will test the market’s appetite for a...

    Brazil’s Azul Sells Its 6% TAP Air Portugal Stake

    The Brazilian carrier Azul SA agreed with the Portuguese government to sell its stake in the Portuguese airline TAP. This information comes after the...

    British Airways Reopens Lounges Ahead Of Service Ramp Up

    British Airways is set to reopen two lounges at its London Heathrow home tomorrow, July 4th. The doors to the airline’s lounges had remained...

    Eight Hawaiian Airlines Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

    Yesterday, Hawaiian Airways confirmed that eight of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19. These workers had recently attended flight attendant training at its...

    Electrostatic Spraying And How Will It Protect You On Your Flight

    As the travel industry tries to recover while maintaining safe operations amid the coronavirus pandemic, several airlines have introduced electrostatic spraying across their services....

    Tech giants unveil breakthroughs at computer vision summit – TechCrunch

    Computer vision summit CVPR has just (virtually) taken place, and like other CV-focused conferences, there are quite a few interesting papers. More than I...

    British Airways, Ryanair, and easyJet Drop Quarantine Legal Bid

    British Airways parent company IAG has confirmed today that it has dropped its lawsuit against the UK government. The legal action, which was supported...

    We need a new field of AI to combat racial bias – TechCrunch

    Gary M. Shiffman Contributor Since widespread protests over racial inequality began, IBM announced it would cancel its facial recognition programs to advance racial equity in law...

    Air France Expected To Announce Thousands Of Job Cuts

    As Air France management meets with union representatives in Paris on Friday, we expect soon to know the details of the carrier’s redundancy plans....

    How Have I Been Pwned became the keeper of the internet’s biggest data breaches – TechCrunch

    When Troy Hunt launched Have I Been Pwned in late 2013, he wanted it to answer a simple question: Have you fallen victim to...

    American Airlines To Join British Airways In Heathrow Terminal 5

    American Airlines is set to move its London Heathrow operations to Terminal 5 from Tuesday (July 7th). The move will see the US carrier...