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American Airlines to buy 20 jets from Boom Supersonic

TechCrunch

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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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

CIO

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service

TechCrunch

Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. The auto giant led Joby’s $590 million Series C round in 2020 and has shared expertise with the startup on electrification technology, as well as manufacturing, quality and cost controls, according to a Joby spokesperson.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems.

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Report: Technical Debt is Costing You More Than You Think

OverOps

Report: Technical Debt is Costing You More Than You Think [link] pic.twitter.com/MHIGkKrXk6. The most obvious contributing factor in this are those massive application failures that become public relations fiascos for companies like Wells Fargo, United Airlines and their friends. What is Technical Debt? NEW POST ??

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Finding and Fixing Five Kinds of Architectural Technical Debt

Dzone - DevOps

Developers, architects, and application teams are constantly chasing technical debt. For better or worse, it’s a nagging problem that too often gets kicked down the road until it’s too late and application development slows down, new features slip, test cycles increase, and costs ramp up.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

Altexsoft

Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g.,

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