DAVID KOENIG

AP Airlines Writer

Happy contrails ... Delta sees strong 2020 profit, revenue

Delta Air Lines expects profits and revenue to increase next year on sustained demand for air travel and stable jet fuel prices. But CEO Ed Bastian says concern over the environmental impact of flying is a major threat to long-term growth.

United’s Kirby to take over for CEO Oscar Munoz

United Airlines says company president Scott Kirby will succeed CEO Oscar Munoz next May. Munoz recruited Kirby from American Airlines in 2016. At American he had been considered as the likely successor to that carrier’s CEO.

DHS may require US citizens be photographed at airports

The Homeland Security Department is considering requiring that all travelers, including American citizens, be photographed entering or leaving the country.

Leader of pilots’ union blasts Boeing over grounded plane

The president of the pilots’ union at Southwest Airlines is escalating a fight with Boeing over the grounded 737 Max. He says Boeing may be rushing to get the plane back into service and accuses the company of arrogance and greed.

Boeing details steps needed to get grounded Max jet flying

Boeing says it has several key steps left before the grounded 737 Max can fly again. Among them is one or more test flights to demonstrate its work to federal safety regulators.

CEO will tell Congress that Boeing made mistakes on Max jet

Boeing’s CEO says the aircraft company knows it made mistakes and “got some things wrong” with its 737 Max jet. Dennis Muilenburg will tell a Senate committee on Tuesday that Boeing is throwing everything into fixing the plane so it can fly again.

Southwest pilots’ union sues Boeing over grounding of plane

Pilots at Southwest Airlines are suing Boeing over the grounded 737 Max, saying Boeing made misleading statements about the plane’s safety. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association says Boeing rushed the plane into service.

FedEx profit falls, company cites uncertainty over trade

FedEx’s profit drops 11% as the company is hit by slowing global growth and loss of business with Amazon. FedEx earned $745 million in the fiscal first quarter, down from $835 million a year earlier.

FAA puts out a call for pilots to test changes in Boeing jet

Federal safety officials are recruiting pilots from airlines around the world to test changes that Boeing is making to the flight-control software on the grounded 737 Max jet. That’s according to two people briefed on the situation.

US lays out enforcement priorities for animals on planes

The Transportation Department is telling airlines how it will enforce rules regulating animals that passengers bring on board.

Grounded Boeing plane takes a bigger bite out of airlines

Airlines are feeling more financial pain from the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max jet, which is causing thousands of canceled flights. American Airlines says its 2019 earnings will be cut by $400 million.

Boeing CEO raises possibility of pausing Max production

Boeing’s CEO says the company will consider temporarily suspending production of the 737 Max if the plane doesn’t return to flying this fall.

Consider security rules when flying with cremated remains

Putting cremated remains on a plane is cheaper than shipping a casket, but there are complications. Some urns used to hold ashes won’t fly by TSA checkpoints, and airlines have their own regulations, although most allow remains on flights.

6 minutes: Man haunted by family’s final moments on 737 Max

A man who lost his wife, mother-in-law and three young children in the crash of a 737 Max says Boeing should scrap the plane and top executives should resign and face criminal charges.

Colorful self-made billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. The cause of death was leukemia, a family spokesman said.

Boeing aims to finish software fix to 737 Max in September

Boeing says it expects to finish work on updated flight-control software for the 737 Max in September, a sign that the troubled jet likely won’t be flying until late this year.

FedEx loses $2 billion, warns of headwinds in coming year

FedEx says its profit in the year ahead will be hurt by slowing economic growth and a decision to drop a contract with Amazon.

FAA chief upbeat about prospects for Boeing 737 Max’s return

After an all-day meeting with global aviation regulators, the chief of the Federal Aviation Administration sounded more upbeat than ever about prospects for clearing the troubled Boeing 737 Max to fly again.

American Airlines sues unions, accusing workers of slowdown

American Airlines is suing two unions and accusing their mechanics of conducting an illegal work slowdown for leverage in contract talks. The airline charges that the workers have caused about 900 cancellations or long delays since early February.

Trump nominee to lead FAA faces aircraft safety questions

Steve Dickson has piloted five airliners and spent 27 years working as an executive for Delta Air Lines.

US raises forecast for summer gasoline prices

The US government is raising its forecast for average gasoline prices this summer. An Energy Department agency says gas prices through September will average $2.92 a gallon, up from its prediction of $2.76 a month ago.

Boeing CEO defends safety record amid 2 deadly crashes

The CEO of Boeing defended the company’s safety record and declined to take any more than partial blame for two deadly crashes of its best-selling plane.

United Airlines trims growth plan for 2019

United Airlines is trimming its ambitious growth plan for 2019 because of the grounding of its 14 Boeing 737 Max jets.

United Airlines’ profit doubles despite shutdown, 737 woes

United Airlines is reporting that its first-quarter profit doubled as it boosted revenue and limited costs other than fuel. The $292 million profit and $9.6 billion in revenue beat Wall Street expectations.

Delta profit surges and releases strong outlook

A new credit card deal and rising corporate travel boosted profits for Delta Air Lines in the first quarter, a trend it predicts will continue this spring. The company posted a $730 million profit, a 31% increase over the same period last year.

JetBlue to offer flights to London from NY and Boston

JetBlue plans to join bigger rivals in offering flights between the U.S. and Europe, starting with London in 2021.

Delta, AmEx renew credit card deal; Delta boosts outlook

American Express and Delta Air Lines are extending their credit card partnership through 2029, a significant extension of one of the larger financial partnerships between a major U.S. airline and a credit card company.

5 things to know about Boeing’s problems over new airplane

Earlier this week, investigators searching the wreckage in Ethiopia found a part that controls tail surfaces used to make the plane rise or descend. The surfaces, called horizontal stabilizers, were tilting up, which would have caused the plane’s nose to drop, according to a person familiar with the

Regulators challenge Boeing to prove its Max jets are safe

Aviation regulators worldwide laid down a stark challenge for Boeing to prove that its grounded 737 MAX jets are safe to fly.

Southwest grapples with new labor and revenue problems

Southwest Airlines is lashing out at the union representing its mechanics, suggesting that they are purposely grounding planes to gain leverage in new contract negotiations.