United Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport on April 18, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines is planning to team with Apple to revamp the carrier’s terminal at San Francisco International Airport, United’s chief digital officer said Friday. Apple employees have visited the airline’s
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An overhead bin on a United Airlines Bombardier CRJ-550 airplane at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Oct. 17, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images United Airlines on Friday said it is installing larger overhead bins to its fleet planes, an effort to end the anxiety-provoking and time-consuming game of musical chairs that often
Indonesian rescue workers help remove a section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 from the sea four days after it crashed while trying to land at Bali’s international airport near Denpasar on April 17, 2013. SONNY TUMBELAKA | AFP | Getty Images Boeing has responded to the public release of Indonesia’s final report on the
American Airlines‘ third-quarter earnings came in slightly ahead of Wall Street estimates, but revenues just missed forecasts and the financial impact from the Boeing 737 Max grounding continued to grow. The quarter was challenging for the Fort Worth-based airline. In addition to the Max grounding, the airline suffered operational problems that have forced its customer
A line of Boeing 737 fuselages, eventually bound for Boeing’s production facility in nearby Renton, Wash., sit on flatcar rail cars at a rail yard Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Seattle. Elaine Thompson | AP A year ago, Boeing executives were trying to convince Wall Street investors they could ramp production of their best-selling 737
Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are stored in an area adjacent to Boeing Field, on June 27, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing shares continued their slide on Monday after explosive messages last week revealed a top pilot had concerns about a system on the 737 Max that was later implicated in
Jupiterimages | Photolibrary | Getty Images One-quarter of Americans plans to vacation outside the U.S. in the next 18 months, according to a new AAA survey, while 80% have already taken a foreign trip and 2 in 5 — nearly 77 million adults — have rented or used a vehicle while abroad. Sales of international
Qantas is testing a Boeing 787-9 to fly between New York and Sydney nonstop for the first time. Source: Qantas Can a 20-hour flight ever be bearable? Australian airline Qantas wants to figure that out with its first ever nonstop flight from New York to Sydney, a venture it calls Project Sunrise. The 10,000-mile trip,
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 for China Southern Airlines (front) is pictured at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington on March 12, 2019. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing shares slipped Friday after a Reuters report said instant messages from 2016 suggest that employees misled the FAA about a key safety system on
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California on March 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Thursday took the Boeing 737 Max out of its schedules until Feb. 8, later than any U.S. airline,
Three of Asia’s biggest business hubs have emerged as the world’s most environmentally-friendly commuter cities. Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore topped the charts for green commuting in a new study by data insights company, Kantar. Those cities ranked especially highly due to commuters’ general tendency to use public transport or walk to work in the three
A United Airlines airplane takes off at Newark Liberty Airport. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images United Airlines Holdings on Tuesday raised its earnings forecast for the year as travel demand continued to climb, boosting shares in after-hours trading. The airline’s performance puts it “ahead of pace” to meet its per-share earnings goal of $11 to $13
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California on March 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images The Boeing 737 Max won’t return to service at Southwest Airlines until February at the earliest, the union that represents the
Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked in an aerial photo at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, July 1, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, now in its eighth month, is driving up costs for airlines as they cancel thousands more flights into 2020. American and United
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines on Friday joined other U.S. carriers in scrapping Boeing 737 Max plans to return to service until January, cancelling hundreds more flights as the worldwide grounding from two fatal crashes enters its eighth month,
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a press conference after the annual shareholders meeting at the Field Museum on April 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Boeing announced earnings fell 21 percent in the first quarter after multiple crashes of the company’s bestselling plane the 737 Max. (Photo by Jim Young-Pool/Getty Images) Jim Young |
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters American Airlines is shuffling some of its top executives after a key departure and struggles with its operations that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and long delays over the past few months. Kerry Philipovitch, senior vice president of customer experience, handling areas from reservations, customer service, baggage and premium service,
Maintenance workers cover the engine of an American Airlines Group Boeing 737 Max plane at Tulsa International Airport (TUL) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines pulled the Boeing 737 Max from its schedules until mid-January, delaying its return longer than any U.S. airline, as the
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker attends a ceremony to mark the opening of five new gates at O’Hare International Airport on May 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mounting problems for American Airlines CEO Doug Parker can be summed up in an Instagram post by his rival
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday likened buying shares in Six Flags Entertainment to “throwing good money after bad.” The comments come in the wake of reports last week that Cedar Fair rejected a $4 billion bid from the rival amusement park. Cramer, who in August endorsed the former’s stock for its lower price tag and
