American Airlines flew Airbus A319 registration N823AW from Phoenix to Roswell, New Mexico on Wednesday night to be stored. This aircraft is being returned to its lessor and leaving the fleet, even though American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said last year that they weren’t planning to retire any of their current mainline aircraft.
There are two choices Southwest is making in the transition, meant to be customer-friendly as passengers get used to a new unfriendly Southwest, that are going to make things even worse.
A Singapore Airlines business class passenger has been sentenced to three weeks in jail for flashing a flight attendant. The man, who had consumed two glasses of champagne prior to the incident, fails to live up to his name: Brilliant Angjaya.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act nowhere explicitly mentions tariffs or any authority to tax American imports. IEEPA has been used in the past for asset freezes, sanctions, and embargoes against foreign actors (terrorists, hostile regimes)—not for imposing a broad tax on domestic companies that import goods.
Foreign visits to the U.S. were already off about 20% in March. And there were several signs of recession. Now, we look pretty cooked.
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An American Airlines flight attendant announced a new federal law this on Monday on board a trip from Charlotte to Des Moines – claiming they’re being required to vigorously enforce cell phones in airplane mode while onboard the aircraft.
An internal document outlines that name changes on award stays are not to be handled directly by properties especially within 48 hours of check-in. If a property is asked to change the name on a paid reservation, they should remove the loyalty number and require payment details from the new guest.
A passenger is suing American Airlines because a flight attendant fell on her. The airline told the judge the incident was entirely the fault of another unruly passenger – but the judge wasn’t buying it – and the case is allowed to proceed, even though that other passenger allegedly pushed the flight attendant onto the seated customer, resulting in injuries.
Captain Renault said to Major Strasser in Casablanca, “I have no conviction, if that’s what you mean. I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.”
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