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Clues emerging from the moments before the deadly collision Wednesday night between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet suggest that multiple layers of the country’s aviation safety apparatus failed, according to flight recordings, a preliminary internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration, interviews with current and former air traffic controllers and others…
Frontier Airlines on Wednesday said that it offered to buy Spirit Airlines three years after the failure of a previous proposed deal. Frontier valued its stock and cash offer at more than $2.1 billion, far less than the $2.9 billion deal that the airlines had announced in early 2022. Spirit abandoned the earlier agreement in…
Thirty-eight people were injured on a United Airlines flight that was headed this week to Washington, D.C., from Lagos, Nigeria, officials in Nigeria said, after the plane experienced what the airline described as “a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement.” Six people were treated at a hospital for their injuries, the Nigerian authorities and…
If you’re flying Spirit Airlines, wearing a crop top that reveals your torso or having certain tattoos could now be enough to get you kicked off a flight. The airline recently updated its policies to explicitly outline unacceptable passenger attire and appearance, going beyond the vague policies held by most other airlines . In its…
A Jeju Air crash in South Korea last week, the deadliest plane accident in years, has stunned the global aviation industry. The country is regarded as a model for how to turn poor air safety practices into some of the world’s best. Three decades ago, South Korea had a dismal record of air safety. Its…
When Jeju Air’s status as South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier seemed under threat from the merger of the country’s two biggest airlines last year, the company’s chief executive assured employees that it would “actively respond,” possibly by acquiring smaller rivals. Now, a week after a crash that killed 179 people on Dec. 29, Jeju Air’s…