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The right landing gear of a Boeing 737 operated by Sun Country Airlines collapsed on landing at Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport early on Sunday morning. All 50 passengers and six crew members were unharmed after the plane came to a sudden ha…
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Norse Atlantic Sets Up First Flight Attendant Base in Florida, Tickets Go On Sale in Late March
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Low-cost long-haul airline Norse Atlantic will establish its first flight attendant base in Florida rather than in its home base of Oslo, Norway as it readies plans to open ticket sales by the end of March. The first pilots base will remain in Oslo and…
British Airways Will Let Nonrev Staff Passengers Take Amenity Kits and Use Premium Lounges
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British Airways is letting non-revenue staff passengers take onboard amenity kits and pyjamas as part of a series of improvements to help boost morale. Staff passengers, who typically get at least a 90% discount on the usual ticket price, were previous…
Dangerous Laser Strikes On U.S. Airplanes More Than Double Since 2019, Reach New Record
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There was a 58% increase in dangerous laser strike incidents on pilots in the United States in the last two years to a new record high of 9,723 laser strikes in 2021. New generation lasers have the ability to completely incapacitate an airline pilot wh…
Southwest is Finally Bringing Back Onboard Booze Despite Flight Attendant Objections
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After almost two years, Southwest Airlines is finally bringing back alcoholic beverages to its inflight service, the airline’s head of customer experience said on Thursday in a surprise announcement. Only last week, the Dallas-based carrier claimed tha…
Qantas Boss Says Western Australia is Like “North Korea” After Pandemic Border Reopening is Delayed Indefinitely
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Qantas boss Alan Joyce has slammed Western Australia’s decision to indefinitely delay its hard border reopening plan likening the isolated state to North Korea. Last week, WA Premier Mark McGowan performed an about flip and suddenly cancelled plans to …
Judge Throws Out Attempt By Hawaiian Airlines Employees to Block Vaccine Mandate
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A U.S. judge had dismissed a case brought by seven Hawaiian Airlines employees who are attempting to challenge the carrier’s vaccination mandate. All seven had attempted to claim a religious exemption from vaccination but Hawaiian Airlines told them th…
Ryanair Loses Case at Court of Appeal Over Pilot Strike Compensation Payouts
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Ryanair has lost its latest appeal against an order from Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that the airline was liable for paying compensation to customers who were affected by a strike by pilots in 2018. The budget carrier could still appeal th…
Airlines Urge Biden Administration to Drop Pre-Departure Testing Rules For International Travel
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Airlines and a slew of travel industry groups urged the Biden administration to ‘urgently’ drop pre-departure COVID-19 test requirements for passengers traveling to the United States. The group pressed the White House to follow the lead of England whic…
Britain’s Aviation Regulator Probed Hong Kong’s Pandemic Quarantine Rules After Direct Appeal From British Airways
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Britain’s aviation regulator launched an internal probe into Hong Kong’s pandemic quarantine rules after pilots and cabin crew at British Airways were imprisoned in a notorious government-run quarantine facility on several occasions, new documents obta…
Britain’s Aviation Regulator Probed Hong Kong’s Pandemic Quarantine Rules After Direct Appeal From British Airways
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Britain’s aviation regulator launched an internal probe into Hong Kong’s pandemic quarantine rules after pilots and cabin crew at British Airways were imprisoned in a notorious government-run quarantine facility on several occasions, new documents obta…
Swiss Airline Recruiting Flight Attendants Because So Many Left When it Introduced a Mandatory Vaccination Policy
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Swiss International Air Lines has started to recruit new flight attendants despite the continuing “financial impact” of the pandemic on its business because so many crew members left the airline when it introduced a mandatory COVID-19vaccination policy…
Kenya Airways Won’t Transport Lab Monkeys After Pennslyvania Road Crash
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Kenya Airways won’t renew a contract with a monkey breeding farm in Mauritius after 100 long-tailed macaque monkeys transported by the airline from the Indian Ocean island to the United States were involved in a road crash in Pennsylvania. Four of the …
Ethiopian Airlines Employees Hid in Roof Space of Passenger Plane in Daring Escape to the United States
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Two Ethiopian Airlines maintenance technicians hid in a ceiling void above the passenger cabin of a commercial plane in order to flee Ethiopia and claim asylum in the United States, a spokesperson for the US Customs and Border Protection has confirmed….
Boeing is the Winner in Dispute Between Qatar Airways and Rival Airbus as Multi-Billion-Dollar Jet Order is Announced
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In the increasingly messy legal tussle between Qatar Airways and European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, there was bound to be only one real winner, Boeing. And just like that, the U.S. aerospace giant secured a multi-billion-dollar deal with Doha-based…
The United States Warns Americans to Reconsider Travel to Dubai Over Missle Threat After THIRD Attack is Thwarted
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American citizens have been told to reconsider their travel plans to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as the rest of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the ‘ongoing’ and ‘serious’ threat of missile or drone attacks by Houthi terrorist militias. The warn…
JetBlue Suffers Meltdown at JFK With Arriving Passengers Stuck On Planes For Hours
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JetBlue suffered a major meltdown at New York JFK airport on Sunday evening as it struggled to recover from the nor’easter snowstorm that slammed the east coast over the weekend. Hundreds of passengers were left sitting on planes on the tarmac for hour…
Woman Gives Birth at 30,000 Feet On United Airlines Flight to Washington DC
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A woman went into labor at 30,000 feet with just two hours left of an 11-hour flight from Accra, Ghana to Wahington DC aboard a United Airlines operated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Luckily, the woman couldn’t have been in better hands. Along with a U.S.-bas…
No Socialising Please: Virgin Atlantic Bars Cabin Crew and Pilots From Mixing Over Omicron Fears
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Virgin Atlantic has barred its own cabin crew and pilots from socialising during work trips to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 amongst aircrew while they are on an international layover. The policy has been in place since late December when th…
Influencer Says He’ll Sue Sunwing Airlines After Notorious Party Fight Left Him and Friends Grounded
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A Canadian influencer says he will sue a low-cost airline that abandoned him and his friends in Mexico after a raucous and now notorious flight that could see some of those involved hauled before the courts for breaching aviation safety rules and pande…