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Flights Resume At Reagan National Airport After Temporary Suspension

Reagan National Airport saw the resumption of flights with departures and arrivals from Southwest and Alaska Airlines.

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Hopes For Turnaround Lift Boeing Shares Despite Huge Losses

Boeing reported a hefty fourth-quarter loss Tuesday following a bruising 2024, but shares rallied on hopes that early turnaround signs under a new CEO may bear fruit.

International Business Times

‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’: Flight attendant fired for TikTok video launches fundraiser

‘Although it was a poor decision on my behalf I didn’t think it would cost me my dream job,’ the former Alaska Airlines flight attendant said

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'Ghetto' Flight Attendant Fired Over Viral Twerking Video Is Raising Money to Fund Lingerie Line

A flight attendant posted a twerking video, celebrating the end of her probationary period. When the video went viral, her employment was terminated.

Latin Times

“She Doesn’t Have A Case”: Twerking Flight Attendant Loses Job After Viral Clip

"Ghetto till I die." A flight attendant was fired after uploading a video of herself twerking in uniform. In desperation, she set up a GoFundMe page to cover her expenses, but it has been largely ignored so far. The post “She Doesn’t Have A Case”: Twerking Flight Attendant Loses Job…

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Boeing 2024 Plane Deliveries Tumble On Labor, Safety Woes

Boeing delivered just 348 commercial planes in 2024 according to figures released Tuesday that showed the ugly effects from a year of labor disruption and safety setbacks.

International Business Times

UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from Frontier Airlines flight

The retired UFC fighter was involved in a seating dispute with Frontier Airlines staff and later escorted off the plane.

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‘I could see the chaos filtering down’: Former Boeing staffer blows whistle on planemaker’s practices

‘I wondered what was going on and why we were accepting substandard, incomplete work,’ says Douglas Dorsey, a former manufacturing engineer

The Independent UK

Nervous Flyer Loses It While Waiting to Get Off Plane, Opens Emergency Exit and Runs Out Onto Wing

A nervous passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight opened an emergency exit and climbed onto the wing after landing in Seattle.

Latin Times

Alaska Airlines passenger opens emergency exit and climbs onto wing because she was ‘anxious’

The woman was sent to hospital for a medical evaluation after the incident

The Independent UK

Alaska Airlines Unveils New Premium Offerings, Adds Asia Routes

Alaska Air Group, Inc. announced a series of upcoming new premium offerings and routes in Asia after merging with Hawaiian Airlines during its annual earnings report.

International Business Times

Boeing whistleblower claims ‘thousands’ of broken parts, including crucial steering tools, ended up on airplanes

Boeing denied the allegations and said it investigated quality investigator Sam Mohawk’s claims and found no evidence of missing defective parts on its airplanes.

Fortune

Alaska Airlines tech issue briefly grounds planes in Seattle, disrupts bookings on Cyber Monday

Alaska Airlines says an unspecified technology issue caused the temporary grounding of flights in Seattle and continuing problems with booking flights online

The Independent UK

Boeing’s CEO tells staff to stop ‘bitching by the water cooler’ and focus on beating Airbus

Boeing's new CEO Kelly Ortberg had some brutal feedback for staff, telling them to stop complaining and start competing.

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Anxious flyer allegedly self-soothes with booze, winds up in flexcuffs

Caryn Denise Evan, 38, nearly made it through her hour-long flight without incident, only to become wild-eyed during the landing process, according to a criminal complaint.

The Independent UK

Chaos as man gets past TSA and tries to enter cockpit after ‘bad people told him to fly the plane’

The 34-year-old told police he didn’t know how to fly the plane, but that it seemed ‘easy enough’ to learn

Latin Times

Alaska Airlines Passenger Claims Pet Dog Died Because He Was Forced to Move from First Class to Economy

A man has sued Alaska Airlines, alleging that his French bulldog died during a flight after he was forced to move from first class to economy.

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Passenger blames airline for dog’s death after pooches were moved from first class to coach

The lawsuit claims that the airline crew offered up ‘no sympathy’ after releasing his dog had died during the flight

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Boeing strike to continue as workers reject latest contract proposal

Factory workers vote against company’s latest offer six weeks into strike that has stopped production of aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners

The Independent UK

The FAA is opening a new review of safety at Boeing

The Federal Aviation Administration is opening a new review of safety at Boeing

The Independent UK

Close call at Nashville airport came after planes were directed to same runway, probe shows

Investigators say that air traffic controllers cleared one plane to take off after telling pilots of another plane to cross the same runway in Nashville last month

The Independent UK

Boeing's ability to end a costly strike and extra FAA scrutiny looks uncertain

Boeing’s critics often claim that two deadly jetliner crashes a few years ago and the blowout of a section of a third plane in January made clear the aircraft manufacturer cut corners and put profits above safety

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FAA Calls For Significant Changes In Boeing's Safety Culture

Boeing and the FAA are addressing safety and quality issues through significant changes and increased oversight.

International Business Times

Alaska Airlines Experiences IT Outage, Disrupting Operations And Delaying Flights

On Monday, the airline reported it had to issue a ground stop for arrivals in Seattle for about two hours. The issue has now been resolved, but the airline still expects some post-outage impact on its operations.

The Independent UK

Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage

Alaska Airlines says it halted its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to a technology problem that was resolved by about 10 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time

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