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Benjamin Katz

ARTICLES BY BENJAMIN KATZ

The crashes and other safety problems dented customers’ confidence, spurred turnover in Boeing’s senior management and prompted regulatory crackdowns. (AP)

Boeing has started working on a 737 MAX replacement

5 min read . 30 Sept 2025

A fume event typically occurs when oil leaks into the engine or power unit’s compression chamber and is vaporized at extreme heats. (REUTERS)

Delta replaces engine units in effort to address toxic-fume surge on planes

7 min read . 25 Sept 2025

A Delta flight to South Carolina was rerouted back to Atlanta, its point of origin, after a haze caused by leaking toxic oil filled the plane cabin on Feb. 24. (Kevin McKinney, Kristin Morris via Storyful)

Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes, sickening crews and passengers

22 min read . 14 Sept 2025

The Air India aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff.

Air India was struggling long before 787 crash

3 min read . 13 Jun 2025

The Boeing 787-8 jet, carrying 242 people, crashed immediately after taking off in from the Ahmedabad airport. (REUTERS)

Boeing crash rips up 787’s safety record

2 min read . 12 Jun 2025

Jason Mudrick says flying taxis have ‘sort of become real.’

Meme stocks made him a fortune. Now he’s betting on flying taxis.

6 min read . 08 Jun 2025

American Airlines and United Airlines have chosen Airbus’s XLR to replace their ageing Boeing 757 fleets. (Image: Pixabay)

This new Airbus jet is bad news for Boeing

5 min read . 19 Feb 2025

Shortly before landing, the control tower warned of a possible bird strike and one of the Jeju Air pilots issued a mayday. (AFP/Getty Images)

‘Mayday, Mayday’: The final six minutes before the South Korean plane crash

6 min read . 31 Dec 2024

John Matthews, chairman of AirX, left, and Thomas Flohr, chairman of VistaJet. (Emil Lendof/WSJ, AirX, Getty Images, Bloomberg)

Inside the nasty rivalry rocking the world of private jets

10 min read . 13 Oct 2024

Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of commercial aircraft at Airbus SE. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Boeing is in crisis. Airbus is struggling to power ahead.

5 min read . 13 Aug 2024

Robb Weir, the guitarist and founding member of British heavy metal band The Tygers of Pan Tang, playing a recent gig at the Boston Music Hall in London.

The double life of a 65-year-old rocker: Heavy metal with a side of ham

4 min read . 17 Jun 2024

Embraer, which specializes in regional and business jets, has a market value of around $5 billion. PHOTO: JUSTIN TALLIS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Brazil’s Embraer plots a new 737-sized jet to rival Boeing

4 min read . 01 May 2024

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma airport. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

One plane breaks apart, another burns: air travel’s rough 2024 start

6 min read . 08 Jan 2024

Airbus shares were trading up almost 3% midday in Europe, partially buoyed by it boosting its dividend 20% (Photo: Reuters)

Airbus boosts wide-body production, increasing pressure on Boeing

3 min read . 16 Feb 2023

Photo: Bloomberg

The world’s biggest planes are finding their way back into the skies

4 min read . 08 Feb 2023

This summer was supposed to mark the rebirth of commercial aviation after two years of travel restrictions left the industry nearly in hibernation (Photo: Photo: E+)

Air travel is broken. Here’s why

8 min read . 18 Jul 2022

The MOCA said 2.05 lakh passengers travelled in domestic flights on November 1. (AFP)

Global airlines weigh mask rules after US flights drop mandate

1 min read . 19 Apr 2022

The war in Ukraine has removed some of the world’s biggest cargo jets from service (Photo: AP)

War sidelines crucial Ukraine-made fleet of cargo megaplanes

5 min read . 15 Apr 2022

Airlines have had to reroute planes to avoid Ukraine and parts of Russia, while a handful of countries, including the UK, have barred Russian planes from their airspace—triggering reciprocal bans by Moscow in most cases (Photo: AFP)

Global air travel is disrupted by Russian invasion of Ukraine

5 min read . 27 Feb 2022

Airbus currently manufactures around 45 A320s a month (Photo: AFP)

Airbus’s plan to ramp up production of bestselling jet hits snags

2 min read . 18 Feb 2022