After the NAACP issued a travel advisory warning non-white travelers that their safety and well-being may be at risk when flying American Airlines, the social justice advocacy group and the airline will be meeting to discuss numerous claims of racial mistreatment. [More]
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JetBlue Can’t Add More Seats To Its Planes Until It Deals With A Broken Toilet Problem
By 10.25.17
Like many airlines, JetBlue is currently trying to add more seats to some of its planes so it can accommodate more passengers per flight, and make more money for its bottom line. But there’s something standing in the way of JetBlue’s “cabin restyling program”: Broken toilets. [More]
United App Will Now Let Travelers Save Boarding Passes For Flights On Partner Airlines
By 10.25.17
When you’re flying from say, Siberia to the U.S., you will definitely have to take more than one flight, and probably on different airlines. But because juggling different boarding passes for different legs of your trip isn’t always easy, United Airlines will now let travelers save their boarding passes for flights on partner airlines directly in the United app. [More]
British Airways Apologizes After Bed Bugs Bite Passengers On Overnight Flight
By 10.23.17
There are the travel nightmares that you can walk away from after you leave the plane, and then there are those that stick with you. Literally: British Airways has apologized to a family who claim they had to endure an overnight flight while being bedeviled by bed bugs. [More]
Two Chicago Aviation Officers Fired For Role In Dragging United Passenger From Flight
By 10.18.17
More than six months after a ticketed United Airlines passenger was forcibly removed from a flight by Chicago law enforcement personnel, two of the four Chicago Department of Aviation Security officers involved have been fired. [More]
United Passenger Blames Airline For Drunk Man Who Urinated On Him During Flight
By 10.17.17
Airline passengers have to deal with all manner of human menace — whether it’s that inconsiderate person in the aisle seat eating a tuna sandwich, the charming child repeatedly kicking the back of your seat while his parents pretend not to notice, or the dude next to you voiding his bladder on your leg. At what point does another passenger’s transgression become the fault of the airline? [More]
Flight Lands Safely After Plane Loses Cabin Pressure, Rapidly Descends
By 10.16.17
Passengers on a flight from Australia to Bali on Sunday say they were terrified when the plane cabin depressurized at around 34,000 feet and then rapidly descended about 23,000 feet in a matter of minutes. [More]
Following Mid-Flight Explosion, FAA Orders Emergency Inspection Of Some Airbus Engines
By 10.13.17
In the wake of the recent in-flight engine explosion on an Air France jet, the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered an emergency inspection of the engines on some Airbus superjumbo jets to make sure this is not likely to happen again. [More]
Today Was The Last Friday The 13th For Flight 666 To HEL
By 10.13.17
If the thought of taking Flight 666 straight to HEL on Friday the 13th fills you with a kind of spooky glee, we regret to inform you that you will never have a chance to book this special Finnair flight on this particularly superstitious day. [More]
Delta Passenger Blames Edible Marijuana For July Attack On Flight Attendant
By 10.12.17
A Florida man who was arrested after allegedly attacking a flight attendant on a flight in July — starting a brawl that injured two others — claims the incident was triggered by some edible marijuana he’d eaten before getting on the plane. [More]
Southwest Airlines Plans To Start Flying To Hawaii, Eventually
By 10.12.17
Southwest Airlines put on its best floral shirt to announce that the (sometimes) lower-cost carrier intends to start offering service to Hawaii. But when those flights to the far-flung island state will begin remains a question. [More]
L.A.-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Breaks Apart Over Ocean
By 10.2.17
An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in eastern Canada after one of the plane’s engines broke into pieces over the Atlantic. [More]
Royal Caribbean Cancels Cruise To Help In Puerto Rico
By 9.29.17
In the last month a number of cruise lines have either canceled or rerouted trips after a string of hurricanes raged through the Caribbean. While the storms have passed and many companies have once again set sail, Royal Caribbean canceled yet another trip this week. This time, however, the change of plans was intended to help bring much-needed relief to the millions of Americans in Puerto Rico whose lives have been turned upside-down by Hurricane Maria. [More]
Elon Musk Says His Rocket Ship Will Fly You Anywhere On Earth In Under An Hour
By 9.29.17
Right now, the quickest way to get from, say, New York to Siberia involves at least a few plane tickets and a lot of layovers. But if Elon Musk has his way, travelers won’t have to rely on airlines to get them to the other side of the world — they can just hop on a rocket ship and be there in the same time it takes to get a pizza delivered. [More]
Airline Software Glitch Leads To Worldwide Delays
By 9.28.17
Travelers around the world are facing delays today after a glitch in a computer system used by many airlines put a kink in usual operations. [More]
Delta Now Lets Passengers Send (Some) Inflight Text Messages
By 9.27.17
The next time you’re on a Delta Air Lines flight and want to tell the pal picking you up at the airport that your flight is delayed (or ask your mom to please make sure there are cheese curds in the refrigerator upon your arrival), you’ll be able to send a text message from the air — for free. [More]
JetBlue May Finally Start Offering Flights To Europe
By 9.26.17
Even though JetBlue makes multiple international flights to the Caribbean and Latin America, the airline has yet to crack the European market. That may change, as JetBlue is now mulling over the idea of finally offering transatlantic flights. [More]
Alaska Airlines Passengers Will No Longer Share Planes With Reindeer & Sled Dogs
By 9.25.17
Do you like reindeer? Have you always wanted to fly with them? No, this has nothing to do with Santa Claus: Next month, Alaska Airlines will retire its last combi-planes, jets that carry both passengers and cargo to communities across the state. That cargo could include food, consumer goods, or live animals like dogs and reindeer. [More]
