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Flying taxis are closer than ever to reality. The booming industry needs to overcome infrastructure hurdles.
The US's first electric air taxis are expected to start flying commercially next year, igniting a m…
Taylor Rains
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Boeing announced the highly anticipated freighter variant of its new flagship 777X jet with a Qatar Airways deal that could be over $20 billion
The 777-8 Freighter is the new Boeing 777X family's first foray into cargo jets and Qatar Airways h…
Brittany Chang
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A startup wants to build the world's largest cargo plane big enough to carry wind turbines the size of a football field — take a look
Radia, a Colorado-based startup, wants to build a cargo plane the length of a football field to del…
Lloyd Lee,Taylor Rains
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A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage.
The flight system allows a plane to be remote operated by a pilot on the ground, which could stream…
Erin Snodgrass
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A major Amazon Air contractor says it won't return a $400 million bailout despite requests from Congress and booming business
Executives at Atlas Air, which counts Amazon as an investor and customer, say the company fully qua…
Graham Rapier
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The air cargo boom has airlines from UPS to Air France spending billions on Boeing and Airbus freighter aircraft — and new jets can't come soon enough
UPS Airlines just ordered 19 Boeing cargo freighters in a deal valued at more than $4 billion. But …
Thomas Pallini
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The e-commerce boom fueled by Amazon has led to the creation of the world's largest twin-engine cargo plane - meet 'Big Twin'
Israel Aerospace Industries' Boeing 777-300ER "Big Twin" cargo plane.Israel Aerospace Industries
Thomas Pallini
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Shipping companies are giving maritime workers bonuses worth as much as triple their annual salary
Global carriers face difficulties keeping workers. A gauge of seafarers' happiness reached new lows…
Grace Kay
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Boeing's new $442.2 million flagship plane is drawing interest from across the aviation industry. But delays are preventing it from realizing its potential.
Boeing is building what will be the world's largest twin-engine passenger jet that soon may be flyi…
Thomas Pallini
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Why the supply chain is in crisis, spurring an 'everything shortage'
Americans seem to be facing shortages at every turn. Here's everything you need to know about what'…
Grace Kay
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Port traffic in Southeast Asia is the worst its been in over 6 months - and could create even more chaos for US supply chains
There were 271 ships off the ports on Friday. If the turnaround time for goods between Asia and US …
Grace Kay
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Nearly half a million shipping containers are stuck off the coast of Southern California as the ports operate below capacity
The ports currently have 19 mega-container ships and approximately 12 million tons of goods waiting…
Grace Kay
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Nearly half of adults now want to live somewhere with easy access to camping or fishing, marking a fundamental change that's rippling through everything from housing prices to fashion
As indoor activities became off-limits during the pandemic, people turned to outdoor pursuits inste…
Avery Hartmans
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Amazon and cargo airlines are scouring the Arizona desert for old and cheap passenger jets to fly packages
Cargo airlines are scooping up the litany of aging aircraft now available since passenger airlines …
Thomas Pallini
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The largest container ship to ever visit the East Coast just arrived at the Port of New York and New Jersey: Meet the Marco Polo
The CMA CGM Marco Polo can carry more than 16,000 containers and completed its journey from China i…
Thomas Pallini
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How a small Ohio airport became the new darling of the world's cargo carriers
Rickenbacker International Airport in the heart of Ohio is now seeing multiple daily international …
Thomas Pallini
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Meet the top startups of the booming flying car world, an industry predicted to be worth more than $1 trillion by 2040
Catch up on what's happening in the emerging eVTOL market, predicted to be worth more than $1 trill…
Maia Anderson
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Oil companies are using a Caribbean fuel trade to work around a century-old US shipping law as East Coast demand booms
Traders are sending gasoline components to be blended in the Bahamas before finished products are d…
Phil Rosen
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft caused a sonic boom in Florida after splashing down in the Atlantic, residents say
A sonic boom reportedly followed the landing of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft, which marked SpaceX's …
Zahra Tayeb
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Logistics startups are enjoying a historic funding boom. Here's what 13 recent deals say about where the industry is headed.
Supply chain disruption is expected to stick around well into 2022, creating even more runway for s…