Thomas Black

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

Thomas Black is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the industrial and transportation sectors. He was previously a Bloomberg News reporter covering logistics, manufacturing and private aviation.

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SpaceX Starship Flight 8 Launches From Texas

Bloomberg Opinion

SpaceX Is Widening Its Competitive Moat Ahead of a Record IPO

April 24, 2026

April 24, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

SpaceX Is Widening Its Competitive Moat Ahead of a Record IPO

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 Launches From Texas

April 22, 2026

April 22, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

US Airlines Need an M&A Shake-Up, Not a Bailout

Spirit Airlines Stockholders Vote On Merger With Frontier Airlines

April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

J.B. Hunt Signals That Trucking Is on a Real Road to Recovery

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Tractor Trailers As Earnings Released

April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

It’s Up to SpaceX and Blue Origin to Stick the Moon Landing

US-SPACE-ARTEMIS II-NASA

April 1, 2026

April 1, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Is NASA’s Moon Mission the End for Legacy Space Firms?

NASA Prepares For Artemis II Moon Mission

March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Air Travel Is Broken. There’s an Obvious Solution

Airport Wait Times Worst In TSA History After 480 Officers Leave

March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

The Postal Service’s Last-Mile Strategy Is a Dead End

Package Deliveries As Cyber Monday Hits

March 18, 2026

March 18, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

How Southwest Got an Edge Using Secondary Airports

US Airlines Brace For Second Year Of Turmoil As Fuel Costs Surge

March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Oil Prices Are Leaving Airlines With Nowhere to Hide

Airline Industry Rebounds After COVID Pandemic

March 9, 2026

March 9, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Amazon Is Widening Its Sway Over the Freight Industry

Amazon Disaster Relief Hub In Georgia

March 4, 2026

March 4, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

The US Has Enough Missiles for This War But Not the Next One

TAIWAN-DEFENCE-MILITARY

February 25, 2026

February 25, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Factories Can Come Back to the US. Jobs, Not So Much

Savannah Bet Its Economy on a Big Hyundai Plant. Now It Has to Find the Workers

February 20, 2026

February 20, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

This AI Electricity Stopgap Needs a Big Caveat

Inside Enercon Engineering Ahead of Factory Orders Data

February 13, 2026

February 13, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Freight Brokers Face a Threat, But It’s Not From AI

Freight Brokers Face a Threat, But It’s Not From AI

February 13, 2026

February 13, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

FedEx Investors Should Cheer Its Retreat From Online Shopping

FedEx Ahead Of Earnings Figures

February 10, 2026

February 10, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

The US Needs More Missiles, Not Defense Stock Buybacks

The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025 Exhibition

February 4, 2026

February 4, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Musk’s AI Startup Is a Payload SpaceX Can’t Afford

Musk’s AI Startup Is a Payload SpaceX Can’t Afford

January 29, 2026

January 29, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

Boeing Should Ignore the Siren Call of Maximizing Cash

Alaska Air Places Record Boeing Jet Order In Global Growth Push

January 27, 2026

January 27, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

UPS Workers’ Gain Has Brought the Company Pain

UPS Ahead Of Earnings Figures

January 23, 2026

January 23, 2026

OpinionThomas Black

The 3M CEO’s Success Is About Profit, Not Growth

3M Open 2025 - Final Round