It’s nice to see Delta continuing to invest in their economy product, which after all is where most passengers sit. It may even be that their Boeing 777s, which still feature 9-abreast seating rather than squeezing in 10-across, offers the best international economy among U.S. or European carriers.
The President’s 4th of July Show Will Shut Down Washington National Airport For More Than 2 Hours
The President has changed the way the U.S. will celebrate the Fourth of July this year, and that has a big impact on operations at Washington’s close-in National airport.
Four years ago the FAA dropped Trump-branded navigational waypoints in South Florida. Now as President he has the power to shut down commercial airspace.
American Airlines Launches New Domestic First Class Dinner Service. Prepare to Go Hungry.
American Airlines introduced new domestic dinner entrees in November. What they’ve been doing is swapping out menus roughly every year.
Now they’ve revamped their menus again and are rolling out new meals July 10,
I’ve Had Some Miserable Hotel Stays, But Never This.
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Three Thoughts About American Airlines Taking Their Mechanics to Court Yesterday
Passengers have suffered from increased delays and cancellations due to maintenance issues as tensions have flared.
Three items stand out from yesterday’s court hearing on the American Airlines lawsuit against the unions representing its mechanics, arguing that the Transportation Workers Union (legacy American) and the International Association of Machinists (legacy US Airways) have been engaged in an illegal job action meant to slow down the airline.
Here’s How an Unaccompanied Minor Wound Up on a Plane Headed to Germany Yesterday
This morning I learned the shocking story of a United Airlines unaccompanied minor being put on a flight to Germany instead of Sweden.
Though an adult put him on the plane — a flight he didn’t have a boarding pass for — he realized he was heading to Germany and let his mother know. That began an odyssey during which she desperately tried to get United’s help to stop the plane from taking off with her son on it. She tweeted, she called, she sat on hold for over an hour and tried to get supervisors to do something. But how did this even happen?
Union is Holding Flight Attendant Passports to Keep Them From Going Back to Work
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Woman Kicked Off European Flight for Being Too Sexy
When you’re flying a European holiday airline, you’re likely if passengers are wearing any clothing at all. And if the budget carrier is flying between the UK and the south of Spain it’s a miracle if they’re sober enough to make it to their seats unassisted.
So the biggest news in a woman being booted off an easyJet flight from Malaga to London Stansted on June 23 was that she still had on her top at all.
Put a Name on an American Airlines Plane – Just $25 for a Good Cause
American Airlines is going to fly a Stand Up to Cancer-wrapped plane and anyone who contributes $25 or more can add a name to the wrapping that will go on the aircraft as a way of honoring a survivor of cancer, someone who is battling it now, or someone that has passed.
Make a donation of $25 or more to Stand Up To Cancer in July and add the name of someone you’d like to honor to an American Airlines Airbus A321.
United Puts Unaccompanied Minor on Flight to the Wrong Country
Last night Brenda Berg reported on Twitter that her son had flown as an unaccompanied minor on United Airlines from Raleigh Durham to Newark, intending to connect on to Stockholm on SAS. However United put him on a Eurowings flight to Germany instead.
I can only imagine this woman’s horror because she couldn’t even get through to United. If you don’t have elite status telephone wait times are interminable, and that’s just to get access to an agent without much motivation or empowerment to do anything that requires more than keystrokes on their computer.