Aerospace and defense industry

An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersWorkers at Boeing aircraft…

A Southwest Airlines Co. plane takes off as representatives and pilots from the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) demonstrate outside Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 18,…

Passengers wait at the Newark Liberty International Airport as more than 2000 flights were canceled due to the nationwide storm in New Jersey, United States on June 27, 2023. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesFlight disruptions…

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines on Tuesday raised its second-quarter forecast and estimated full-year adjusted earnings of $6 a share, at the high end of estimates it gave last April as strong travel demand and trade-ups…

A Southwest Boeing 737 airplane takes off into a smoke haze from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2023, as smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the area.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesMore than…

Carrier aircraft VMS Eve releases spacecraft VSS Unity before firing its rocket engine during the Unity 25 spaceflight on May 25, 2023.Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic has successfully raised $300 million via an "at the market" offering of…

Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 13, 2022.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines said Thursday it will start sending meal and hotel vouchers for disrupted travel…

Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing's 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 17, 2019.Nick Oxford | ReutersBoeing supplier Spirit…

A company jet tests a new satellite communications antenna for inflight Wi-Fi service.IntelsatU.S. satellite communications giant Intelsat walked away from merger discussions with Luxembourg-based competitor SES on Wednesday, CNBC…

An employee works at the Airbus A350 assembly site, in Colomiers near Toulouse, south-western France, on December 9, 2022.Valentine Chapuis | AFP | Getty ImagesA lot has changed in the four years since one of the aviation industry's biggest…