Alaska Airlines completed the acquisition of Hawaiian Airlinesthe companies said Wednesday, a day after the U.S. Department of Transportation approved the deal on the condition that the airlines maintain the value of their frequent flyer programs and keep several key routes. The merger agreement between the two airlines was reviewed by the US Department of […]
Boeing Co. workers and supporters hold signs outside the Aerospace Machinists Union District 751 hall before a vote on the union contract in Renton, Washington, U.S., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | BoeingFactory workers went on strike after midnight Friday, halting production of the company’s best-selling aircraft, after the workforce overwhelmingly […]
Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman emerges from SpaceX’s Dragon capsule during a spacewalk on September 12, 2024. SpaceX SpaceX conducted its first spacewalk in the early hours of Thursday morning – a historic first for a company. The highlight of the private Polaris Dawn mission went off without a hitch. Two of the crew members […]
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams pose in the hatch that connects Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station. NASA Boeing will return its Starliner capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts it launched into orbit in early June, the agency said Saturday. With the Starliner returning to Earth empty, […]
