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A United Airlines regional jet departing Houston got an automated collision warning seconds after takeoff when another aircraft on the parallel runway turned the wrong way into its departure path. The crews were still low and close enough that the United flight reported a TCAS resolution advisory, the last line of defense designed to prevent midair collisions.
A passenger on a Volaris domestic flight Sunday morning tried to hijack the plane and have it take him to the United States. The 31-year-old man was traveling with his wife and two children. He attacked a flight attendant and attempted to force his way into the cockpit.
Spirit Airlines looked at telephone data and remittance data to get a sense for ties between the U.S. and a new city they might serve in Latin America. Volaris sent someone to a bus depot to count passengers.
Even by my standards Mexican low cost carrier Volaris has extreme chutzpah. Back in February they entered into a 12-month agreement to receive subsidies and fly twice-weekly between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico.
They started selling the flight. However last week the airline told the cities that unless they coughed up an additional $32,000 per roundtrip the service was off.
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