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What Happened to Boeing?

Headlines about Boeing's 737 Max 9 door plug blowout disaster have been all over the news. It's quickly becoming clear that there's a safety crisis…

We Talked To Air Traffic Controllers. What We Heard Will Shock You.

In the last year, there were over 500 near-miss collisions by major commercial airlines. We talked to air traffic controllers to understand what's going on.…

Sun Country Airline Workers Vote To Unionize—Management Fought Back

Workers from Sun Country airlines are exposing what union-busting and retaliation looks like in practice. Sun Country Airlines, based out of Minneapolis, MN, is an…

Why Air Travel Sucks (And Might Get Worse)

Paula Pecorella: Have you noticed that flying just... keeps getting worse? Between the mass cancellations, seats getting smaller and smaller, and the advent of the…

Pilots At The Four Largest U.S. Airlines Are Leading An Uprising

[PA Sound] Denis Tajer: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain. The first officer and I are on day five and we just came off…

Air Travel Turning Point? Biden Moves to Block Latest Airline Merger

Airline mergers, long given a rubber stamp by federal government regulators, are about to face a major high-profile challenge. The Justice Department is taking JetBlue…
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Despite Record Revenue, Airlines Set to Slash Flights to Smaller Cities

Major U.S. airlines have signaled to investors that they intend to maintain profit margins by cutting America’s already depleted regional air network, which connects smaller…
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Why Flights Are Being Cancelled at Record Rates

Video produced and edited by Nico Pitney and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen Taking a flight in America has never been a worse experience. Tens of thousands of…