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Following a spate of recent safety incidents, Boeing’s production problems are reverberating through an airline industry already starved for planes, making it harder for carriers to meet red-hot demand for travel and raising the prospect of even higher ticket prices.

“If you have constrained supply (and) strong demand, I think it’s inevitable that you’re going to see airfares bump again this summer… between 5% and 10%,” Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary recently told CNN’s Richard Quest.

Ryanair isn't the only major carrier with too few aircraft. Southwest Airlines, which flies only Boeing 737 planes, announced earlier this month that Boeing would deliver 40% fewer jets than it had been expecting this year.

Plus, the problems aren't confined to Boeing.

✈️ Read the full story to get a bird's eye view of the industry crunch amid soaring passenger demand. Concerned about flying? See what aviation safety experts say.

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Major Baltimore bridge collapses: The Port of Baltimore, a major US economic hub, is shut down after a 1,000-foot container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 1:30 a.m. today, collapsing the bridge into the Patapsco River. Authorities stopped traffic seconds before the collapse, but six construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge are missing. Follow live coverage

RFK Jr.’s running mate: Today independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped Silicon Valley attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential pick. Shanahan, 38, was married to Google co-founder Sergey Bin, and she could reach into her own pockets to aid their White House bid, which Democrats fear will pull votes from President Joe Biden. Follow live coverage

Abortion before US high court again: Today Supreme Court justices heard arguments concerning mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. This is the conservative-majority court’s first abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, and their decision could restrict access to medical abortion, the most common abortion method in the US. Takeaways from today’s hearing

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