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…
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 down to their 2% goal, but it…
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 in high-speed flight from a U.S. Border…
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 pounds of cocaine that she attempted to…
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 flight attendant into a seat, screaming and…
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 of home confinement, and restitution in the…
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 of COVID-19 restrictions forced it to cancel…
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 oversee operations of the International Space Station, commercial…
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 on original schedules, the chief executive of…
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 than 2,700 Memorial Day weekend flights were…
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 to Boston yesterday. Jairaj Singh Dhillon, 42,…
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 Airlines flight attendant. In addition, U.S. District…
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 failed to abide by the state’s meal…
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 was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah…
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 rocket’s back-up systems did not meet expectations.…
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 for a merger transition agreement. Association of…
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. Lozinski previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to…
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 delays, sometimes for hours, at the country’s…
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 contact without consent while on an airplane…
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 company said on Thursday, citing supply chain…
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 Philadelphia to Miami last year has been…
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 and assault by striking and wounding in…
Analysis-Globalised yuan complicates Beijing’s bid to stem capital flight
By Samuel Shen and Alun John SHANGHAI/HONG KONG – This month’s dive in China’s currency has revived memories of past routs but market participants say increased foreign holdings of yuan assets mean…
JetBlue shares fall as airline cuts summer flight schedule
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – JetBlue Airways shares fell 11% on Tuesday after the carrier said it will trim its summer schedule to address a series of challenges ahead of what could…
Virtue Signaling? Why Did Governor Murphy Wear a Face Mask Boarding a Flight This Weekend
NEWARK, NJ – Governor Murphy himself has declared the COVID-19 pandemic emergency over and the federal government mask mandate for air travel has been ended. This weekend Murphy and his wife Tammy…
Former Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly Threatened to Beat Jet Blue Employee over Delayed Vacation Flight
We’ve all been there before and having a flight delayed, even for three hours is frustrating, but few of us threaten to assault the airline worker who is just trying to keep…
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