Emirates, the powerhouse Middle Eastern airline, is giving staff a bonus of 20 weeks' pay after a blockbuster year

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An Emirates airplane, the double-decker Airbus A380 with registration A6-EOO is approaching Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport arriving at runway 27
An Emirates Airbus A380.

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Lufthansa's boss called delays to Boeing deliveries 'extremely annoying,' and it further highlights a growing dilemma for the aviation giant

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Carsten Spohr, CEO Lufthansa, talks on stage during the IAA Conference on Affordable Sustainable Mobility
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr.

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France is so scared of strikes messing up the Olympics that it is letting air traffic controllers show up 3 hours late to work, and leave 3 hours early

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An air traffic control tower at sunset.
An air traffic control tower.

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Passengers are carrying plane parts in their luggage to get them to sanction-hit Russian airlines: report

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A worker of luggage service at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia
An employee at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2019.

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The boss of one of Boeing's biggest customers highlighted the tug-of-war between the planemaker's 2 top priorities: speed and safety

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Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, CEO of the Emirates Group, gives a press conference in Dubai on May 10, 2022.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Emirates CEO.

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A viral TikTok showed Southwest passengers baffled when a woman climbed into an overhead locker and just lay there

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Passengers sat on a 3-3 narrowbody plane with overhead luggage bins open
The overhead lockers can be a point of contention between passengers on a flight.

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Delta has the best first class and Southwest has the best economy seats — see JD Power's airline rankings

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The Airbus A321neo.
Delta's domestic first-class seats on board an Airbus A321neo.

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American Airlines is flying 70 World War II veterans to France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

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Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9.

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Video shows the scary moment a Boeing cargo plane skidded and threw up sparks when its landing gear failed to deploy properly

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Efforts are underway to tow the plane off the runway, while investigations into the accident continue at Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkiye
The FedEx Boeing 767's nose scraped along the tarmac.

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This Brazilian planemaker denied reports it wants to kick Boeing while it's down and build a new jet to compete with the 737

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View of the Embraer static display at the International Paris Air Show on June 17, 2019 at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris.
An Embraer E195 at the 2019 Paris Air Show.

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