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Approaching storm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket
FILE - The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. On Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, a storm in the Caribbean is threatening to delay NASA's third attempt to launch the rocket. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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Airbus slams skeptical supplier Raytheon over jet output
FILE PHOTO: Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury takes part in a panel discussion at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Annual General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Saudi mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada Jetlines, the latest airline to enter the crowded field, lands its inaugural flight
Canada’s newest airline plans to begin flying in the summer, joining a resurgent industry hoping to tap pent-up demand for travel more than two years into the pandemic. Canada Jetlines’ executives say the carrier will fly to Florida and the Caribbean from Toronto with on Airbus A320, and will have a fleet of three by December.
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NASA tries fuelling moon rocket in test, but leak reoccurs
FILE - The NASA moon rocket as stands on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA is fueling its moon rocket in a leak test ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. Wednesday, Sept. 21 demo will determine whether the 322-foot rocket is ready for its first test flight, a lunar-orbiting mission with mannequins in lieu of astronauts. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
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Toronto Pearson scores near bottom in North American airport ranking
People wait in line to check in at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Toronto Pearson International Airport ranked among the lowest in customer satisfaction of all mega North American airports for the second year running according to a new J.D. Power airport satisfaction survey. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Compensating passengers for flight disruptions not enough, says advocate
An Air Canada flight departing for Toronto, bottom, taxis to a runway as a Westjet flight bound for Palm Springs takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 20, 2020. A consumer advocate says two recent regulatory rulings ordering Canadian airlines to compensate passengers for flight disruptions won't be enough to improve air travel in this country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Flights disrupted as French air traffic controllers walk out
A traveller walks in the Terminal 2 corridors of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with Air France airplanes in the background, in the northeastern outskirts of Paris, on September 16, 2022, amid a strike of air traffic controllers. - At least one thousand flights have been cancelled as a consequence of the strike called by the SNCTA air controller union, also disturbing the european air traffic, according to the DGAC (Direction General de l'aviation civile). (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
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London’s Heathrow to cancel some flights on Queen’s funeral day
Britain's Princess Anne (L), Princess Royal, and Britain's King Charles III (2nd L) look at the casket of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II inside Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, where she will Lie in State on a Catafalque, in London on September 14, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster, from Wednesday until a few hours before her funeral on Monday, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects. (Photo by PHIL NOBLE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Boeing CEO says there’s still a ‘chance’ 737 Max could win approval this year
FILE PHOTO: The first Boeing 737 MAX 7 is unveiled in Renton, Washington, U.S. February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Redmond
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Ryanair to cancel 420 flights due to French air traffic control strike
FILE PHOTO: Ryanair aircraft Boeing 737-8AS lands at Riga International Airport, Latvia July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
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Air Canada to buy 30 electric-hybrid airplanes, invest US$5-million in Swedish developer
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Boeing deliveries rose in August as it resumed 787 handovers
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
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Government numbers exaggerate improvement in on-time flight departures in late August, industry experts say
An Air Canada flight taxies on the tarmac at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Quebec, on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. lawmakers seek probe on airline handling of COVID-19 funds
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 24, 2021, Delta Airlines passenger aircrafts on the tarmac of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. - Christmas shows cancelled, cruise ships to avoid, planes unable to take off: the omicron variant of the coronavirus has multiplied the problems for the US economy and could contribute to a shortage of workers and even higher prices in the country. "We are starting to see the first signs of the impact of the omicron on the economy," mainly in the service sector such as bars and restaurants, explained Oren Klachkin, an economist at Oxford Economics, in an interview with AFP. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
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New air passenger protection rules come into effect in Canada
Travelers are photographed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, on Thursday, December 16, 2021. New Air Passenger Protection Regulations go into effect this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Airline sector crisis: Thousands of pilots lost their jobs during the pandemic, and their ranks haven’t been replenished
Young boys look out at Air Canada and WestJet planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Second strike averted as German airline Lufthansa, pilots’ union reach wage deal
FILE PHOTO: Planes of German air carrier Lufthansa are photographed at the day of the airline's annual general meeting at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
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One dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Puget Sound
A Coast Guard helicopter searches the area where a floatplane crashed near Whidbey Island, Wash., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (Courtney Riffkin/The Seattle Times via AP)