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My family booked first-class 'apartment' seats for an 8-hour Etihad Airways flight. I can see why the private airplane rooms cost $6,000 a pop.

Flying has been hectic and nightmarish lately, but letting the best redemption opportunities steer …

Charlotte Holmes   


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Trump's Boeing 757 isn't the perfect private jet, but it's perfect for him

The plane's effectiveness has been questioned, and the interiors aren't for everyone, but it's actu…

Benjamin Zhang   


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Boeing execs were using the company's private jets for personal trips more than we thought

Boeing execs cost the company an additional $545,520 in personal travel in 2021 and 2022 than was p…

Geoff Weiss   


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Several of Boeing's candidates for CEO have turned it down, report says

The CEOs of GE Aerospace and Carrier have turned down the top job at Boeing, and insiders want a CE…

Pete Syme   


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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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Germany received its third VIP Airbus A350 plane, which replaced the country's old fleet of unreliable A340s

One of Germany's old government A340s had a maintenance failure that forced then-Chancellor Angela …

Taylor Rains   


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Semi-private US carrier JSX inks deals to buy more than 300 hybrid-electric aircraft

JSX is a semi-private air carrier that operates scheduled flights to US cities, but flies out of pr…

Taylor Rains   


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A Gen Z private-jet pilot shares what her job is like and why dating can be tough

23-year-old Eva Marcus went from novice flyer to a commerical-licensed pilot in three years. She sh…

Jordi Lippe-McGraw   


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A pilot who tried to smuggle 4 people from Belgium to Britain in a private airplane was jailed for 7 years

Richard Styles rented a Piper Seneca to carry his passengers from Belgium to a small airfield in No…

Ryan Hogg   


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Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.

Dave Calhoun became the second successive Boeing CEO to lose his job in the wake of a 737 Max scand…

Pete Syme   


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Boeing needs a 'strong engineering lead' to clean up the fallout from its latest crisis, airline CEO says

Boeing did have a CEO with an engineering background before Calhoun was appointed in 2019. But he w…

Taylor Rains   


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TikTokers want to 'normalize' flying economy, arguing most influencers give way too much prominence to business class

The influencer industry has long been linked to luxury, often promoting high-end air travel. Some a…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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'Lift' director breaks down how they pulled off the 2 airplane fight sequences, with Kevin Hart doing most of his own stunts

Director F. Gary Gray broke down the fight scenes at the end of his Netflix movie, "Lift."

Jason Guerrasio   


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Inside Elon Musk's first-ever private jet, the $26 million Dassault Falcon 900B, which he bought before he became a billionaire

Musk's first-ever jet.Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images; courtesy of Dassault Aviation

Marielle Descalsota   


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Delta tries to fix the national pilot shortage and accelerate training using private charter company in new partnership

The airline is teaming with Wheels Up to provide pilots additional opportunities to log training ho…

Bethany Biron   


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A Las Vegas company offers 'mile high club' flights with satin sheets, sex-position pillows, and pilots with noise-cancelling headphones

This small airline offers tickets for romantic "mile high club" flights, and the planes have seen e…

Heather Schlitz