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A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 13:43

Tech Insider : Travel

Boom Supersonic's Overture flying among clouds. — Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound passenger jetliner, but it has a laundry list of challenges to overcome.
Boom Supersonic

Transportation, Travel, boom-supersonic, supersonic-travel, supersonic-jets, overture, xb-1

The new boss of Boeing's commercial airplanes division is a third-generation employee

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:39

Boeing's Stephanie Pope — Stephanie Pope has worked for Boeing for nearly three decades.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

Transportation, Planes, Boeing, bca, boeing-planes, boeing-ceo, dave-calhoun

'America's greatest gift to Israel'

Sun, 03/24/2024 - 06:02

Tech Insider : Politics

A collage of Al Schwimmer — Without Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel.
Klawe Rzeczy for BI

Military & Defense, Discourse, Transportation, politics, Israel, world-war-ii, Planes

Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:40

Passengers sleeping on recliners with a flight attendant assisting in the 1950s. — The first-class section of a passenger plane in the 1950s.
Authenticated News/Getty Images

Transportation, Features, BITranspo, Airlines, first-class, first-class-flight, ANA

See inside the world's largest private jet, a $400 million Boeing 747 typically used by governments and the world's elite

Sat, 03/16/2024 - 10:03

A Boeing 747-8i. — A Boeing 747-8i, the world's largest private jet model.
Stephen Brashear/Stringer via Getty Images

Transportation, Features, Planes, BITranspo, boeing-business-jet, boeing-747, Boeing

The Justice Department reportedly opened a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines door blowout

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 12:46

Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing — The hole left in the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 in January.
NTSB/AP

Transportation, alaska-airlines, Planes, department-of-justice, Boeing, NTSB, news-uk

Boeing is delaying its 737 Max production expansion after the Alaska Airlines door plug incident

Sat, 03/02/2024 - 14:24

Boeing 737 MAX9 takes part in a flying display over the Le Bourget Airport during the 52nd International Paris Air Show on June 22, 2017 — Boeing had been ramping up production rates for the 737 Max jets before the Alaska Airlines incident in January drew FAA scrutiny.
Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images

Transportation, Planes, Boeing, boeing-737, alaska-airlines

The FAA investigated Boeing's safety culture — and what they found wasn't good

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 17:28

Boeing — A Boeing manufacturing plant in Seattle, WA.
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Transportation, Boeing, boeing-planes, boeing-max, Planes, FAA, commercial-flying

American Airlines is raising its checked bag fees and overhauling how customers earn miles

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 13:46

American Airlines terminal — American Airlines is changing up its baggage and AAdvantage policies.
Lynne Sladky/AP

Transportation, Planes, american-airlines, checked-bags, Luggage, frequent-flyer, Southwest

A fellow pilot told Boeing jet that its tire popped off before takeoff: 'It just rolled off the runway behind you'

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 14:25

image of plan on runway with LA in background — A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Airlines, not the same plane involved in the incident.
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

Transportation, speed-desk, Boeing, delta-airlines, Planes, Flights, insider-news

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