Isolated, Russians travelers do not know when they will be able to travel abroad again
Viktoriya and Yevgeny Vinnikov had carefully planned for a trip this month to Bulgaria, even traveling hundreds of miles to… Read More »
An unruly passenger threatened to ‘put on a show’ in the Orlando airport, arrested on battery charges
A 34-year-old New York man who said he had been drinking got into physical altercations with his wife, his 6-year-old… Read More »
Moscow bans air space in response to Western sanctions, forcing airlines to reroute their flights
Airlines on Monday Feb. 28 braced for a potentially lengthy sanctions war after the EU banned Russian airlines and Moscow… Read More »
More European countries ban Russian flights from their airspace
A growing number of countries in Europe announced Sunday Feb. 27 that they were closing their airspace to Russian planes… Read More »
TSA PreCheck program expands to first international destination
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced its PreCheck program has been extended to an international location for the first time… Read More »
Ukrainian airspace closes as Russian forces invade
Ukrainian Airspace has closed to civil aviation overnight as Russian forces move into the country. The action follows months of… Read More »
FAA says 5G could affect radio altimeters in most Boeing 737s
The Federal Aviation Administration is set to issue a directive warning that 5G wireless operations could impact radio altimeters in… Read More »
“Air rage” is complicating travel in North America and Europe, but not so much in Asia
The videos light up social media and dominate news headlines. From verbal confrontations to all-out brawls, scenes of airplane passengers… Read More »
Delta CEO continues push for national No-Fly list
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian continued his push for a national no-fly list for the most egregious unruly passengers… Read More »
Two American Airlines employees brawl one stabbed
A verbal dispute between a pair of American Airlines employees turned physical and, ultimately, violent on Tuesday. According to a… Read More »
Eight Republican Senators say they will reject a ‘No-Fly List’
A day after it was revealed that the airline industry and the Biden Administration have been collaborating “for months” on… Read More »
Ukraine declares airspace over the country is “currently open”
The Ukraine has declared airspace over the country is “currently open and accessible for flight planning” as the threat of… Read More »
Ukrainian Airline is moving aircraft out of the country following U.S. warnings
This followed a warning from the US State Department that Russia could invade at any time, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)… Read More »
Airlines, Biden Administration Working on No-Fly List
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian wrote a letter to the Department of Justice two weeks ago, asking for help… Read More »
Mexican Military to Handle Security at Cancun, Cozumel Airports
The President of Mexico announced the Ministry of National Defense and SEMAR would take over security at several airports across… Read More »
Unruly Passenger Forces American Flight to Divert
Just one month after the Federal Aviation Administration was happy to report a 50 percent drop in incidents in the… Read More »
Most unruly passengers escape serious punishments
The punishments don’t appear to be fitting the crimes. At least not in quantity. The majority of the nearly 6,000… Read More »
The Worst Airplane Passenger of 2022
The unruly passengers aren’t going away. It’s been an issue that became worse throughout the pandemic, and this week we… Read More »
Delta asks the Justice Department to put unruly travelers on a ‘no-fly’ list
Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian asked the U.S. Department of Justice to put convicted unruly travelers on a national… Read More »
Delta CEO ssks DOJ to create no-fly list for unruly passengers
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has written a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking the nation’s chief… Read More »
US Embassy Issues Security Alert for Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum
Following the fatal January 21 shooting of two Canadian tourists at a five-star hotel in the Playa del Carmen area… Read More »
Cancun Bringing in Surveillance Agents for Tourist Areas
Mexico is sending government agents to Cancun and Quintana Roo to monitor hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and other tourist areas to… Read More »
What’s driving the spike in U.S. air rage incidents
There were more than 5,700 reports of air rage on U.S. airlines in 2021 compared with a typical year of… Read More »
Prosecutors say airline passenger refused to wear mask, exposed himself, and threw can during flight
Prosecutors said a Delta Air Lines passenger who refused to wear a mask during a flight exposed himself to other… Read More »
American Airlines London flight turned around because passenger refused to wear a mask
An American Airlines flight heading to London on Wednesday turned around about an hour after leaving Miami when a “disruptive… Read More »
Two men charged in separate incidents of criminal conduct aboard aircraft
A federal grand jury returned two indictments Jan. 18 and 19 charging an Alexandria man and a New York City… Read More »