United Airlines Invests in Battery-Maker Natron Energy With Eye Toward Further Electrifying Ground Operations
United Airlines today announced a strategic equity investment in Natron Energy, a battery manufacturer whose sodium-ion batteries have the potential to help United electrify its airport ground equipment like pushback tractors and operations at the gate. United has made substantial investments in companies developing technology to reduce aircraft emissions, but Natron is the first that […]
Airlines ban all MacBook Pros from checked luggage
Two Australian airlines are prohibiting all 15-inch Apple Macbook Pros from being transported in the jets’ cargo holds and those in the cabin must be turned off for the duration of the flight. The new rules apply even to MacBook Pros that weren’t subject to a recent recall. At the top of Virgin Australia’s Dangerous […]
