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The Military Is Drilling Special Operations Raids In The Heart Of The LA Area, But Don't Panic
From a safety perspective, urban military drills can be disastrous.
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900 Planes Grounded Due To Engine Shortage, Claims United CEO
As hundreds of older planes sit idle, awaiting parts, newer planes are being parted out to service the old engines, contributing to the rising cost of airfare.
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Medical Marijuana Is Off Limits To Truckers And Pilots Despite Trump Administration's Reclassification
Weed is not an FDA-approved drug, thus it is not permitted to show up on drug tests for employees in safety sensitive transportation roles.
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The Liberty V12 Aircraft Engine Was Designed In A Hotel Room And Forged Lincoln
Powering the legendary "Liberty Planes," this turbo-supercharged aircraft V12 sparked the founding of Lincoln and helped the Allied forces win World War I.
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Renault Restores Its Record-Breaking 1930s Racing Plane That Executives Forgot Existed
While it's partly a marketing stunt for a new SUV, it's impressive to see one of the industry's oldest automakers acknowledging the breadth of its history.
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Crashed UPS Plane's Flight Crew's Final Words Extracted From A PDF And Made Public
Among the 2,000 pages documents released to coincide with the hearing was a PDF file that contained a spectrogram of this audio.
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Sorry, Humanoid Robots, You Can't Fly On Southwest Airlines Anymore
For now, your robots will have to wait outside with the other droids while you try to find a ride to Alderaan.
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This Airline Has Only 15 Planes, And Is Cutting Out An Entire Day From Its Flight Schedule
If you have a tiny fleet of jets and the price of fueling them goes through the roof, what do you do? One airline is responding by killing a day of flights.
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FAA Puts Nearly $1 Billion Toward Replacing Air Traffic Control Towers, But Spends Even More Money On Kids
You might expect the federal government to spend a lot on America's airports. Turns out, it's pushing even more cash toward family-friendly airport upgrades.
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Airline Travelers In Boston Will Get To Go Through Security 22 Miles From The Airport
Long lines at TSA checkpoints freaking you out? A pilot program for flights at Boston's Logan Airport will find passengers going through security far away.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Might Replace TSA With Private Security After Shutdown Walkouts
Over a third of the TSA agents at Atlanta's airport walked out during the agency's 2026 shutdown. Now city officials are thinking about a radical solution.
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Here Are The 42 Aircraft The Pentagon Has Lost In Iran, According To Congress, Since The Pentagon Won't Say
Obviously, an operation this large was always going to suffer losses. The question becomes whether or not the price is worth the result.
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Boeing Reportedly Ignored Cracked Part Reports Before The Disastrous UPS Crash That Killed 15
Investigators "found records of 10 previous flaws in the same key parts that help secure engines to wings of other similar planes, and most of them were never reported to the FAA."
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Repo Man Had 'Six Hours To Find 20 Pilots' While Seizing Jet Aircraft From Bankrupt Spirit Airlines
Repossessing a jet isn't quite as straightforward as a car, it turns out.
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Airplane Ashtrays Still Exist Because People Have A Hard Time Following Rules
Smoking has been banned on commercial flights since 2000, so why do brand new airplanes still come with ashtrays installed in the bathroom?
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This WWII Plane Is Flying Again After Being Found Under 268 Feet Of Greenland Ice
Glacier Girl flies again.
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Frontier Customer Service Faults Passenger For Not Taking Bags With Her During Emergency Evacuation After Plane Strikes Pedestrian On Runway
If you've been told this once, you've been told it 100 times: when you're evacuating a plane in an emergency situation, leave all carry-on items behind.
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A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV
Moral of the story: keep your drones under 400 feet, kids. You really, really don't want to hit an airplane filled with people.
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These Are Your Airport Rituals
Delays, surcharges, and rising ticket prices mean "the friendly skies" aren't feeling so friendly. Here's how you make the best of the airport experience.
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Airport Left With No Commercial Flights After Spirit Airlines Collapse
Despite Spirit's demise, there will always be travelers looking for the most affordable flights possible.
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What's Your Airport Ritual?
Do you pride yourself on getting to the gate seconds before it closes, or is anything less than eight hours too narrow a buffer?
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With 12,000 Flights Canceled In May Already, We've Got Bad News About Your Summer Vacation
"This is something that is coming — it's a slow-motion car crash and we're just kinda sleepwalking through it."
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Donald Trump Killed Spirit Airlines With High Fuel Prices, But Says Biden And Obama Are To Blame
An airline collapsing, stranding passengers and leaving thousands of people unemployed, isn't popular with anyone.
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What's The Most Unbelievable Behavior You've Seen While Flying?
Time may not exist in the airport bar, but bad behavior is a round-the-clock indulgence.
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United Jet Hits Truck On Turnpike After Newark Landing Gets Very Weird Indeed
"A Boeing 767 tried to land on top of my truck" is probably going to be a new one for the insurance company.
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Why Safety Could Spell Doom For Dulles' Airport Mobile Lounge
The mobile lounge has been a unique staple of the Washington Dulles International Airport since 1962, but recent safety concerns have cast it in a new light.
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United CEO Desperately Wants People To Hear Him Out On Mega Merger Despite American Airlines' Rejection
This is a business plan on the verge of becoming fan fiction.
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