FAA Won’t Require Face-Coverings on Planes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stopped short of making face masks mandatory on commercial airplanes, instead, leaving it up… Read More »
Orlando Airport clarifies Florida Governor’s Coronavirus statistics
Governor Ron DeSantis announced that 260 employees at Florida’s Orlando International Airport tested positive for the coronavirus, a statistic the airport… Read More »
United Adds Incentive for Flight Attendant Buy-Out
Saying it needs more employees to accept a voluntary exit package, United Airlines has upped the ante for flight attendants… Read More »
JetBlue Planning Layoffs and Outsourcing Positions at Smaller Airports
An internal JetBlue Airways memo obtained by Business Insider details a plan for the airline to begin laying off workers on Oct…. Read More »
How a woman boarded a Delta flight without a boarding pass or ID
TSA officials said they screened the unnamed passenger at Orlando International Airport but did not provide further details. A woman… Read More »
Airlines Are Axing Alcoholic Drinks Amid COVID-19
Many airlines began cutting back onboard food-and-beverage service in March 2020, as COVID-19 started to sweep the globe. The modified operations aim to… Read More »
Woman Gets Past Security and Onto Plane Before Being Caught
A female would-be passenger somehow made it past a Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint and actually took a seat on… Read More »
Boeing Wants You to ‘Travel Confidently’ With Cleaning Initiative
Boeing Co. is working on a new initiative that will make its planes cleaner and more sanitized in the wake… Read More »
Fiji Airways Unveils ‘Travel Ready’ Program
Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, has today outlined its plan for a return to flying once border restrictions ease and… Read More »
US, China Stand Down on Air Travel Restrictions
The United States and China reached a bit of détente in their impasse over airline travel between the two nations…. Read More »
Delta Air Lines Adding Flights, Boosting Service for Summer
Delta Air Lines announced it would add almost 1,000 flights and boost service to key summer destinations in July as… Read More »
Southwest Brings Back $49 Flights for Limited Time
Southwest Airlines has launched another nationwide sale featuring flights from as low as $49 one-way. Available now through Thursday, June… Read More »
Airlines Are Cracking Down on Passengers Not Wearing Masks
Airlines for America (A4A), a trade organization that represents leading U.S. airlines, declared that its member carriers are vowing to vigorously… Read More »
United Leverages MileagePlus Program for $5 Billion in Liquidity
United Airlines today announced that it plans on using its MileagePlus frequent flyer program as collateral to secure a $5-billion loan,… Read More »
Florida TSA Officers Seize 12 Guns in Nine Days
We’ve heard about it and we’ve read about it—from weapons to drugs and everything in between, there’s no limit to… Read More »
Canadian Airports to Begin Mandatory Temperature Screenings
As the world continues striving to be a safer place amid COVID-19, many hotels, restaurants, airports and more are implementing… Read More »
Airline Passenger Unknowingly Brought Coronavirus From NY to LA
American Airlines and the public are only now learning how a mid-March flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International… Read More »
Lack of social distancing rule makes American Airlines an outlier
American Airlines is looking to pack more passengers onto flights in the coming months and unlike many peers has not… Read More »
More US carriers instruct passengers to wear face masks in the cabin
A further three more US carriers have announced plans to require all passengers to wear face coverings when in the… Read More »
American Airlines, Delta, United will require facial coverings on U.S. flights
Three of the largest four U.S. airlines said Thursday they will require passengers to wear facial coverings on U.S. flights,… Read More »
JetBlue will require passengers to wear masks and other airlines will provide them
Starting May 4, all JetBlue Airways passengers will be required to wear a face covering, the strictest policy so far… Read More »
NACA proposes SAFETY protocols for resumption of commercial air travel
NACA releases “SAFETY: The Necessary Elements to Return Passengers to the Skies,” outlining principles for the U.S. airline industry to… Read More »