FAA plans years-long Newark Airport flight reductions as staffing crisis drags on
Newark, NJ – Travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport could face scaled-back flight schedules for another year as the Federal Aviation Administration moves to extend cuts through October 2026. The proposal, announced…
Canada pushes to make airlines pay passengers for flight disruptions
By Allison Lampert and Ismail Shakil MONTREAL (Reuters) -Airlines will have to compensate passengers for major service disruptions except in limited cases under proposed legislation, Canada’s transport minister said on Monday as…
Chinese households turn to jewellery and gold in flight to safety
By Winni Zhou and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Violet Zhu, a Shanghai-based electronic components exporter, has been attending jewellery auctions and chatting on social media forums on the subject this year,…
Passenger Assists Plane Landing After Pilot Has Medical Emergency During Ohio Bound Flight
Erinn Broadus on March 23, 2023 COLUMBUS, OH – A Southwest plane had to be taken over by a pilot who happened to be riding as a passenger after the pilot had…
Delta to launch flight academy to train more pilots
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc said on Tuesday it would launch a flight academy to train pilots for the airline as the industry struggles with a shortage of aviators. The carrier…
United Airlines passenger tried to stab flight attendant, U.S. prosecutors say
By Nate Raymond and David Shepardson BOSTON (Reuters) – A United Airlines passenger has been arrested after trying to open an emergency exit door during a flight on Sunday from Los Angeles…
American Airlines, flight attendants union seek mediation in contract negotiations
CHICAGO (Reuters) – American Airlines and its flight attendants union on Friday jointly applied for federal mediation in contract negotiations. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents over 23,000 American…
China Hammers US For Surveillance Flight Near Taiwan
China Hammers US For Surveillance Flight Near Taiwan Micaela Burrow on February 27, 2023 China accused the U.S. of deliberately destabilizing the tense security balance in the Taiwan Strait with the flyover…
U.S. agency opens probe into United flight that lost altitude near Hawaii
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday it would investigate a Dec. 18 incident in which United Airlines Flight 777, a Boeing 777 jet, lost…
NYC subway attacker took picture of injured victim, then threw baby stroller down flight of stairs
NEW YORK, NY – A Bronx subway attacker kicked his victim down a flight of stairs, took a picture, then threw a baby stroller down the stairs at the victim before fleeing…
U.S. safety board subpoenas American Airlines flight crew in NYC near miss
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday it had issued subpoenas to the flight crew of an American Airlines plane involved in a near collision…
Investigators may name more suspects in downing of Flight MH17
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – International investigators probing the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine are set to present new findings on Wednesday, including possibly naming additional suspects.…
Cathay Pacific flight attendant union to start work-to-rule industrial action
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union said it will start work-to-rule industrial action from Thursday, amid an ongoing dispute over what it has described as long hours that…
European airlines to invoke EU freedoms to challenge flight bans
By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher DUBLIN (Reuters) – The airline industry plans to invoke EU rights to freedom of movement to push back against environmental restrictions on short-haul flights, officials in…
Acting FAA chief cancels trip to Mexico after flight computer issue
(Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is cancelling a planned trip to Mexico Thursday that was to review progress on Mexico’s plan to recover a coveted air…
Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Flight Attendant and Interfering with Flight Crew
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Miami, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to interfering with a flight crew and assaulting a flight attendant while onboard a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington, D.C.…
Parts shortages impact Kenya Airways, cause flight disruptions
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya Airways is experiencing flight disruptions due to delays in securing aircraft components required for maintenance, the carrier said late on Monday. The airline, which is one of Africa’s biggest,…
Airlines lift China international flight capacity as border opens – Cirium data
By Jamie Freed and Sophie Yu SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – Airlines have boosted January international seat capacity to and from China by 9.5% over the last week as they ramp up flights after…
South Korea’s test flight of solid-propellant space launch vehicle successful – ministry
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea conducted a successful test flight of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle, the country’s defence ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, South Korean media reported multiple citings…
Three dozen injured when flight to Hawaii hits severe turbulence, reports say
(Reuters) – Some three dozen people were injured, 11 of them seriously, on Sunday when a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu was hit by severe turbulence, local media reported. Emergency responders treated…
Pan Am Flight 103 Terrorist Suspect In Custody for 1988 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland
Defendant Arrested by FBI and Brought to US for Court Appearance WASHINGTON, DC – Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi (“Mas’ud”), 71, of Tunisia and Libya,…
Airline passenger with box cutter who caused flight to be diverted has been indicted
ATLANTA – William Allen Liebisch has been charged with interfering with the duties of a flight crew after he brought a box cutter aboard a Fronter Airlines flight and told a fellow…
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 to Boston on Friday, April 8, 2022.…
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 razor to the neck of a woman…
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 in possession of a box cutter, the…
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 of Florida, forcing airports in the region…
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