Southwest is ditching its unassigned seat policy for the first time

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Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it will join almost every other major airline in assigning seats prior to boarding.

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Nepal just suffered another fatal plane crash. Its aviation safety record is so poor that all its airlines are banned from flying to most of Europe.

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Firefighters trying to douse a fire that erupted in a Saurya Airlines' plane after it crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu, killing 18 of the 19 people onboard.

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The folding wingtips on Boeing's massive new 777X are a first in commercial aviation. Here's why the plane needs them.

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Boeing 777X on display at the Wings Airshow in India.
The Boeing 777X has revolutionary folding wingtips that are a first in commercial aviation.

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Russia says Putin won't die in a plane crash because their domestic aircraft 'are very reliable vehicles'

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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TSA agents think the crew-member lane at airports is a huge security flaw that staff abuse for smuggling

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The cabin crew has a special security lane, but some TSA agents think it's a safety risk.

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Severe turbulence launches passengers to the ceiling of Singapore Airline flight

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A passenger died and 30 other people were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight when the plane hit severe turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Bangkok.

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

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An employee at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2019.

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Passengers were stuck for hours in sweaty, stifling corridors at Britain's busiest airports as passport systems crashed

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The main passport control hall at the north terminal of London's Gatwick airport during a e-gate outage.

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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position above an Atlas V rocket for an uncrewed test flight.

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Nearly half of all aircraft noise complaints in Australia last year were filed by a single person, who complained 20,716 times

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A view from below of an Airbus against the sky.

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