SpaceX took one more step Thursday to develop its next-generation Starship rocket, conducting the second short-flight test of the prototype last month. The starship prototype serial number 6 or SN6 on the SpaceX facility in Boka Chika, Texas took off from the launchpad. It slowly climbed to about 500 feet …
Read More »United Airlines plans to cut 16,000 jobs as coronavirus demand soars
United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to cut more than 16,000 jobs early next month, following federal coronavirus aid protecting aviation jobs. These involuntary cuts, many of them furloughs, meaning employees could be called back if demand returns, make up about 17% of United’s staffing level by the end of …
Read More »Navy SEAL in bin Laden raid banned by Delta for wearing mask
Robert O’Neill speaks during book signing and lecture at Richard Nixon Library on July 26, 2017, in Yorba Linda, California. Phillip Pharaoh | Getty Images A former Marine SEAL who said he killed Osama bin Laden was banned this week by Delta Air Lines for not wearing a face mask …
Read More »Delta will limit aircraft passengers in early January
View of the cabin of a Delta flight between Minneapolis and Baltimore on April 25, 2020. Sebastien Duval | AFP | Getty Images Delta Air Lines will continue to limit the number of passengers it allows on each flight through early January in an effort to win over potential customers …
Read More »Boeing scores first November 737 Max orders since November
A Boeing 737 MAX sits outside the hangar during a meditur tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington. Matt Mills | Reuters Boeing said on Wednesday that it had scored its first orders for its beleaguered 737 Max aircraft since November, and sold two …
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