China's renaming of its regional jet is another clear sign its homegrown planemaker is coming for Boeing and Airbus

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The underside of a Comac C909 passenger aircraft in flight.
The ARJ21, COMAC's first commercially available plane, was rebranded on Tuesday to the C909.

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Dozens of passengers on 2 different flights to Japan fell ill with symptoms like vomiting and stomach pain

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United Airlines plane taking off.
A United Airlines Boeing 737.

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Skiplagged, the money-saving website that airlines hate, says it's not going anywhere after losing a $9.4 million lawsuit from American

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A flyer at an AA ticket counter.
American Airlines sued Skiplagged for damages of "hidden-city" ticketing.

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Elon Musk joined a video call at 38,000 feet to show off Qatar Airways' new Starlink WiFi

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A screenshot of a video call between Elon Musk, Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, and the Chairman of Qatar Tourism Saad bin Ali Al-Kharji
Elon Musk joined a video call with the Qatar Airways CEO using Starlink on a test flight.

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An apparent bomb threat saw over 200 Air India passengers stranded in Canada's freezing remote north before the air force picked them up

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An Air India Boeing 777 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023
An Air India Boeing 777 was diverted to northern Canada this week after a bomb threat.

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Boeing delays are wreaking havoc with the airline industry's plans, and flyers may well feel the pain

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Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media on August 27; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary expects to cut traffic expectations for next year.

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See inside a test Boeing 777X, which has been further delayed to 2026 and annoyed its top customer

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Wide view of Boeing 777-9 test bed, with two rows of three blue seats on either side and instrumentation racks in the distance
The interior of a 777X testbed at the 2023 Paris Air Show.

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The US fined Lufthansa a record $4 million for discrimination after it stopped 128 Jewish passengers from boarding a connecting flight

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An Airbus A340-300 and an Airbus A 321-100 belonging to Lufthansa are parked on the airport apron
Lufthansa says the incident was more due to confusion than discrimination but has accepted the penalty.

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Delta unveiled a fresh cabin design as it modernizes aging planes amid further delays to new Boeing jets

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A render of Delta's new cabin for comfort plus on an A350
Delta's new cabin design is set to debut on a Boeing 757 then an Airbus A350 (pictured).

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Boeing is raising $10 billion from 4 major banks — and could sell another $25 billion in securities

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Boeing Employees Renton Washington
Boeing announced plans to lay off 17,000 people last Friday.

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