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You may never have wondered this question but how flight attendants go about disposing of unwanted coffee is causing quite a debate at United Airlines and it’s for a pretty disgusting reason that involves human faecal matter. Unlike in a domestic kitch…
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Qatar Airways Secures First Win in Dispute With Planemaker Airbus
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A British judge has ordered French planemaker Airbus to delay the cancellation of a multi-billion-dollar order for 50 A321neo aircraft with Doha-based Qatar Airways. Airbus has revoked the $6 billion order in an ongoing and bitter dispute with Qatar Ai…
Airbus Still Wants to Patch Up Broken Relationship With Qatar Airways in Bitter Paint Dispute
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Aircraft manufacturer Airbus still wants to patch up its broken relationship with Qatar Airways even as the two sides gear up for a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit in London’s High Court. Speaking at the Singapore Air Show on Thursday, Airbus chief execut…
Airbus Still Wants to Patch Up Broken Relationship With Qatar Airways in Bitter Paint Dispute
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Aircraft manufacturer Airbus still wants to patch up its broken relationship with Qatar Airways even as the two sides gear up for a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit in London’s High Court. Speaking at the Singapore Air Show on Thursday, Airbus chief execut…
Emirates Flight to Washington Flew Low and Fast Over Dubai and Cockpit Voice Recorder Has Been ‘Overwritten’
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An Emirates operated Boeing 777-300 with 374 passengers and crew onboard flew low and fast over a densely populated and high-rise area of Dubai before eventually gaining altitude only after it was over the Arabian Gulf, accident investigators have admi…
Texas Attorney General Sues Biden Administration in Bid to End Airline Face Mask Mandate
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Biden administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an attempt to upend the national face mask mandate for public transportation including on ai…
Federal Judge Orders American Airlines and Southwest to Let Autistic Boy Travel Without a Face Mask
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A federal judge has ordered American Airlines and Southwest to let a four-year-old boy who suffers from Autism travel without a face mask after both carriers denied the child and his father a medical exemption. The order by U.S. District Judge Patti Sa…
Alaska Airlines Enters the Subscription Economy With Annual Flight Pass for Californian Travelers
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Alaska Airlines is the first-ever U.S.-based carrier to enter the subscription economy with the launch of a new ‘Flight Pass’ subscription service with prices starting from $49 per month for six flights across California. From meal kits to shavers and …
El Al Israel Airlines Will Run Inflight Prayer Sessions On Long-Haul Flights to the United States
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El Al Israel Airlines plans to run organized inflight prayer sessions in the rear galley on long-haul flights to the United States. The concept is being trialled in an effort to prevent Orthodox Jewish passengers from blocking the aisles and disrupting…
Darwin Will Remain the Home of Qantas’ Direct Flights to London Until at Least June
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Qantas will continue to operate its double daily flights from Australia to London via Darwin until at least June after the Northern Territory government offered the airline additional funding to create a new regional base in the city. The direct flight…
British Airways Cabin Crew Will Get an Inflation Busting 15% Pay Rise as Airline Looks Towards Recovery
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British Airways cabin crew are set to win a bumper pay rise of between 10 and 15 per cent as the airline looks to repair fractured employee relations after being branded a “national disgrace” following its treatment of workers through the pandemic. The…
Hong Kong Government is Suing its Home Grown Airline Over its Worst COVID-19 Outbreak to Date
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Hong Kong’s Department of Justice is planning to file a lawsuit against Cathay Pacific Airways, the territory’s homegrown airline and de facto flag carrier, blaming it for the Chinese territory’s worst COVID-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic,…
Air India Cabin Crew Have Been Banned From Airport Duty Free Shops Because it’s Holding Up Flights
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Air India cabin crew have been ordered to steer clear of airport Duty Free shops because they are spending so much time shopping that they are delaying flight departures. The order comes just a couple of weeks after Indian conglomerate Tata Sons took A…
British Airways Flight Attendant Found Dead On Streets of Johannesburg During Work Layover
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A British Airways cabin crew member was found dead on the streets of Johannesburg during a recent work layover, several local media outlets reported on Sunday. Robert Gay, 52, was a veteran flight attendant for the Heathrow-based airline and mystery su…
Singapore Airlines Reopens Flight Attendant Recruitment After Two Year Pandemic Hiatus
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Singapore Airlines has reopened cabin crew recruitment for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The airline has seen a surge in demand after Singapore’s government opened a series of so-called ‘vaccinated travel lanes’ for fully vaccinated t…
Insurance Companies Withdraw Coverage From Airlines Flying Through Ukraine Airspace Over ‘Imminent’ Invasion Threat
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Leading aviation insurance companies have told airlines to cease all flights through Ukrainian airspace over fears that Russia plans to “imminently” invade Ukraine. The news was first revealed by Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp which confirmed that it…
Watch: Crazy Fight Breaks Out On 8 Hour Flight to South America Leaving Flight Attendant Injured
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A flight attendant was injured and three people were arrested after a violent fight broke out during an eight-hour flight from Paris Orly airport in France to French Guiana in South America. Videos of the prolonged altercation have since gone viral on …
British Airways Boots Lawyer Family From Flight When Nanny is Refused a Seat in Business Class
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British Airways kicked a family off a flight to Turin last week when a row erupted over the children’s nanny being downgraded from Business to Economy Class. Cabin crew allegedly refused to let the nanny sit with the young children in a spare seat in B…
United Airlines and The Flight Attendant Union Go to Court Over Crew Member Sackings
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United Airlines and the flight attendant union have become embroiled in an increasingly hostile war of words over the Chicago-based carrier’s decision to sack two veteran crew members who were also reps for the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA…
Italy Officially Starts Process of Selling ITA Airways But Will Retain a Minority Stake
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The Italian government has officially launched the process of finding a new majority owner of Alitalia successor ITA Airways. The government created ITA Airways after failing to sell debt-laden Alitalia and currently holds a 100% stake in the fledgling…