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Southwest ticket sales drop The horrific fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines flight in April is taking a toll on sales. You may remember a passenger was killed when a fan blade broke off of an engine and shrapnel shattered … Continue reading →

What does flying in a commercial airliner have in common with working at the office or relaxing at home? According to a new study, the answer is the microbiome – the community of bacteria found in homes, offices and aircraft … Continue reading →

You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The bacterial communities accompanying airline passengers at 30,000 feet have a lot in common with the bacterial communities surrounding people in their homes and offices, according to … Continue reading →

The gargantuan, double-decker, four-engine Airbus A380 is a titan of the skies, but that doesn’t mean that airlines actually want to fly it. Reuters reports that two of the enormous craft, which only entered service about ten years ago, are … Continue reading →

Ben Diachun, 42, is president of Scaled Composites, the Burt Rutan-founded aerospace design and manufacturing firm based in Mojave, Calif. The company is known for creating unconventional aircraft such as SpaceShipOne, the privately funded space plane that won the $10-million … Continue reading →

“I think it’s only fair that all those people are dead, and we’re not.” This was said on a recent evening by Stanley Booth, aged 76, and my friend for well more than half a century. Yes, we have outlived … Continue reading →

According to a new study, the answer is the microbiome — the community of bacteria found in homes, offices and aircraft cabins. Believed to be the first to comprehensively assess the microbiome of aircraft, the study found that the bacterial … Continue reading →