A senior citizen – an Airbnb Superhost himself – booked a house for 8 siblings to stay in for their brother’s funeral. A total of 5 of them actually stayed at the property. Over the course of the week several people came over to pay condolences and care for the family.
Union Head Says United Flight Attendants Forced To Sleep In Cots At The Airport
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson took to social media to claim that United Airlines flight attendants are being forced to sleep on cots in the airport amidst disruptions. But the photo she shares doesn’t appear to support that allegation.
Watch: Two Jet Bridges “Get Married” At Minneapolis – St. Paul Airport
Normally when you enter a jet bridge you’re taken to your aircraft. And then on the other end of the journey the jet bridge takes you into the terminal. At Minneapolis – St. Paul airport gate G13, in what seems like some sort of infinite regress, the jet bridge will simply take you to… another jet bridge.
The MSP airport shared time lapse video of crew “marrying” two jet bridges.
Delta And El Al Launching New Frequent Flyer Partnership
A U.S. partner is helpful to El Al, however, in earning connecting business for its flights rather than just origin and destination traffic from cities with heavy travel to and from Israel. The U.S. market is important for El Al, and finally having a partner here after 9 years is significant for them.
The FAA Wants You To Know That The Biggest Problem In The Air Is You [Roundup]
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Southwest Airlines Bans Use Of TikTok, But Will Still Post To TikTok
Southwest Airlines is a government contractor. That imposes myriad rules. One of those rules now involves use of TikTok. As a result, starting today, Southwest Airlines prohibits use of TikTok on its network. However the airline will still continue to engage customers over TikTok – they’ll just require employees to use personal devices to do it.
Delta Opens The Kimono On Their SkyMiles Credit Card, Now About 1% Of The Whole Country’s GDP
Before the pandemic the American Airlines co-brand portfolio had the largest charge volume, but American, United and Delta were all over $100 billion annually. Delta now says they’re “approaching 1% of U.S. GDP” on their co-brand cards, which would be ~ $255 billion.
Inflation helps, but it’s reasonable to think they’re suggesting they’re around $200 billion in annual charge volume on Delta Amex cards. Even if American and United are lagging Delta’s growth surely then these three airline co-brands are now taking a slice out of more than 2% of U.S. GDP.
Breaking: Delta Flight Manages Successful Landing In Charlotte Without Nose Gear
Delta Air Lines flight 1092 from Atlanta to Charlotte just successfully landed without its nose gear. Passengers safely deplaned the aircraft and made it to the terminal by bus.
After circling the airport a couple of times, trying to address the malfunctioning landing gear, the plane made it down onto runway 36 at around 8:40 a.m. The runway is currently closed.
Man Arrested At Portland Airport Baggage Claim, Failing To Be Master Of His Domain [Roundup]
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Spirit Airlines Shuts Boarding Door To Block Rowdy Passengers After 5 Hour Delay
Monday night’s Spirit Airlines flight 3902 from Atlanta to Detroit was delayed five hours. After a significant mechanical delay, passengers “were eventually told they could board around 10:15 p.m.” and around 15 did indeed board.
However “rowdy travelers caused another delay” and Spirit gate agents shut the boarding doors so that “nobody else could board.”