One person was said to have collapsed in scenes branded a 'disaster' and an 'absolute shambles'
Airlines are notorious for their reluctance to issue refunds for canceled or delayed flights, making the refund process a nightmare for countless travelers. You practically have to beg for a refund, and the airlines employ a bureaucratic labyrinth that makes it very difficult to communicate with them. — Read the rest
Alaska Airlines said Boeing paid it $162 million so far in compensation for the 737 Max grounding.
The FAA estimated average delays of departures from Dallas-Fort Worth by an
Turkish Airlines announced that it will resume its flights to Afghanistan starting from May 21 of this year. Anadolu Agency of Turkey reported on Tuesday, April 30th, the commencement of the airline’s flights to Afghanistan. According to reports, Turkish Airlines will operate flights between Kabul and Istanbul and vice versa four times a week on […]
Budget airline Bonza has unexpectedly cancelled flights amid talks about the future viability of the company. Chief executive Tim Jordan says flights have been temporarily suspended. “Discussions are currently underway regarding the ongoing viability of the business,” Mr Jordan said on Tuesday. “We apologise to our customers who are impacted by this and we’re working […]
On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight 370 set off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for China’s capital city. Thirty-nine minutes after taking off, the aircraft disappeared from air traffic control radar displays. The plane was never found. However, a decade after the plane's disappearance, citizen journalist Ashton Forbes believes he has the answer to what exactly happened to flight 370. “Where did this plane end up, do you think?” Pat Gray asks Forbes. “I think that the plane’s...
Based in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), Starlux Airlines is a new premium airline already flying to 27 destinations across Asia and the United States. Starlux flies from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Taipei, with service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) commencing Aug. 16. TPG’s Clint Henderson was …
Pret A Manger has been forced to refund some users of its Club Pret subscription service after technical issues meant they were unable to access its app.
Under the new rule, airlines must automatically refund passengers for changed flights, delayed baggage and services not provided.
“Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them - without having to ask,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
Thousands of commercial airline flights in Europe have reportedly had their GPS data jammed, as Russia is suspected of waging the electronic attacks amid its ongoing war in Ukraine, according to British media reports.Almost 3,800 flights originating from or arriving in the U.K. have had their GPS signals obstructed since August, with tens of thousands more flights that passed over the Baltic Sea enduring the same fate around the same period, according to a report published on Monday by The...