1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (485+ words) An Alaska Airlines flight was put into lockdown at Miami International Airport (MIA) on Sunday evening after an unruly passenger allegedly made a threat to ‘takeover’ the aircraft shortly after the Boeing 737 had pushed back from the gate. Alaska flight…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (533+ words) What should have been the end of a happy weekend celebrating a friend’s wedding in Arizona turned into a living nightmare when Patience Gore, a Zimbabwian national, was detained by three undercover ICE agents at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (429+ words) An ex-flight attendant has pleaded guilty to defrauding three major U.S. airlines by using a fake pilot’s ID badge to obtain hundreds of free flights through so-called ‘non-rev’ privileges, in which airlines provide free or deeply discounted tickets to employees of…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (581+ words) The Trump administration is delaying a federal mandate that will require airlines to train flight attendants in basic provisions for wheelchair users and other vulnerable people who have difficulty walking, such as practical training on how to use special aircraft…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (514+ words) What do you do when your Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner has been broken for nearly two weeks, and you need a spare part that is currently only in stock from a single facility on the other side of the world? Well, you…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (446+ words) United Airlines is finally able to start unlocking the sliding privacy doors on its new Polaris suites, which are currently exclusively available on the carrier’s brand new fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners with the so-called ‘United Elevated’ interior. The Chicago-based airline…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (551+ words) A professional singer, actress, and wellness educator is suing Singapore Airlines after she nearly swallowed a 1.5-inch splinter from a wooden skewer used to eat the carrier’s iconic Business Class chicken satay. Briohny Smyth from Los Angeles says she has…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (512+ words) More than 4,000 flight attendants at Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, are returning to work after their union reached a tentative agreement with the Calgary-based carrier to end a historic strike in a dispute over ‘working for free.’ Mainline flight attendants at…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (493+ words) JetBlue is making changes to the announcements that pilots make to flight attendants before departure in an attempt to prevent crew members from accidentally activating the emergency slide following a reported marked increase in the number of ‘blown slides’ in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (679+ words) Southwest Airlines will begin boarding many of its planes earlier than ever before as the Dallas-based carrier battles to cut down delays caused by the increasing amount of hand luggage that passengers are bringing on board with them. From August…...