As global trade has grown, shipping companies have steadily increased ship sizes — but the Suez Canal blockage showed that bigger is not always better.
Author: NIRAJ CHOKSHI
Airlines Still Don’t Know When Passengers Will Return
Experts say that tourists could come back in the spring or summer but that more profitable business travelers could stay away for a year or longer.
Boeing 737 Max Resumes Flying U.S. Passengers After 2-Year Halt
American Airlines used the plane, which was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes, on a flight from Miami to New York.
Airlines Gear Up to Transport Vaccines That Could Revive Travel
Planes are one part of an elaborate supply chain to move billions of doses of vaccines around the world.
How United Airlines Is Trying to Plan Around a Pandemic
The airline has to figure out which planes to stash in the desert and which ones to park at airports without knowing when demand will recover.
Why Delta Is Leaving Middle Seats Empty During the Pandemic
An executive for the airline explains its distancing practices and approach to cleaning at a time when its biggest rivals are selling all the seats they can.
Airlines May Learn to Love the Boeing 737 Max Again
Airlines have canceled orders for hundreds of the troubled jet because of its safety problems and the pandemic, but others are still eager to buy them.
Pilots Were Once in Short Supply. Now They’re Losing Their Jobs.
Before the pandemic, airlines worried about not being able to replace retiring baby boomers. Eager recruits expect to bear the brunt of layoffs.
Coronavirus Wrecked Tesla’s Momentum and Elon Musk Is Furious
Mr. Musk opened his California factory this week in defiance of local orders. He has also criticized the response to the pandemic as “dumb” and “fascist.”
Boeing Said to Add Another Fix to 737 Max to Appease Regulators
The wire bundles were so close together that, in rare circumstances, they could cause a short circuit and lead to a catastrophic failure.