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An unruly passenger aboard a United Airlines flight to Florida assaulted a flight attendant and then managed to partially open the main cabin door before other passengers, including an off-duty US Marshal, subdued him in a terrifying incident that coul…
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Tech company employee fired after using N-word on plane, company releases statement
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An employee of a US-based tech company was terminated after reportedly using the N-word while traveling and causing a disturbance on a plane that was taxiing down the runway. The drunk passenger was also incorrectly wearing his face mask when approach…
Airport official convicted of taking record $6m in bribes is on the lam
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A former Detroit Airport official is on the lam. James Warner, convicted of taking $6m in bribes and sentenced to 10 years in prison failed to report for his prison sentence is officially considered a fugitive.
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Real Life Snakes On a Plane: Slithering Serpent Spotted Above Passengers During Middle of Flight
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A real case of snakes on a plane occurred recently when passengers onboard an AirAsia flight Kuala Lumpur to Tawau spotted the reptile slithering along a translucent light panel above their heads. As soon as the Captain became aware of the stowaway rou…
United Airlines Infuriates Powerful Flight Attendant Union By Firing Two Union Reps Over Mask Dispute
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United Airlines has taken the “unbelievable” step of firing two key union reps following a string of recent dismissals of veteran crew members, the powerful Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) blasted in a recent update to its members. The union…
Work For Free? Flight Attendants Demand to be Paid For Boarding in New Online Campaign
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An online petition to get airlines to pay flight attendants for boarding has amassed more than 100,000 signatures in a little over a week since it went live. Flight attendants at many U.S.-based airlines are only paid from the moment the aircraft door …
In Pictures: Finnair Unveils Brand New Business Class and Premium Economy Cabins
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After a pandemic induced delay, Helsinki-based Finnair has finally unveiled its eagerly anticipated new long-haul cabin including a brand new lounge-style Business Class seat and the airline’s first foray into the lucrative world of Premium Economy. Th…
Wild plot to steal man’s DNA on plane emerges as man freaks out and threatens to kill everyone
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is easily the wildest travel freakout / unruly passenger story we’ve ever heard a man was arrested after freaking out on a plane because he believed a fellow passenger was trying to steal his DNA via hypodermic needles.
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This is the new Finnair Premium Economy cabin
Written by Traveling For Miles @ BoardingArea
Earlier today I wrote about Finnair revealing an entirely new Business Class cabin but, arguably, the bigger news of the day was that Finnair has also said that it will be fitting a Premium Economy cabin to all of its long-haul aircraft for the first t…
Dirtbag puts his hand up teen flight attendant’s skirt, urinates on a seat, only pays $2800 fine
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In what can only be viewed as a horrific incident a man sexually assaulted an 18-year-old flight attendant by sticking his hand up her skirt and then later urinating on a seat along with other serious misbehavior. His punishment? A paltry $2800 (2500 E…
Alliance-wide upgrades coming to oneworld in 2022…apparently
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We’ve been hearing rumors of alliance-wide upgrades coming to the oneworld alliance since well before the pandemic so the fact that these are being discussed isn’t news. What *is* news is that we’re now expecting to finally see these upgrade options be…
United Airlines announces expanded Cape Town service (Business Class awards available)
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After a long hiatus brought about by the pandemic, United Airlines restarted its route between Newark and Cape Town in December last year with the same 3x/week seasonal service that it used before the travel world closed down. Now and with passenger nu…
Kids running wild on plane and dad who threatened to shoot crewmember force emergency landing
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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport earlier this week after experiencing an in-flight incident from a father who threatened flight crews after refusing to manage his children who were running u…
Finnair unveils its new Business Class Cabin
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Finnair has been teasing this for weeks, but today the teasing ended and the airline finally unveiled its new Business Class cabin, a reworked Economy Class cabin, and announced that it will be introducing a long-haul Premium Economy cabin for the firs…
Should I upgrade my seat to business class, but not my spouse?
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Not if you want to stay happily married as one man recently found out when he did exactly that and upgraded himself to business class for a 15-hour flight…but not his wife. Shockingly, she was not amused.
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Man arrested after threatening to kill officers at Las Vegas Airport, eat their hearts
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Trevor Hopper was arrested at Las Vegas Airport on Sunday after a disturbance on a Southwest Airlines jetbridge where he is accused of threatening to kill officers and even eat one officer’s heart. Hopper, a California native, was charged with violatin…
Sacked Virgin Atlantic Pilot Wins £90,000 Payout Over False Claim He Fell Asleep at the Wheel
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A disgraced Virgin Atlantic pilot who was sacked by the airline for his alleged underperformance during simulator training has won an £89,000 compensation payout for unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal. Captain Mike Lawson had claimed that the a…
Alaska Airlines will expand & upgrade select lounges in Seattle & Portland
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Alaska Airlines has just announced what it’s calling “a significant, multi-million dollar renovation and expansion of [its] most popular Lounges” which will see select lounges in Seattle and Portland get a short-term makeover before, longer-term, they’…
Man Arrested On Suspicion of Raping Seat Mate in Business Class of United Airlines Flight to London
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A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female passenger in the Business Class cabin of a United Airlines flight from Newark (EWR) to London Heathrow (LHR). The alleged serious sexual assault occurred during an overnight flight on …
Cathay Pacific’s Aircrew Will Now Be Electronically Tagged When They Return to Hong Kong
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Some of Cathay Pacific’s aircrew will be electronically tagged when they return to their home base in Hong Kong in yet another Orwellian twist of the territory’s dramatic pandemic response. Local officials are under increasing pressure to bring Hong Ko…