Allegiant to buy rival budget airline Sun Country in $1.5 billion cash and stock deal

Allegiant to buy rival budget airline Sun Country in .5 billion cash and stock deal

An Allegiant Airlines jet flies out of Las Vegas Airport. Nick Potts | Getty Images Allegiant Travel said Sunday it is acquiring fellow leisure carrier Sun Country in a $1.5 billion cash and stock deal, including debt, a plan that comes as budget airlines in the U.S. have faced a surge in costs following the … Read more

Boeing’s airplane deliveries are the highest in 7 years. Now it’s about to pick up the pace

Boeing’s airplane deliveries are the highest in 7 years. Now it’s about to pick up the pace

A Boeing Co. 737 Max airplane at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing is set to report this week that it delivered the most airplanes since 2018 last year after it stabilized its production, the clearest sign of a turnaround … Read more

Trump is desperate to take Greenland. Can NATO defend itself — and is it willing to?

Trump is desperate to take Greenland. Can NATO defend itself — and is it willing to?

A fishing boat navigates around icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier and are floating in Disko Bay on March 10, 2025, in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe spent much of 2025 scrambling to bolster its defenses against Russia — but just a week into the new … Read more

Trump’s Greenland gambit puts China on edge after Venezuela operation

Trump’s Greenland gambit puts China on edge after Venezuela operation

SHANGHAI, CHINA – MAY 06: China’s research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, arrives at Waigaoqiao port after over 5-month Antarctic expedition on May 6, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to take control of Greenland has raised alarm in Beijing, following … Read more

Airlines restore Caribbean flights after U.S. lifts airspace restrictions tied to Venezuela strikes

Airlines restore Caribbean flights after U.S. lifts airspace restrictions tied to Venezuela strikes

Passengers wait at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport as all flights are cancelled following US military action in Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Afp | Getty Images United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other carriers began restoring flights to Puerto Rico and other parts of the … Read more

Airlines cancel dozens of Caribbean flights after U.S. attacks on Venezuela

Airlines cancel dozens of Caribbean flights after U.S. attacks on Venezuela

Passengers sleep on the floor, after flights were delayed and cancelled when the airspace was closed due to U.S. strikes on Venezuela overnight, at Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Airlines canceled flights throughout the Caribbean on Saturday following U.S. strikes on Venezuela after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered commercial aircraft to avoid airspace in parts … Read more

Trump orders Chinese-controlled firm to unwind chip asset deal, citing national security risks

Trump orders Chinese-controlled firm to unwind chip asset deal, citing national security risks

File: President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A company controlled by a Chinese national was ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to unwind a $2.9 million acquisition of chip assets … Read more

Behind the mesh curtain: Why airline class wars will intensify in 2026

Behind the mesh curtain: Why airline class wars will intensify in 2026

Planes line up on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on November 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images From Spirit Airlines’ fight for survival to American Airlines‘ planned glow-up, from new international routes and brand-new airport lounges to stingier frequent flyer policies, class divides in the sky … Read more

Winter storm puts airlines to the test. Here’s what travelers need to know

Winter storm puts airlines to the test. Here’s what travelers need to know

A traveler near a departures board at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines are letting flyers change their trips ahead of a major winter storm that will put carriers to the test during one of the busiest … Read more

Waymo pauses robotaxis in SF again due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day

Waymo pauses robotaxis in SF again due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day

Waymo autonomous taxis turns onto Post Street in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo temporarily paused its robotaxi service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, ahead of expected storms in the area, according to a customer notification in the company’s driverless ride-hailing … Read more