United Airlines says federal regulators are letting it resume adding new routes and planes after a series of incidents, including an engine fire and a tire falling off a plane after takeoff, led them to suspend the airline’s authority to make those moves. United said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration notified the airline that […]
United Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will be canceling its daily flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, through June 5. The airline made the decision after closely monitoring the situation and will continue to assess upcoming flights with the safety of its customers and crew members in mind. According to the airline’s statement, the cancellation […]
A seasoned American pilot who retired last week chose to take off for the last time from his favourite city - Edinburgh. United Airlines captain Joe Fox said there was only one city fitting for his final day on the job as he concluded his 27-year career last Thursday, May 9 with a flight from Edinburgh to Newark. Speaking to Edinburgh Airport staff, who presented Joe with a special print of the capital, the veteran pilot said his love affair with Edinburgh began when he first visited the...
(VINnews) — A Jewish JetBlue passenger accused the airline of “blatant antisemitism” after it canceled his flight home because he objected to a flight attendant wearing a “Free Palestine” pin during his trip to Las Vegas. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul Faust (@coolguypaulfaust) Paul Faust, a 54-year-old telecom […]
The easyJet plane was fully boarded and ready to go on Sunday when the pilot took to the intercom to deliver the excuse to the passengers, a video clip shows.
Cell phone video shows two passengers getting into a fight right as they are about to get off the plane.
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. The flight started out like any other. I was returning from a work trip to Orlando and decided to use the time on my two-hour Delta flight to catch up on emails. There I was, happily typing away (and probably listening …
TSA agents at Miami-Dade airport intercepted a man who had stuffed his pants with a secret Oakley bag containing a pair of snakes. Fox59 reports that the TSA' screening technology's advanced imaging technology revealed "an anomaly in his midsection." When they pulled the man aside for a pat down, he confessed immediately. — Read the rest
The increase in Germany's air passenger tax on May 1 will weaken the country's economy and damage the aviation industry's ability to cut down on its carbon use, an airline group said on Thursday.
A Japanese high court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the government to pay 1.65 million yen in damages to the bereaved family of a Cameroonian man who died in 2014 while being detained in an immigration control facility in eastern Japan. The mother of the 43-year-old man
MEDFORD, Ore. – Avelo Airlines is celebrating three years of flights from Medford to Los Angeles with fares as low as $79. The airline has been providing direct flights from Rogue Valley International Medford Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport in L.A. for three years. Avelo says it has flown more than 80,000 passengers out of […]
MEDFORD, Ore. – A passenger on a recent flight to Medford was surprised to find a part of his plane’s wing was missing. Salvador Garza was asleep on his connecting United flight 433 from San Francisco to Medford on Monday. He says when he woke up towards the end of the flight, he noticed a […]