United Airlines CEO lashes out at Boeing over Alaska Airlines panel
United Airlines' chief executive has threatened to eliminate Boeing after the near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines door explosion that grounded the company's Max 9 planes. United CEO Scott Kirby: “I think the Max 9 grounding was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.'' He spoke on CNBC's “Squawk Box” Tuesday morning. Kirby lamented the fact that […]
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Coinbase, TKO Group, United Airlines, D.R. Horton and more – CNBC
Check out the companies that are trending in pre-market trading. Coinbase — The cryptocurrency exchange fell nearly 4% after JPMorgan downgraded it to underweight early Tuesday. The bank said 2024 could be a tough year for Coinbase as enthusiasm for spot Bitcoin ETFs wanes. General Electric — General Electric shares fell nearly 7% in the […]
Southwest Airlines pilots agree to 5-year, $12B labor deal
Southwest Airlines announced Monday that its pilots have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that includes pay increases of about 50% over five years. The roughly 11,000 pilots in the Southwest Airlines Pilot Association have been negotiating for better pay, severance benefits, disability insurance and an overhaul of the scheduling process after their contracts ended […]
FAA tells airlines to check door plugs on second Boeing plane
Jeff Sica, founder of Circle Squared Alternative Investments, discusses whether Boeing stock is a buy for Barney & Company. The US Federal Aviation Administration is currently reviewing the Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft, which has been grounded following the Alaska Airlines accident on January 5th, and is asking airlines to issue a review of the Boeing […]
Fired flight attendant blasts airline’s ‘DEI push,’ alleges religious discrimination in lawsuit
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‘SNL’ pokes fun at Alaska Airlines following midair blowout
“Saturday Night Live” returned from its winter hiatus to poke fun at Alaska Airlines' response to a recent flight in which a panel exploded while flying over Oregon earlier this month. Between First episode of the new year, “SNL” aired a mock commercial for the airline starring Heidi Gardner, Jacob Elordi and Kenan Thompson, sharing […]
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines to appeal judge’s ruling that blocked $3.8B merger
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines announced Friday that they will appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked the airlines' planned merger, saying it violated U.S. antitrust laws. The appeal comes after U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston ruled Tuesday that JetBlue's $3.8 billion plan to acquire ultra-low-cost airline Spirit was anticompetitive and would harm […]
American Airlines Flight Attendant Faces Child Porn Charges For Filming Underage Passengers In Plane Restrooms
Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, is charged with child sexual abuse (Photo courtesy of Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority) OAN's Brooke Mallory3:37 PM – Friday, January 19, 2024 Prosecutors say an American Airlines flight attendant secretly tried to record a 14-year-old girl in the plane's bathroom and also recorded other girls using the plane's restroom. […]
American Airlines flight attendant took photos of children in bathroom
A former American Airlines flight attendant has been accused of secretly recording multiple underage girls in the bathroom of the plane he worked on. According to authorities, the victim of the alleged secret recording was as young as 7 years old. Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, was arrested Thursday in Lynchburg, Virginia. Thompson was charged […]
Spirit Airlines shares hit record low as JetBlue deal collapse alarms investors
Sources told Reuters on Thursday that Spirit Airlines is considering refinancing its debt and not restructuring. The company's stock price has fallen since Tuesday on investor concerns about the company's financial future after a U.S. judge blocked its $3.8 billion merger with JetBlue Airways. The decline in the company's stock accelerated Thursday afternoon. The Wall […]