Travelers on a Delta connection flight from Rapid City, SD to Salt Lake City experienced an unusual, but necessary, delay on Wednesday morning when police arrested the pilot on the suspicion that he was intoxicated. [More]
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British Airways Flight Diverted After 25 Crew Members, Passengers Become Sick
By 10.25.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
The long trip from San Francisco to London became even longer for nearly 400 passengers on a British Airways flight after the plane had to make an emergency landing when dozens of passengers and crew members became ill. [More]
Alaska Air Manages To Fight Off JetBlue’s Effort To Nab Havana Flight
By 10.24.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
Now that the Department of Transportation has given approval to eight airlines to start scheduled passenger flights to Cuba’s capital city of Havana, one might think that the elbowing and jockeying for spots would be over. Not so, as some airlines are still trying to nab coveted flights from other carriers — and failing, in the case of JetBlue. [More]
One Airline Now Offers Kid-Free “Quiet Zones” On Flights
By 10.24.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
For years airlines have toyed with the idea of separating sometimes fussy, loud children from adults on flights, either through flying nanny services or the ever-popular, but seldom instituted “kid-free zones.” Now, one airline is taking the plunge, offering separate “quiet zones” where passengers under the age of 12 aren’t allowed to sit. [More]
American Airlines Flight Delayed After 2 Passengers Walked Onto Plane Without Showing Boarding Passes
By 10.24.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
You know that feeling you get when you realize you’ve left the car unlocked overnight? That may be what American Airlines felt like after two passengers were able to walk onto an apparently unlocked plane sitting at Philadelphia International Airport without showing anyone their boarding passes. [More]
What’s Holding Up Merger Of Alaska Airlines & Virgin America?
By 10.21.16
Alaska Airlines’ proposed $4 billion merger with Virgin America is taking longer than either airline anticipated. Days after the companies’ targeted merger completion date passed, federal regulators continue to probe the validity and affect the merger would have on competition. [More]
Expedia Apologizes After Customer Says Employee Left “F—k You” Message In Her Itinerary
By 10.19.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
An Expedia customer in Los Angeles was surprised to find that her New Year’s travel reservation had suddenly been canceled — and, adding insult to injury, a nasty message from an employee on her itinerary. [More]
Samsung Setting Up Note 7 Exchange Booths At Airports Around The World
By 10.18.16
You’re walking toward airport security when suddenly, you remember that you haven’t exchanged your recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — and you aren’t allowed to bring it on your flight due to a new federal ban prohibiting the devices on all planes, lest they catch fire. What’s a traveler to do? [More]
Southwest, Virgin America, JetBlue Online Bookings Back To Normal After Systems Glitch
By 10.18.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
Another week, another glitch disrupting airlines from going about their business: this time, it was a disruption in Sabre’s computer systems affecting Southwest, Virgin America, and JetBlue’s online bookings. [More]
Google Flights Will Now Alert Users When Airfares Are About To Expire
By 10.17.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
When you spot an enticing airfare online, it can be hard to walk away from it, only to find when you return even just a day later that the price has skyrocketed. Google Flights is attempting to help travelers avoid that from happening with a new system that notifies them when a good deal on airfare is about to disappear. [More]
No More Wearing Glasses To Look Smart In Your Passport Photo
By 10.14.16
Some folks wear glasses so frequently that they look like a different person when they aren’t bespectacled, so it would seem to make sense that they should be wearing eyeglasses when getting their passport photos taken. Not so, says the State Department, which is reminding people that come Nov. 1, your specs are probably not welcome in new passport pics. [More]
Get Excited: U.S. Airlines Will Probably Raise Ticket Prices Next Year
By 10.14.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
Now that we’ve all gotten used to cheaper flights amid low fuel prices over the last few years, it’s time for the the airline industry to do its best to tick everyone off again by sending fare prices upwards once again. [More]
CheapAir Is The First U.S. Online Company To Sell Scheduled Flights To Cuba
By 10.13.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
Now that U.S. airlines can finally fly regularly scheduled flights to and from Cuba, at least one stateside online booking company is joining in the fun. [More]
TripAdvisor No Longer Selling Tickets To Hundreds Of Animal Attractions
By 10.12.16 — Updated: 11.1.16
While experiencing wildlife up close may be a huge draw for some travelers, one of the world’s largest travel websites won’t be selling tickets to hundreds of attractions where humans come into contact with wild animals: TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, says it’s done selling tickets to those kinds of experiences. [More]
Florida Airports Closing, More Than 1,300 Flights Cancelled As Hurricane Approaches
By 10.6.16
Things are about to get very, very nasty in Florida and the southeast, with Hurricane Matthew — one of the strongest seen in the U.S. in many years — bearing down rapidly on the coast. And that means if you’ve got travel plans in the coming days that are supposed to take you to or through many big, busy airports… think again. [More]
Airlines Offering Travel Waivers Ahead Of Hurricane Matthew
By 10.4.16
Travelers who were planning on flying this week to or from areas affected by Hurricane Matthew, which is currently in the Caribbean and heading toward the U.S. East Coast, may find themselves changing their plans, and some airlines are ready to help by issuing travel waivers. [More]
Moving Walkways Were Around Long Before Airports Started Using Them To Move People
By 9.29.16
While moving walkways have become ubiquitous at airports around the country — along with the rage that comes from getting stuck behind the person who chooses to stand still and block everyone else from walking on them — conveyor belts that shuttled people around were invented long before air travel became the norm. [More]
Woman’s Lawyer Explains Why Dead Husband’s Entrails Were In Her Checked Baggage
By 9.28.16
Of all the things one might expect customs officials to find in a traveler’s luggage, preserved intestines might not be your everyday occurrence. That’s why airport workers in Graz, Austria wanted to check in with the police when they found the entrails of a woman’s dead husband in her checked baggage. [More]
