JetBlue’s $3.8 Billion Spirit Deal Challenged in DOJ Antitrust Suit March 7, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Mary Schlangenstein The US Justice Department challenged JetBlue Airways Corp.’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines Inc. Tuesday, filing an antitrust lawsuit...
Update: U.S. Flight Departures Resume After FAA Lifts Ground Stop January 11, 2023 By Siddharth Philip, Mary Schlangenstein and Alan Levin US flight departures began resuming early Wednesday after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground...
Southwest Air Pilots Seek to Block COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate October 11, 2021 By Mary Schlangenstein Southwest Airlines Co. pilots asked a court to temporarily block the company from carrying out federally mandated coronavirus vaccinations until...
Risk of COVID-19 Exposure on Airlines Drops when Middle Seats Are Empty: Study April 16, 2021 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when...
Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing for Lost Pay, Legal Costs Over ‘Rush’ Sale of 737 Max October 8, 2019 By Mary Schlangenstein The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet...
FAA May Not Require Simulator Training for Boeing 737 Max Pilots August 15, 2019 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein U.S. aviation regulators are increasingly convinced they don’t need to mandate new simulator training for pilots of Boeing Co.’s 737...
FAA Board Says Boeing 737 Max Software Fix Won’t Require Added Training April 18, 2019 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein A board of pilot experts appointed by U.S. aviation regulators has reviewed Boeing Co.’s proposed software fix for the grounded...
U.S. Pilots Maintain Boeing Never Warned of System Linked to 737 Crash in Indonesia November 13, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Two U.S. pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has...
Engine Flaws Similar to Southwest’s Found at Other Airlines July 27, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Flaws in jet engine fan blades like one that cracked and broke loose in April, killing a Southwest Airlines Co....
Emirates Jet Failed to Abort Landing Prior to Dubai Crash August 9, 2016 By Deena Kamel Yousef, Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein An Emirates jetliner was attempting to abort its landing at Dubai’s airport shortly before the plane hit the runway and...