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In suburban Seattle, Boeing keeps on cranking out 737 Max planes

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 26, 2019
Despite the international grounding of the aircraft, a Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, has orders to fill.
Boeing's 737 assembly complex in Renton, Washington, is a hive of activity. In the foreground, a 737 Max is being painted. In the background, the brakes are tested on a new 737 Max for China Southern Airlines.
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Boeing liabilities could grow with grounding of Max fleet

by Jack Stewart
Mar 14, 2019
The entire fleet remains grounded in the U.S.
Tails of Boeing 737 aircraft are pictured at Boeing Field, on March 16, 2018 in Seattle, Washington.
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During time of rapid growth, sorrow for Ethiopian Airlines

by Ben Bradford
Mar 11, 2019
Sunday’s tragic crash of ET302 comes just as Ethiopian Airlines has been riding a wave of international investment, expansion and optimism. Over the last decade, the airline made a big push to build its fleet and increase routes, both within Africa and beyond the continent. A recent expansion of Ethiopia’s international airport opened in January […]
Two local boys examine a pile of twisted metal gathered by workers during the continuing recovery efforts at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 on March 11, 2019 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
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Delta opens a high-tech pit stop for jet engine repair

by Jack Stewart
Feb 21, 2019
Delta is opening a new jet engine test cell in Atlanta, the world's largest.
Delta jet engine test facility
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Expect a boom in the business of supersonic flight

by Molly Wood
Feb 12, 2019
Companies are working on ways to bring back supersonic travel for commercial flights.
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Airline tickets are priced to confuse

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 9, 2019
Sometimes flying a longer distance is less expensive.
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Real ID fuels demand for passports

by Dan Gorenstein
Feb 23, 2018
About half of U.S. states are issuing driver licenses that comply with the Real ID Act.
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Not so fast: Climate change will slow air travel

by Jed Kim
Jan 1, 2018
Extreme weather means more challenges for airlines getting planes in the air. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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What the economy of Artemis can tell us about life on Earth

by Phoebe Unterman
Nov 28, 2017
Sci-fi writer Andy Weir predicts the future of space travel using today's air travel data.
A view of Earth appears over the lunar horizon from Apollo 11 before astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. made their historic moon walk.
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KAYAK adds features to compete with Google

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jul 3, 2017
A baseball pulls up trips to Chicago, home of the Cubs.
People on vacation at the beach. 
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