A U.S. District Court in California this month awarded $78 million to a class of about 1,800 flight attendants who alleged violation of state and city labor and wage laws while they worked for Virgin America. Alaska, which acquired Virgin in December 2016, plans to appeal the ruling.
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Airbus’s A380 failure ripples through its rivalry with Boeing in complex ways
Airbus's decision to terminate its A380 superjumbo jet program as of early 2021 may amount to good news for the company's future. For rival Boeing,...
Delta’s Seattle-based employees get $47 million in bonuses
Delta will pay out $1.3 billion in profit-sharing bonuses to its approximately 80,000 employees worldwide, with $47 million going to about 3,400 Seattle-based employees.
Airbus sees end of line for superjumbo A380 as Emirates cuts order
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — The Latest on Airbus' announcement that it will stop making the superjumbo A380 (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Germany's economy minister...
Airbus abandons iconic A380, world's largest passenger jet VIEW
The end of the young jet is an embarrassing symbolic blow for Airbus, which had hoped the A380 would squeeze out Boeing’s 747 and revolutionize...
Boeing jet deliveries slow in January, but significant orders booked
The 737 assembly line in Renton delivered just 34 jets, far short of the 52 per month production rate. In better news, Boeing booked a...
Hey, students: Design a drone/robot combo for a virtual moon landing, and you could win a trip to NASA
A national competition sponsored by NASA and run by a University of Washington educational consortium is aimed at inspiring students to think about science, space...
Monday Memo: T-Mobile CEO Legere testifies in D.C., aerospace conference, Airbus results
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50 years ago, the first 747 took off and changed aviation VIEW
In 50 years, the 747 has transported an astounding 5.9 billion people, 80 percent of the world’s population. But its inception represented a huge gamble...