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Southwest is offering buyouts to airport workers and blaming Boeing for the job cuts
Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts and extended leaves of absence to airport workers to avoid "overstaffing" which it blames on Boeing.

FAA investigating how titanium parts with falsified records wound up in Boeing and Airbus planes
Federal regulators are investigating how parts made with titanium that was sold with falsified quality documentation wound up in Boeing and Airbus passenger jets that were built in recent years.

NTSB says a JetBlue captain took off quickly to avoid an incoming plane in Colorado last year
Federal investigators are describing a close call between planes at a Colorado airport last year. The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that a JetBlue plane struck its tail on...

The wait for U.S. passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans
A much-feared backup of U.S. passport applications has snarled summer plans for would-be travelers around the world.

Pilots at American, Southwest, ratchet up strike threats
Pilots at American Airlines have voted to authorize a strike, and Southwest Airlines pilots are preparing to join them, as unions put more pressure on the airlines to approve new...

Vote on DIA CEO Phil Washington, Biden’s pick to run FAA, delayed amid GOP opposition
The fate of President Joe Biden's pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is in doubt. On Wednesday, a Senate committee indefinitely postponed a vote on the nomination of Denver...

Southwest: Normal flight operations to resume Friday
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after more than a week of widespread flight cancellations that started with a winter storm and...

Boeing pays $200 million to settle SEC charges over 737 Max
Boeing Co. will pay $200 million to settle charges that the company and its former CEO misled investors about the safety of its 737 Max after two of the airliners...

Spirit Airlines shareholders to vote on much-delayed merger with Frontier or JetBlue
Spirit Airlines shareholders could pick a preferred buyer for their airline Wednesday, when they are scheduled to vote on one of the offers for the budget carrier.

Frontier Airlines says it lacks the votes for Spirit merger
Frontier Airlines, facing likely defeat in its bid to merge with Spirit Airlines, says it is done with a bidding war and is asking for another delay in a shareholder...