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19-Year-Old American Airlines Airbus A319 Returns To Service After 8-Month Grounding

Some aircraft maintenance checks can take months, depending on age and condition.

One of the carriers Captains said passengers are no longer bothering flight attendants since they are preoccupied with their electronic devices.

These routes are far shorter than you might expect them to be.

The airline has also pushed back plans to open a new base for its Airbus A220s in the Big Easy.

United is adding three international routes this winter.

There is a shortage of around 3,000 controllers across the US.

China’s airlines soar in summer: Passenger numbers up 5.7%, international routes at 94.7% of 2019 levels. Air China leads with 40% growth.

Frontier Airlines flight attendants show that they mean business.

United controls almost three-quarters of Newark’s slots and flies almost two-thirds of its passengers.

The outage left people trapped in the parking lots for roughly an hour.