What Does America's Pilot Shortage Reveal About Higher Education?
The United States is the only country in the world with major airlines that require four-year degrees in order to be a pilot.
The United States is the only country in the world with major airlines that require four-year degrees in order to be a pilot.
Even if Boeing can assure safety on the plane, the bigger issue for the company might now be one of perception.
Alaska Airlines has become the first airline to renounce the use of plastic straws in an effort to raise awareness about the use of single-use plastics that pollute the world's oceans.
The British airline is developing an electric engine for short flights. But the industry's share of global emissions is likely to keep going up.
The practice, called dynamic pricing, is intended to ration scarce goods and services, but it primarily harms consumers by making it easier for companies to fleece them.
The CEOs of Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and United Airlines argue that the Persian Gulf states' subsidization practices are anti-competitive.
A new study highlights how American air carriers can cut emissions and improve their bottom lines at the same time.
There are countless ways to game the airline miles system, but does that mean you should take advantage?
Could a handful of black women convince other countries that America didn't have a race problem?
When the airline industry was just getting off the ground, many thought it would be an insult to tip white stewards.
The vision of post-war air travel isn't all that different from what well-heeled fliers can get today, but what a long, strange trip it's been.
While having some of the wobbliest finances in Europe, here’s how a Spanish county built an airport nobody—except one lucky politician—wanted.
Developers and politicians hope a new airport-cum-city near the African nation’s capital will bring some stability — and respect — to the troubled region.
Propellers’ role in flight date back to the dawn of engine-driven aviation. But the next generation of propeller-driven aircraft engines will put their rotors back in the spotlight.
As the governments of Euro-zone states totter and fall, a public works project in Spain illustrates the sort of thoughtless expenditure that underlies their economic distress.
Europe forges ahead on tackling greenhouse gas emissions, but the U.S. wants to ground certain rules that affect its airlines.
Continental and United’s proposed merger entails a relocation of Continental’s headquarters to Chicago. Houstonians (rightfully) fear that this means a relocation of charitable contributions, too.
The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel as we near peak oil production may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy.
A new study calls for standardizing aircraft maintenance across the globe, but until then, says one co-author, the answer just might be yes.
Although U.S. authorities haven't budged on the ban, other nations and several airlines are close to allowing cell phone use in the skies.
The U.S. is behind the curve in how it manages air traffic control, says the co-author of a new book on air navigation policy.