United Flight 2477’s Runway Misadventure, Heads Into The Grass at Houston Airport

Mar 08 2024

United Airlines flight 2477, a Boeing 737 Max 8, encountered an issue after landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Friday. Following its arrival from Memphis International Airport, the aircraft deviated from its intended path during the transition from the runway to the taxiway around 8 a.m. local time. The plane exited the paved surface and entered the grassy area beside the runway.

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American Airlines Tells Court: Members Who Sign Up For A Friend’s Offer Risk Account Closure

Mar 07 2024

Several customers are suing American Airlines after their AAdvantage accounts were shut down. They used invitations to apply for Citibank credit cards that circumvented rules limiting how often one could get a new card bonus. People lost millions of miles.

There’s a lawsuit. American has responded. And they advance a pretty draconian theory.

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United Boeing 737-900 Dramatic Engine Flame-Out Sparks MAX Confusion

Mar 07 2024

As the aircraft climbed through 12,000 feet, the left engine “emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames.” Pilots returned to the airport after advising air traffic control of an engine stall, and the plane landed safely around 35 minutes after departure. United assigned another aircraft to operate the flight and passengers were delayed a little over 3 hours.

All seems pretty normal, right? Well, two things are notable about this flight:

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Why Is JetBlue Serving $100 Bottles Of Wine In Business Class?

Mar 07 2024

JetBlue does a really nice job with their onboard soft product. Maybe too nice of a job, considering they don’t seem to be earning a revenue premium on their transatlantic flights.

They’re promoting new meals and amenity kits. The meals seem good enough, the amenity kits interesting (especially with American Airlines handing out cardboard boxes), but what is really striking to me is the wine that they’re hardly even promoting.

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United Airlines Will Fly To Marrakesh, Cebu, And Medellin

Mar 07 2024

United Airlines has real claim to being the U.S. global carrier. They’re already the only U.S. airline flying to the Philippines – having launched Manila service – and now will fly to Cebu there as well (via Tokyo). They’ll add service to Morocco – direct to Marrakesh – and to Medellin, Colombia. Fifth freedom flying from Japan and love for their Houston hub make these adds even more interesting.

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Bomb Threat for Love? Inside The Bizarre Arrest At A Fort Lauderdale Spirit Airlines Gate

Mar 07 2024

Instead of something like ‘I’ve got explosives in my pants,’ he might have tried out “are you a runway? Because my heart is ready to take off every time I see you” or “is this the boarding gate to your heart? Because I’ve got a first-class ticket.”

While the man might have gotten slapped, at least he wouldn’t have been arrested!

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Smugglers Shipped Duck Intestines To JFK Airport – Hidden Inside Rattlesnakes

Mar 07 2024

The customs forms for 1,966 cartons said they were nail clippers and pet grooming supplies. Anyone who opened up the cartons were supposed to just be scared off by the preserved rattlesnakes inside, I guess, though it seems like that would be at least a paperwork violation once found.

Hidden inside – the rattlesnakes were just a decoy – were duck intestines from China.

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