Southwest’s profits are down 42% this year but it’s the top U.S. airline stock

Southwest’s profits are down 42% this year but it’s the top U.S. airline stock

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane arrives at Los Angeles International Airport from San Francisco on March 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines‘ profits fell 42% in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period in 2024. But its stock … Read more

American Airlines starts flying the longest-range narrow-body Airbus plane. Here’s what’s inside

American Airlines starts flying the longest-range narrow-body Airbus plane. Here’s what’s inside

The economy cabin of American Airlines A321XLR. Leslie Josephs/CNBC American Airlines is about to fly passengers to California for the first time on a skinny, long-range plane that it hopes will change air travel. The airline’s head of network planning now has to decide where else it should fly. The first Airbus A321XLR for a … Read more

Engine failure forces United Airlines flight to return to Washington, D.C.-area airport

Engine failure forces United Airlines flight to return to Washington, D.C.-area airport

A United Airlines airplane is towed from a gate at Newark Liberty International Airport on August 10, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images A United Airlines flight bound for Tokyo was forced to return to Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia on Saturday afternoon after experiencing an engine … Read more

Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations

Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building in Bradenton, Florida, October 20, 2025. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage “We are delighted to see the media is highlighting the Trump administration’s cost-effective and innovative ways of delivering on the American people’s mandate for … Read more

Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces

Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces

Stocks eked out gains Friday and closed the week higher after the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge added to the case for an interest rate cut next week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq added nearly 1%. Both indexes logged back-to-back weekly gains. The Dow gained roughly 0.5%. … Read more

Meta’s Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week

Meta’s Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week

Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram will require U.S.-based employees to work five days a week in an office, Meta confirmed on Monday. The new return-to-office policy will take effect on Feb. 2 and … Read more

Week in review: Stocks swing wildly, Disney disappoints, and we make 6 trades

Week in review: Stocks swing wildly, Disney disappoints, and we make 6 trades

It was a volatile week for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high before pulling back. Wall Street pulled money away from Big Tech and into more defensive sectors, such as health care and financials. The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown and expectations for interest rate cuts … Read more

Boeing defense workers approve new contract, ending more than 3-month strike

Boeing defense workers approve new contract, ending more than 3-month strike

FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen before the opening of the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 13, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Boeing defense workers approved on Thursday on a new contract that will end a more than three-month strike that has delayed the manufacturer’s production of … Read more

Airlines warn flight cancellations will continue even after shutdown ends

Airlines warn flight cancellations will continue even after shutdown ends

A sign displaying “Will Vector for Food” is displayed on the control tower as a Southwest airlines flight takes off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on November 10, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Flight disruptions that have marred air travel for millions of people in recent weeks could … Read more