Two Sets Of Passengers Removed After Multiple Fights Break Out On The Same Plane

by Gary Leff

Apr 25 2023

At this point passenger incidents on planes are almost de rigueur but one special flight from Cairns in North Queensland, Australia to Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory there had two separate brawls break out. The plane returned to Cairns after the first one to remove a passenger, and then continued on its way – only to see a second fight take place, causing the plane to be met by both Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police. Two fights in one flight is original!

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What’s Different Now That The Airline Industry No Longer Considers Newark A New York Airport?

by Gary Leff

Apr 25 2023

Whether or not ‘Newark airport’ is really New York has been a top of some controversy since 1934, when New York City’s mayor Fiorello La Guardia pulled a stunt refusing to get off of a TWA flight from Chicago at Newark airport because his ticket said his destination was New York. He demanded to be flown to New York. The end result was LaGuardia airport.

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Delta Clamped Down On Airline Lounge Access, But It Doesn’t Stop Long Lines

by Gary Leff

Apr 25 2023

Delta’s biggest customer is American Express, generating over $5 billion a year from the financial services giant. Their contract with American Express runs through 2029. And lounge access sells credit cards.

As a result, the airline isn’t in a position to do anything about the true cause of crowding. And crowding tends to be worst in major markets with the greatest concentration of premium American Express cardholders… like New York.

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United Airlines Makes 6 Hour Flight To Nowhere After Passenger Refuses To Get Out Of Flight Attendant’s Seat

by Gary Leff

Apr 24 2023

Sunday’s United Airlines flight 90 from Newark to Tel Aviv returned to the U.S. several hours into the flight – making a nearly six hour flight to nowhere – after a passenger decided to sit in crew jump seats while waiting for the lavatory. A flight attendant wound up in an argument with the passenger, and things escalated.

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