Posts tagged "quality-control"
TSA's Touchless ID and Digital ID programs have expanded to 65 and more than 250 US airports respectively, letting millions of travelers clear security with a face scan or a phone instead of a physical card.
RTX's Pratt & Whitney is investing $25 million to expand a tubular-assembly plant in Niepołomice, Poland, its second Polish investment in five months and part of a $125 million bet on the country that will add over 120 jobs and 30% more output of critical engine parts by 2028.
A Norse Atlantic 787-9 aborted its takeoff roll at roughly 120 knots on Gatwick's single runway on September 4, triggering a 50-minute closure that rippled across the airport's entire schedule.
The FAA has confirmed Boeing quietly paid $3.1 million in January to settle hundreds of quality violations tied to the Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout — a penalty a US senator calls the cost of doing business.
Air India is bringing back most of the 145 weekly international flights it slashed over a brutal summer of fuel costs and airspace restrictions — and adding extra frequencies to New York, Tokyo and five European cities for the winter season.
TSA has switched on the country's first touchless biometric e-gates at Newark's Terminal C, letting enrolled United flyers clear identity checks with a glance — no ID, no boarding pass, under three seconds.
Goa-based FLY91 has ordered 40 ATR 72-600 turboprops in a roughly $1 billion deal — ATR's largest firm order in almost a decade — to grow from six aircraft to more than 60 within five years.
Washington Dulles opens Concourse E on September 30, 2026 — its first new concourse in decades, a 14-gate, $700 million United hub built to finally end the airport's iconic diesel mobile lounges.
From September 1, Air India Express added six domestic cities and became the first carrier to fly Northeast India nonstop to the Gulf, taking its network to 64 destinations — 48 in India, 16 abroad.
The FAA's new airworthiness directive for Airbus A350-1041 freighters and passenger jets targets fasteners installed without a chamfer under the head — a production-tooling slip on the structure that carries both engine pylons.
Paraguay President Santiago Pena met LATAM Airlines CEO Roberto Alvo. They marked 30 years of LATAM Paraguay and announced a new direct Asuncion-Montevideo route plus more flights to Lima and Sao Paulo. This boosts tourism and investment.
Southwest Airlines, the carrier built on open seating and no assigned classes, is opening its first airport lounges in Austin, Baltimore, Honolulu and Nashville — tied to a new Chase-issued credit card modeled on Chase Sapphire lounges.