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In DOT Shutdown Plan, Air Traffic Controllers Work Unpaid

Under the latest plan, air traffic controller hiring and field training would also continue — a key difference from the March plan, which would have paused those activities. 

September 30, 2025
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Electric Aircraft Firm Beta Technologies Files for US IPO

The company counts TPG, Amazon.com and General Electric among investors with 5% or greater stakes.

September 29, 2025
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Passenger Jet Collides With Army Copter Near D.C.-Area Airport

ARLINGTON, Va. — A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Jan. 29 with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers around 9 p.m. EST while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

January 30, 2025
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Rolls-Royce Sours on Electric Planes, Needs Time for Hydrogen

Rolls-Royce Holdings backed away from electric aircraft and said conventional propulsion will remain the mainstay in coming years as hydrogen takes time to mature as an alternative.

November 28, 2023
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Hundreds of Flying Taxis to Be Made in Ohio

The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically.

September 18, 2023
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Airlines Rally as They See Path to Profit Despite Fuel Jump

U.S. airline stocks climbed as the carriers said they will trim flying to remain on track toward profits even as fuel prices soar.

March 15, 2022
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UPS Gives Old Jets New Life

Imagine ripping out the dashboard of your 20-year-old minivan and replacing it with the high-tech controls from a Tesla.

February 4, 2021
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Indonesian Divers Find Parts of Wrecked Boeing Plane in Java Sea

Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Jan. 10, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital.

January 11, 2021
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Amazon Makes First Aircraft Purchase to Expand Delivery Network

Amazon .com Inc. is buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 planes, the first time the online retail giant has purchased, rather than leased, aircraft for its fast-growing air cargo operation.

January 5, 2021
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Boeing’s 737 Max Returns in US With American Airlines Flight

Boeing Co.’s 737 Max is poised to return to commercial service in the U.S. with the first flight since two deadly crashes prompted the longest aircraft grounding in the nation’s history.

December 29, 2020