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Lawmakers Want More Protection For Airline Passengers
After the Southwest debacle over the holidays, some lawmakers are renewing calls for better protection for airline passengers.
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Firearm in Your Carry-On? TSA Increasing Fines After Record Number Found
The Transportation Security Administration is raising the fine for people caught with a firearm in their carry-on bag.
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REAL ID Deadline Extended Again: Here's Why, and How Much Time You've Got Now
The looming REAL ID deadline already delayed twice is getting another major pushback, giving Americans an additional 24 months to become compliant, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. A new date for the requirement for air travelers to have a REAL ID-compliant form of identification will be set for May 7, 2025, officials said. Originally slated for enforcement back…
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Keep Your Frequent Flyer, Loyalty Accounts Safe From Thieves
If you’ve accumulated airline miles or any other loyalty points, you’re going to want to make sure they’re locked down.
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Keep Your Frequent Flyer, Loyalty Accounts Safe From Thieves
If you’ve accumulated airline miles or any other loyalty points, you’re going to want to make sure they’re locked down. Especially after hearing this Texas man’s story. Ron Harris was at work when he got an email that 14,000 of his American Airlines miles were redeemed for an upcoming trip. Problem was, he wasn’t the one who redeemed them....
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Passenger in Custody After Disruption on Southwest Flight
passenger disturbance on a Southwest Airlines flight prompted its diversion to Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday on one of the year’s busiest travel weekends.
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Thinking of Flying For the Holidays This Year? Expect to Pay More for Airfare Than at Any Other Time in Recent Years
It’s not just inflation. There has been no letup in travel demand as the pandemic ebbs.
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FAA Rejects Airline Request to Hire Less-Experienced Pilots
The federal government has turned down a request by a regional airline to hire pilots with half the flying experience generally required. The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s in the public interest to uphold the current standards. Republic Airways petitioned to hire first officers — or co-pilots — with 750 hours of flying time if they completed Republic’s training program....
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Holiday Air Travel Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels for the 1st Time
For the first time since COVID-19 brought air travel to a standstill, the number of people streaming through U.S. airport-security checkpoints over a holiday weekend exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The summer travel season ended on a busy note as more than 8.7 million people passed through security in the last four days, topping the Labor Day weekend of 2019. The Transportation...
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Southwest Airlines Pilot Asks Passengers to Stop AirDropping Nudes
A video of a Southwest Airlines pilot saying he will “pull back” the airplane and return to the gate if passengers do not stop sending nude photos over AirDrop has gone viral.
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New Online Dashboard to Help Flyers on Delays, Cancellations
Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.
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U.S. Airlines Saw Massive Increase in Customer Complaints in the First Half of 2022
New federal data show the number passenger complaints to U.S. carriers more than doubled in the first half of 2022, between January and June, compared with the first half of 2021 — with nearly six-times more complaints about flight problems like cancellations, delays or missed connections. The new crush of complaints came as airlines dramatically increased capacity to meet surging…
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Two Air France Pilots Suspended After Fistfight in the Cockpit
An airline official said two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in June.
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After Summer of Flight Delays and Cancellations, Feds Issue an Ultimatum to Airlines
After a punishing summer for air travelers who have seen delayed and canceled flights, the Department of Transportation is warning airlines that they need to come up with their own improvements for customer service or the agency will proceed with a plan to order a rule change.
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American Airlines Buys 20 Supersonic Planes to Zip Travelers Across the Globe in Half the Time
American Airlines on Tuesday said that it has ordered 20 supersonic planes, aircrafts that can carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft. American has become the third major airline to announce a supersonic order from Boom Aviation in Denver, following in the footsteps of Japan Airlines in 2017 and United Airlines in 2021. “We want to do supersonic as quickly...
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All 3 NYC-Area Airports Experience Hours-Long Delays Due to Staffing Shortage: FAA
Anyone who flew out of JFK, LaGuardia or Newark airports Monday night likely had to deal with some serious delays, thanks to less flights being allowed in the air. The Federal Aviation Administration said that delays of two hours at any of the three major New York City-area airports would be possible Monday evening. The FAA said that the delays…
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Travelers Are Starting to Get a Break From Higher Airfares
Air travelers are finally getting a break on fares.
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Storms Ground US Air Travelers as Airlines Cancel Flights
Thunderstorms on the East Coast are causing travel headaches for tens of thousands of airline passengers.
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Transportation Department Proposes Stricter Rules for Airline Refunds After Complaints Surge
The DOT logged a surge in complaints about airline refunds since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
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A Toxic Culture and ‘Race to the Bottom': Pilots Open Up on Why Air Travel Is in Chaos
Pilots for major airlines described opportunism and a desire to cut costs throughout the industry as worsening the situation travelers are facing today.