“The lounges are something we have been looking at for a while, and now is the right time to put in these extra benefits for our most valuable customers," says Jayne O’Brien, @JetBlue's head of marketing and customer support.

We're in Day 2 of mediation between @Boeing and @IAM751, union says $BA didn't address pay and pensions on Day 1. Among IAM's reminders to picketing workers: •Using the Boeing gym during the strike is strictly prohibited and considered crossing the picket line.

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines closed its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines on Wednesday, a day after the federal government removed the last big regulatory obstacle to the deal.

CEO says @Boeing will start temporary layoffs to save cash. The @IAM751 says the first day of mediated talks was "frustrating." $BA

The new @Boeing CEO was praised for deciding to work from Seattle instead of $BA headquarters in Northern Virginia. He closed on a $4.1 million house days before @IAM751 workers went on strike. From @seattletimes

Boeing is burning cash, and the IAM strike will make that worse, so $BA is considering temporary layoffs to conserve cash. @Boeing

In a landslide, @Boeing machinists vote to strike. Their @IAM751 union leader, who supported the deal to raise pay 25% over 4 years, said there was too much lingering bitterness among workers over past concessions.

⁦@IAM751⁩ has started counting votes after more than 12 hours of voting. If two thirds of workers voted to authorize a strike, the work stoppage at #Boeing would begin at midnight.

Still more than 2 hours before the polls close, but a strike by @IAM751 members at @Boeing is looking more likely.

The @APFAunity flight attendants at @AmericanAir ratified a new contract. @afa_cwa attendants at @united still don't have a deal to vote on.

Elliott Investment Management likes the moves announced today by $LUV but says there are "further necessary changes" to make at @SouthwestAir. In effect, the hedge fund is saying, one chairman down, one CEO left to go.

A shocking percentage of passengers put devices with lithium-ion batteries in checked bags. Usually e-cigarettes and power banks.

Boeing and IAM agree on a contract that, if ratified, would avoid a strike later this week. The president of @IAM751 calls it the best contract the union has ever negotiated at @Boeing. $BA

SAO PAULO (AP) — The pilots of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed last month, killing all 62 people aboard, reported failure in the system to remove ice from the plane, according to a preliminary report.

The Biden administration orders @AmericanAir, @Delta, @united and @SouthwestAir to explain how they run their frequent-flyer programs and price reward flights.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Linda Deutsch, who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials - Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, among others - died Sunday. She was 80.

Former Gannett News Service executive editor and @AP alum Bob Dubill dies at 88. After 9/11, he gave his reporters words to live by: "Don’t sensationalize it. Don’t hype it. The facts are scary enough.” https://t.co/Sr10sBWIHd via @usatoday

The astronomers say there's more than 3 weeks of summer remaining, but travelers are done with it. Yesterday was the first day that @TSA screened fewer than 2 million people since ... March 5.

United flight attendants are the latest to vote overwhelmingly for a strike as flight attendant negotiations have become particularly contentious this past year. https://t.co/rlgLpzv1VN

The FAA says EWR and TEB are back to normal operations after fixing a problem with radar feed at the Philly TRACON. Issue highlighted earlier by @WandrMe