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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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What happened In CrowdStrikes own root cause analysis, the cybersecurity companys Falcon system deploys a sensor to user machines to monitor potential dangers. In a lawsuit the airline filed in October, Delta claimed the faulty update was pushed out in an unsafe manner and CrowdStrike should pay for the losses. Clancy asks.

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American Airlines to buy 20 jets from Boom Supersonic

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American Airlines will buy up to 20 jets from Boom Supersonic, an aircraft maker that aims to commercialize supersonic, and super-fast, flight. Boom’s Overture jets, which can carry 65 to 80 passengers, are expected to start coming off Boom’s Greensboro, North Carolina, production line in 2025, followed by test flights in 2026.

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Delta Airlines to ‘rethink Microsoft’ in wake of CrowdStrike outage

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In the wake of the widespread outage caused by a defective update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity platform, Delta Airlines is among the first enterprises to come forward to demand compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the enormous losses caused by the interruption of its flights during the failure.

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Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft makes its maiden flight

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It’s powered by a pair of MagniX engines — that company just scooped up $74 million from NASA to develop more of them — and a hefty battery system from AVL. For the test flight, it took off from an airport in central Washington, ascended to 3,500 feet, then landed again, for a total flight time of 8 minutes.

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Joby Aviation acquires Avionyx to accelerate aerospace software certification

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The company’s first Systems Review and Compliance Review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was first approved in March, but the Avionyx buy will help support Joby’s aircraft type certification program with the agency. Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service.

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Revenue Integrity in Airlines: How to Solve Revenue Leakage Problems

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Even before the pandemic, the industry was going through a crisis, so airlines fought hard to track down and close every loophole. Often created by travel agents and customers (both accidentally and not), these holes account for about 3 percent of the airline’s revenue. Airline revenue leakage. Couldn’t be more relevant, right?

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Airline Marketing and Advertising Use Cases from American Airlines, Ryanair, Air France, and Others

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Airline industry made an impact on how we buy things today, and how those things are marketed. Just a couple of examples: electronic tickets were first developed for fare ticketing, while one of the first online booking systems was built by airline distribution company SABRE. Scandinavian airlines first class in 70s and now.

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