Category: Trucking News

American Airlines Partner Expects More Flight Cancellations This Week

American Airlines Group Inc. affiliate PSA Airlines expects more flight cancellations on Tuesday after scrubbing about 400 flights over the weekend as the regional carrier moves into its sixth day of problems with its crew-scheduling system. The technology issue arose on June 14 and has affected nearly 1,100 PSA flights to date, mainly in Charlotte, North Carolina, American spokeswoman Katie Cody said Monday. PSA, a wholly owned subsidiary of American, is also likely to operate less than its full schedule on Wednesday, she said.


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New U.S. ‘Space Force’ Would Add to Already Stretched Defense Budget

President Donald Trump's push to establish a sixth military branch dedicated to space would probably be a lot more expensive than just extending the U.S. Air Force's capabilities -- and no doubt the nation's largest defense contractors love that idea. Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. stand to gain more business from a new branch, said George Ferguson, a senior defense analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence. Any future “Space Force” spending would be modest given that it would need to compete with other big, politically protected Defense Department priorities Congress already funds.


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