I take dozens of flights a year as an airline reporter. I always go for the aisle seat — even if it costs extra money

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A view of the Finnair A350 cabin with blue mood lighting.
I flew on Finnair's A350 from New York to Helsinki and loved the experience.

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I've been flying ultra-low-cost airlines for years and have never been charged extra — these are my 4 tips for avoiding fees

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Spirit Airlines bag check
Spirit and Frontier have size checks stationed at the check-in desk and boarding gates.

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An airline startup that hopes to fly Airbus A380s between New York and London is delaying its launch to 2025

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Global Airlines rendering of A380 in flight.
Global Airlines hopes to launch commercial operations by 2025, though a year behind schedule.

Global Airlines

A Texas man tried to buy a rocket company for $200 million. The SEC claims he never had the money.

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Virgin Orbit was left scrambling for funding after a failed rocket launch.

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Boeing's leaking Starliner spacecraft has delayed 2 astronauts' return to Earth

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Boeing's Starliner
Boeing's Starliner launched its first crewed mission earlier this month.

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Families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims call for planemaker to be fined $25 billion for 'deadliest corporate crime in US history'

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Family members of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 crashes hold photographs of their loved ones as Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Boeing's broken safety culture on Capitol Hill on June 18, 2024
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.

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Southwest is under pressure to make big changes to its planes, flights, and bag rules: Here's what they could all look like

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Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines said it will make changes amid pressure from an activist firm, but the CEO is not resigning.

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Several of Boeing's candidates for CEO have turned it down, report says

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks to reporters as he departs from a meeting at the office of Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill January 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.

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A crew member hit the ceiling and a passenger was scalded by spilled coffee as turbulence caused 'pandemonium' on a flight in New Zealand

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An Air New Zealand Airbus A320 designed with the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team colours is seen at the airport in Wellington on October 29, 2015
An Air New Zealand Airbus A320.

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Oxygen masks were 'inadvertently' deployed, and an emergency announcement played on a United flight — even though everything was fine

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A Boeing 777-222(ER) from United Airlines is taking off from Barcelona Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on February 29, 2024
A United Airlines Boeing 777.

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