Airplanes

German airline Lufthansa, already bailed out by the government, says it will have to make more staff cuts and mothball more jumbo jets than originally planned because the outlook for air travel is worse than the company first predicted.

Boeing will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina in a pivot away from its reliance on its union-heavy Seattle-area birthplace, as well as cut costs and improve efficiencies.

The airline and unions are also asking that the latest stimulus package include a clean six-month extension of funding for the Payroll Support Program, which requires airlines to keep their employees on the payroll through Oct. 1.

Harry's father, Prince Charles, spurred backlash when he flew the Queen's private helicopter to Cambridge this year to lecture students on climate change and lowering carbon emissions.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.

The airline says the temporary move has been made out of caution

United Airlines pilot union votes on deal to prevent employee furloughs.

While the airline industry continues to suffer from the financial devastation left behind by the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon's air cargo business appears to be taking off. 

Alaska Airlines has temporarily suspended all flights in and out of two airports in the Pacific Northwest due to wildfire smoke blanketing the region.

A sharp drop in travel has left the airlines with tens of thousands more employees than they need to operate the vastly reduced number of flights

Just three days after reports about quality control lapses at a Boeing's Dreamliner plant in South Carolina comes word of a new problem with its flagship jet.

The International Air Transport Association is warning governments across the globe that the air cargo industry may potentially face severe capacity constraints that could hinder the timely distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

The carrier said all of the new flights will take off in November and December and will cover regions that the company "anticipates increasing demand for leisure travel," adding that tickets for the routes are now on sale.

Singapore Airlines announced Thursday that it will cut 4,300 jobs – around 20% of its workforce – as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the aviation industry. 

Virgin plans to cut a third of its workforce and ditch its widebody planes to focus on being a domestic and short-haul carrier

The TSA screened a record number of travelers over the Labor Day weekend since the coronavirus hit the U.S. in March.

Boeing is facing another manufacturing problem that is slowing down deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner. The production problems add to pandemic-related travel restrictions that have slowed deliveries by Boeing and Airbus SE this year, pressuring their finances as customers typically pay the bulk of an aircraft’s price on receipt of the plane.

Production problems at a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner factory have prompted air-safety regulators to review quality-control lapses potentially stretching back almost a decade, according to an internal government memo and people familiar with the matter.

Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson told “Fox & Friends” that the return of business in the airline industry is “just not happening."

As it stood before, "Basic Economy didn’t show the full potential of the travel experience on American because it was so restrictive," a spokesperson for American told FOX Business.