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arlier today Alaska Airlines unveiled its new joint loyalty program with Hawaiian Airlines. Buried in that announcement was the fact that the Seattle based carrier is planning to add Starlink high speed wi-fi onboard all of its aircraft. In this post: Alaska is Adding Starlink Wi-Fi to Mainline and Regional Aircraft Alaska Will Offer Free Starlink

By  JACK BROOK and LISA BAUMANN A technology issue prompted United Airlines to ground planes at major U.S. airports Wednesday and more than 1,000 flights were delayed. The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information that is fed to other systems including those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times, according to United. It’s not clear

If upheld in court, the repeal would make it almost impossible for future administrations to rein in greenhouse gases. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington July 29, 2025Updated 3:19 p.m. ET Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge to avoid an oncoming aircraft were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane before landing safely in Las Vegas. The Boeing 737 jet dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 seconds during a flight on Friday, according

By Nick Pasion – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Story Highlights Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels plans 200-acre sustainable aviation fuel facility in Longview. Company mitigates financial risk through insurance underwriter partnership for funding. Facility expected to produce 60 million gallons of SAF annually. A sustainable aviation fuel company is eyeing a site on the Columbia River in Cowlitz

By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Flying Food Group has leased 95,700 square feet at an industrial building in SeaTac. The space is located in Bridge Industrial’s 169,600-square-foot Bridge Point SeaTac 300 building, which was completed in 2024. Flying Food is the building’s first tenant. The Chicago-based airline catering company’s lease at

by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Low carbon fuel policies are intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. However, rigid carbon intensity (CI) accounting procedures in current policies may limit CI responsiveness across candidate sites and facilities. Work published in the journal ACS Sustainable Resource

The reason for the grounding, late on Sunday, was not immediately clear. Alaska Air said on its website that it was “experiencing issues with our IT systems.” Alaska Airlines requested a ground stop for hundreds of aircraft, FAA said on Sunday. Credit…M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times By Yan Zhuang Alaska Airlines requested a

The aviation industry has long relied on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data to provide real-time tracking and monitoring of aircraft for collision avoidance, weather awareness and routine air traffic management. However, the technology can also be used to assess and bill aircraft owners for landing and other airfield fees, which has caused an outcry of

A Delta Air Lines flight made an unscheduled landing yesterday in Fort Myers, Florida, due to a portable battery catching fire on board. Flight 1334, en route from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, was diverted when flight attendants noticed and extinguished flames from what seemed to be a personal battery, Delta confirmed in a statement reported