Congress Drafts Legislation for National No-Fly List
A potential national no-fly list for the most violent airline passengers has passed its first step. A Congressional bipartisan group… Read More »
FAA Seeking to Levy Largest Civil Fines Ever
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had made it a priority to use heavy financial penalties as a deterrent against unruly… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Apologizes, Explains Cancellations to Customers
Alaska Airlines officials on Friday printed a blog post on its website, taking full blame for the recent spate of… Read More »
JetBlue Offers Attendance Bonus to Flight Attendants
JetBlue Airways has become the latest airline to offer financial incentive to crew members to help get the carrier through… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Making It Easier for Groups to Sit Together
Delta Air Lines announced it would use its dynamic seat-map algorithm to make it easier for groups and families to… Read More »
Spirit to Consider JetBlue Merger Proposal
JetBlue announced that it welcomed the determination by Spirit Airlines that its offer could lead to a “Superior Proposal” under… Read More »
American Airlines Reduces Need for Regional Flights With New Bus Service
American Airlines announced a new partnership with Landline that will offer bus service between Philadelphia and two nearby airports, eliminating… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines Announces Carbon Offset Program, Return to New Zealand
Hawaiian Airlines made several marquee announcements this week, including the addition of a carbon emissions offset program for passengers and… Read More »
JetBlue’s Bid for Spirit Airlines Might Be Bigger, But Is It Better?
There’s a great scene in the Kevin Costner movie “Draft Day” where the actor, playing the general manager of the… Read More »
Ranking the Major US Airlines’ Frequent Flyer Programs
The Best and Worst US Airline Loyalty Programs of 2022 As travel resumes and more passengers return to the skies… Read More »
FAA Says Tighter Airline Cabins Still Don’t Pose Evacuation Risk
The Federal Aviation Administration says the results of a three-month study it conducted on evacuation times of airplanes during an… Read More »
JetBlue Makes Offer for Spirit Airlines
There’s a competition brewing for Spirit Airlines. Following Frontier Airlines’ announcement in February that it would purchase Spirit Airlines as… Read More »
JetBlue Set to Launch New Service to London From Boston
JetBlue Airways’ not-so-very-well-kept-secret is out. The airline announced today what most of the industry had suspected – new nonstop service… Read More »
Italian carrier ITA launches Milan-New York flights
ITA Airways, Italy’s new national carrier that replaced the venerable Alitalia last summer, continues to increase the routes of its… Read More »
TSA Reports Increased Passenger Traffic Despite Delays, Cancellations
The airline industry was still smiling this morning, despite a weekend in which a pilot strike at one airline, technical… Read More »
Turkish Airlines Expands US Presence
Turkish Airlines is bolstering its US presence with the introduction of its 12th US gateway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Makes Changes to SkyMiles Loyalty Program
Delta Air Lines has made changes to its loyalty and reward program to ensure a more straightforward process for travelers… Read More »
Overseas Airlines are dropping mask requirements
If you’re flying internationally anytime soon, you’re in luck. There are a handful of airlines that have ditched their onboard… Read More »
Is Cathay Pacific About to fly the World’s Longest Flight?
Cathay Pacific Airways could be on the cusp of the world’s longest passenger flight by distance. Because the Russian invasion… Read More »
Spring Break Travel Troubles: 10,000 Weekend Flights Canceled, Delayed
Americans traveling for Spring Break this weekend have had a hard time of it. Anyone with air travel plans on… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Forced to Cancel Flights as Pilots Picket
Alaska Airlines on Friday was forced to cancel almost 10 percent of its flight schedule as pilots picketed in several… Read More »
Delta Pilots Make Safe Emergency Landing After Windshield Shatters
Pilots on a Delta Air Lines flight were able to safely make an emergency landing after the cockpit window shattered… Read More »
Man Arrested for Faking Pilot Experience on His Resume
A former British Airways subsidiary pilot trying to get back with a regional subsidiary of the airline was jailed last… Read More »
American Airlines’ New Ocho Rios Flights Expand Jamaica Access
One of Jamaica’s main tourist districts will begin hosting international flights in November when American Airlines launches two weekly non-stop… Read More »
US Airports With the Longest, Shortest TSA Wait Times
The Best and Worst US Airports for a Speedy Security Screening Getting through security can be one of the biggest… Read More »
TSA To Implement Gender-Neutral Security Screening
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced new standards for screening transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming passengers at airport checkpoints nationwide…. Read More »