Recently, an American Airlines plane and a United Airlines aircraft collided at the Chicago airport, which has stirred discussions on social media. Following the incident, both the airlines and official authorities released multiple statements explaining the details.

An annual list of the world's safest airlines has been released for 2025 and only one of the top 10 is American-based—Alaska Airlines. Newsweek has contacted Alaska Airlines for comment via email. The rankings,

The Teamsters union, which represents more than 10,000 United Airlines maintenance technicians, said on Wednesday it will resume negotiations with the carrier this week.

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According to Sharon Petersen, the CEO of AirlineRatings.com, while Air New Zealand came in first place for the world’s safest full-service airline, it was a pretty close race. There was only a 1.5-point difference between that airline and Qantas, which both “uphold the highest safety standards and pilot training,” as noted by Petersen.

A plane clipped the tail cone of a United Airlines flight at O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning.

Various airlines are looking for ways to use these clean energy fuels — commonly called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) — on a widespread basis. Governments as well as individual airlines have set environmental goals for SAF usage in the coming decade. While progress is being made, making SAF ubiquitous in aviation remains a lofty goal.

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Air New Zealand was once again named the safest full-service airline in the world for 2025, holding on to the title for a second straight year.

Several European carriers are eyeing a return to Tel Aviv after Israel reached a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Notably, Alaska Airlines earned the number nine spot on the list of top-ranked U.S. carriers, despite a door incident during a flight in 2024, which was determined to be caused by a Boeing manufacturing defect rather than the airline’s fault. Hawaiian Airlines landed at 12, American at 13, Delta at 21, and United at the bottom.