Based in Boston, Ben covers advanced air mobility and is managing editor of Aviation Week Network’s AAM Report.
Ben has a Masters degree in Political Communications from the American University in Washington D.C. Prior to joining Aviation Week, he worked for the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives as its communications coordinator.
A group of lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate are urging the Biden administration to block the proposed merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, warning the tie-up would “monopolize the ultra-low-cost segment of the industry.”
The drawdown of the omicron coronavirus variant was supposed to usher in a return to profitability for airlines in 2022, but the recent surge in global jet fuel prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine has dashed those hopes for the time being.
Alaska Airlines and its regional subsidiary Horizon Air have launched a new flight academy in the Pacific Northwest, part of an effort to address a national shortage of commercial airline pilots.