Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Lewd Behavior on a Flight from Newark to Boston
BOSTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to performing a lewd act aboard an aircraft in flight from Newark …
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Man holds razor blade to woman’s neck, forcing her to pause movie on flight from JFK Airport
NEW YORK, NY – The flight from New York City to Utah was anything but the friendly skies when a male passenger held a straight …
Frontier flight diverted to Atlanta after passenger found with box cutter
(Reuters) – A Frontier Airlines flight heading to Florida was diverted to the city of Atlanta after a passenger on board the aircraft was observed …
Tropical Storm Nicole causes U.S. flight cancellations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,350 flights on Thursday as Tropical Storm Nicole made landfall on the east coast …
North Carolina Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Punching Passenger on Commercial Flight to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Charlotte, North Carolina man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to federal prison today for punching a fellow passenger in the face on a …
Judge Rules DeSantis Must Turn Over Migrant Flight Records
Judge Rules DeSantis Must Turn Over Migrant Flight Records Jennie Taer on October 26, 2022 A judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
FAA ends COVID minimum international flight waiver at NY, DC airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is ending temporary waivers of minimum international flight requirements at some major U.S. …
Pentagon successfully flight tests hypersonic weapon components
By Mike Stone WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy and Army blasted off a rocket from a seaside launch pad in Virginia to …
Hot Chikn Kitchn Takes Flight, Taps Dave Wood To Lead Rapid Growth Plans
Sarasota, FL (-) Hot Chikn Kitchn, the fast casual restaurant brand that serves up Nashville-style food that’s kicked up with their signature premium sauces, is …
Woman goes off deep end on flight to NYC after being asked to put her dog in carrier
A woman lashed out at flight attendants, passengers and airline security after she asked to leave a plane because she had a dog sitting on …
National Guard fighter squadron to conduct flight training over Atlantic County this weekend
Atlantic City, NJ – The 177th Fighter Squadron, an Air National Guard unit, will be conducting flight training from Thursday through Saturday over the Skies …
Brazil’s Azul aims to increase flight routes by 30% in 2023, CEO says
By Aluisio Alves SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian airline Azul expects to expand its routes by 30% next year, with plans to add new slots …
U.S. set to finalize new flight attendant rest time rules -sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set as early as Tuesday to require that airline flight attendants receive at …
18-Year-Old Man Charged with High-Speed Flight from an Immigration Checkpoint
TUCSON, Ariz. – Oblin Jeremias Redondo-Lopez, 18, of Honduras, was arrested September 20, 2022, and charged by criminal complaint with High-Speed Flight from an Immigration …
Cathay Pacific to increase flight frequencies after Hong Kong eases quarantine restrictions
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd on Friday said it plans to add more than 200 pairs of passenger flights in October to …
U.S. flight cancellations fell in July but complaints remained high
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. passenger airline flight cancellations in July fell to 1.8% from 3.1% in June, although air travel service complaints …
Las Vegas Man Indicted For Carjacking And Firearm Offenses After Shooting At Police And A Civilian During Flight
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man made his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach for two carjackings involving separate victims. The …
New York Woman Sentenced to Prison for Interfering with a Flight Crew
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Kelly Pichardo, 32, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to four months …
Flight searches to London from U.S. surge after Queen Elizabeth’s death
(Reuters) – Travel startup Hopper said on Friday it had noticed a surge in flight searches to London from the United States following the death …
Air Canada expects flight, baggage delays to subside this year
(Reuters) – Air Canada said on Wednesday it was expecting flight and baggage delays to subside through the rest of this year and next as …
MIX: Southwest Flight Attendant Was Fired Amid Union Calls For ‘Targeted Assassinations’
MIX: Southwest Flight Attendant Was Fired Amid Union Calls For ‘Targeted Assassinations’ Mark Mix on September 5, 2022 Charlene Carter was fired from her job …
Woman’s Nearly Three Year Flight on Murder Charges Ends With CBP Arrest At El Paso Port
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Paso Del Norte border crossing apprehended a woman with an outstanding warrant for murder …
Philadelphia CBP Discovers $1.3 Million Cocaine Load on a Flight that arrived from the Dominican Republic
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a cocaine load, with a street value of about $1.3 million, hidden in the technical space …
U.S. flight cancellations, delays this year surpass 2019 levels – data
By Nathan Gomes (Reuters) – Flight cancellations and delays by U.S. airlines in the first seven months of the year have surpassed the comparable 2019 …
Worst flight chaos over, Lufthansa board member tells Funke media
BERLIN – The worst is over for German airline Lufthansa after staff shortages caused flight chaos over the summer, but levels of sick leave remain …
New York man whose behavior caused flight to be diverted to St. Louis sentenced to 40 days in jail, $8,000 in restitution
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a New York man to 40 days in jail for causing a Las …
Canadian Citizen Charged With Interference With Flight Crew
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sebastian Bien-Aine, age 20, a citizen of Toronto, Canada, was …
Senator Connors Takes Flight in Joint Base Tanker
From the Desk of NJ State Senator Christopher Connors LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – Senator Christopher Connors participated in an orientation flight on a KC-135R Stratotanker …
Two Airline Passengers Indicted For Interfering With Crew And Attendant On Flight To New Delhi
SAN FRANCISCO – An indictment unsealed in federal court today charges David Singh Bhinder and Nitesh Babbar with interfering with a flight crew member and …
Fed ‘united’ in inflation flight, ‘don’t know’ if recession will follow -Kashkari
(Reuters) – Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said he and his fellow U.S. central bankers are “totally united” on getting too-high inflation back …
Dutch National Sentenced for Malbis Chevron Robbery and High-Speed Flight from Border Patrol Agents in Texas
MOBILE, AL – A Dutch national was sentenced to 27 months in prison for robbing a gas station in Daphne in March 2020 and engaging …
Jamaican Man Who Supplied Flight Attendant with 60 Pounds of Cocaine to Smuggle at LAX Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES – A Jamaican national was sentenced today to 165 months in federal prison for supplying a JetBlue flight attendant with nearly 60 …
Airplane passenger removed from cross-country flight diverted to Billings admits interfering with flight crew
BILLINGS — A Washington airline passenger today admitted allegations that he interfered with a flight crew by jumping on a beverage cart and pushing a …
Northern Nevada Man Sentenced For Assaulting A Passenger And Interfering With Flight Crew Onboard An Aircraft En Route To Las Vegas
RENO, Nev. – A Gardnerville, Nev., resident was sentenced Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to five years of probation, six months …
Lufthansa expects flight operations to return to normal in 2023 – Welt
BERLIN – Lufthansa does not expect its global airline operations to return to normal until 2023 after staff shortages and booming demand amid the lifting …
NASA Introduces 2022 Class of Flight Directors
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 — Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA has selected seven new additions to the team of flight directors to …
Airport service providers could sue over flight caps, says Swissport boss
By Alexander Cornwell DOHA – Airports capping flight numbers this summer could face legal challenges from service providers to recoup costs after recruiting workers based …
U.S. senators press U.S. airlines, USDOT on flight cancellations
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators on Thursday urged airlines and regulators to take steps to reduce flight cancellations and delays after more …
California Man Arrested for Abusive Sexual Contact on a Flight from Los Angeles to Boston
BOSTON – A California man has been arrested for allegedly engaging in abusive sexual contact with two women aboard a redeye flight from Los Angeles …
Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Custody for Interfering with Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant
SAN DIEGO – Vyvianna M. Quinonez of Sacramento was sentenced in federal court today to 15 months in federal custody for interfering with a Southwest …
U.S. backs flight attendants in California labor law fight
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The Biden administration to a group of California-based flight attendants who won a lower court ruling that found Virgin America …
Texas Man Guilty of Lewd Acts on Flight from Seattle to Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Antonio Sherrodd McGarity, 34, of Arlington, Texas, pleaded guilty last week to Lewd, Indecent, or Obscene Acts While on an Aircraft and …
Bezos’ Blue Origin delays 5th crewed flight
(Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture Blue Origin delayed its fifth crewed launch that was scheduled for Friday as one of the New Shepard …
Flight attendants union backs Frontier-Spirit tie-up
WASHINGTON – A union representing flight attendants at Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines said it would back a proposed merger after it reached a deal …
Tucson Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Alien Smuggling Involving Flight from Law Enforcement
TUCSON, Ariz. – Andrew Ryan Lozinski, 30, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 30 months in prison. …
Canadian flight attendants demand ground pay, citing airport delays
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL – Canadian flight attendants are demanding pay for time on the ground as well as in-flight, as they have recently endured …
Fayetteville Man Sentenced for Sexual Assault Aboard Flight
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Fayetteville man was sentenced yesterday to 10 months in prison, 5 years’ supervised release, and a $2,000 fine for sexual …
Virgin Galactic delays launch of commercial space flight service
(Reuters) – Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc will delay the launch of its commercial space flight service to the first quarter of 2023, the space tourism …
Ohio man who assaulted flight attendants gets 60-day prison sentence
(Reuters) – An Ohio man who was restrained in his seat with tape after groping and assaulting flight attendants during a Frontier Airlines flight from …
Fairfax Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Charges Of Interfering And Assaulting Flight Attendant
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Last week, Kameron C. Stone, 30, of Fairfax, Virginia, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for interfering with flight crew …