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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 31: Travelers walk with their luggage in the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on August 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Labor Day weekend will cap off the busiest summer of airline travel on record in the U.S. with over 14 million passengers predicted to board flights, which will top pre-pandemic travel numbers. According to the FAA, today will be the busiest day of the holiday weekend with 52,203 flights scheduled in U.S. airspace. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Flying for Thanksgiving? Here’s What to Know

Airlines say they are ready for throngs of holiday travelers as TSA expects volumes to hit a new high.

Alison Sider

November 20, 2023

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A Super Heavy booster explodes, as SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, as seen from South Padre Island, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 18, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

SpaceX Rocket Test Reaches Milestone—and Ends With Explosion

Elon Musk’s deep-space rocket made it further than a previous test flight, achieving separation before losing contact with spacecraft.

Micah Maidenberg

November 18, 2023

4 min read

A United Airlines aircraft takes off in front of New York City's skyline at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on March 9, 2023. - Airlines and unions disagree on many aspects relating to today's tight labor market, but concur on at least one thing: the need to diversify the pilot workforce pool. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Air-Traffic Safety Threatened by Staffing, Funding Woes, Report Says

The nation’s air-traffic control system faces increasing hazards from short staffing, outdated technology and chronic underfunding, the report says.

Andrew Tangel

November 15, 2023

3 min read

Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot for the Gemini-7 spaceflight, looks over the Gemini-7 spacecraft during weight and balance tests. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Frank Borman, Who Led Historic Flight Around Moon, Dies at 95

Frank Borman commanded the December 1968 Apollo mission, on which he and his crewmates were the first people to orbit the moon.

James R. Hagerty

November 10, 2023

6 min read

LOUISVILLE, KY - JANUARY 03: A UPS pilot runs toward the flight deck of a Boeing 747 at UPS Worldport on January 3, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. UPS will handle the movement of approximately 60 million holiday returns during returns season, which spans from November 14 to January 22. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

American Airlines Dangles $250,000 Bonuses to Poach FedEx and UPS Pilots

Major U.S. passenger airlines are on a hiring spree that has left regional carriers desperate for aviators with enough experience to fill the captain’s seat.

Alison Sider

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Esther Fung

November 8, 2023

4 min read

Airlines

Latest News

Flying for Thanksgiving? Here’s What to Know

SpaceX Rocket Test Reaches Milestone—and Ends With Explosion

Air-Traffic Safety Threatened by Staffing, Funding Woes, Report Says

Frank Borman, Who Led Historic Flight Around Moon, Dies at 95

American Airlines Dangles $250,000 Bonuses to Poach FedEx and UPS Pilots

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