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Pent-Up Demand Will Boost Airline Stocks in 2021 and Beyond, Trader Says Following JetBlue, United Downgrades
Shares of JetBlue, Spirit and United Airlines fell after a double downgrade, but two traders say airline stocks have plenty of longer-term upside.
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Airlines Hurt by the 737 Max Grounding Are Scrambling to Find Replacement Jets
Nolinor Aviation in Mirabel, Quebec, is a company in demand. Actually, its planes, pilots and maintenance teams are the hot commodity. With 10 Boeing 737-200 planes, Nolinor is leasing jets to airlines that are scrambling to cover routes and schedules hit hard by the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max. “We have a lot of requests from many airlines that don’t...
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Passengers Violently Ejected From Seats on Turbulent Flight; 37 Hurt
Dozens of people were violently slammed off the ceiling of a jetliner that encountered unexpected and intense turbulence over the Pacific Ocean Thursday. An Air Canada flight to Australia made an emergency landing in Honolulu after 37 people were injured, nine seriously, during the sudden loss of altitude that sent people flying into the luggage compartments and aisles of the...
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Severe Turbulence Injures Nearly Three Dozen on Air Canada Flight
Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...
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Air Traffic Sick Calls Force Brief Ground Stop at LaGuardia, Cause Total Chaos Along East Coast
A brief ground stop was ordered Friday at LaGuardia Airport, which experienced a “ripple effect” because of a spike in staff sick calls at other hubs as tensions boiled over the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.
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NTSB Faults Air Canada Pilots for Last Year's Near Disaster at SFO
Federal safety officials blame two Air Canada pilots for coming within 10 to 20 feet of crashing their jetliner into a plane on the ground last year in San Francisco. The Air Canada pilots were apparently confused because one of two parallel runways was closed and dark before the late-night incident. The crew was seconds from landing their Airbus A320...
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American Airlines Joins Delta, United in Raising Checked-Bag Fees
It’s official: It will cost you more to check a bag on any of the three biggest U.S. airlines. American Airlines said Thursday that it is raising fees for checking bags by $5 apiece each way, matching Delta and United. The first bag is now $30 and the second is $40. Those are each way, so checking two bags on...
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Capitals Beat Out Blue Jackets 6-3; Advance in Playoffs
The Washington Capitals beat out the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3, eliminating their opponents from the playoffs after a competitive series.
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Air Canada Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Dulles
A plane going from Toronto to D.C. had to make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday.
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Figure Skater Saving Pups From South Korean Dog Meat Trade
Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel is hoping to win a gold medal in South Korea this month — though no prize could be more life-changing than her previous Pyeongchang souvenir. Not after last year, when the two-time world champion pairs skater brought home Moo-tae — an affable miniature dachshund mix with big ears, bowed legs and the bad luck of...
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Aeromexico Plane Nearly Lands on Wrong Runway at San Francisco International Airport: FAA
An Aeromexico plane nearly landed on the wrong runway at San Francisco International Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating the incident.
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Shakira Postpones More Tour Dates Amid Vocal Cord Recovery, New 2018 Dates Announced
Singer had in November postponed the European leg of her El Dorado tour after suffering a vocal cord hemorrhage and now her North American leg has been delayed as well
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Air Canada Crew Says Radio Didn't Work During SFO Landing: FAA
Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating an incident at San Francisco International Airport involving an Air Canada plane.
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Family Freed Returns to Canada, Says 1 Child Killed
A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked extremist network in Afghanistan was safely back in Canada on Saturday after what the husband described as a harrowing firefight during a raid to free the family. Joshua Boyle played with one of his sons in the garden of his parents’ home. The boy appeared happy and healthy, digging in...
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Together at Official Event
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Meghan Markle have made their first official public appearance as a couple.
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New Data Show How Close Air Canada Jet Came to Crashing at SFO
Newly released data and photos show how shockingly low an Air Canada jet was when it pulled up to avoid crashing into planes waiting on a San Francisco International Airport taxiway last month.
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Feds Talk to Air Canada Pilot in Close Call at SFO Taxiway
Federal investigators confirmed Monday that an Air Canada jet was descending toward a taxiway holding four other planes rather than the assigned runway and narrowly avoided disaster at San Francisco International Airport.
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Air Canada Plane Mistakenly Lines Up to Land on SFO Taxiway
An Air Canada plane on Friday inadvertently lined up to land on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport before being turned away by an air traffic controller, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Air Canada Plane Mistakenly Lines Up to Land on Taxiway at San Francisco International Airport: FAA
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into an Air Canada plane which narrowly averted an aviation disaster after almost landing on a crowded taxiway instead of its designated runway at San Francisco International Airport Friday, the agency confirmed Tuesday.
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Audio: Air Traffic Control, EVA Air Boeing 777 Exchange
Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport toward the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains. The following is air traffic control audio from Friday Dec. 17, 2016.