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US Changes Definition of Service Animals Allowed on Planes
The Department of Transportation issued a new rule Wednesday that when it comes to air travel, only dogs can be considered service animals.
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What to Do if Your Bags are Delayed or Lost by an Airline
Did the airline lose your luggage? Here’s what to do if your bags are delayed or lost.
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How to Avoid Airline Baggage Fees
Planning on checking a bag at the airport? Here’s how to avoid the extra baggage fees.
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Enfield Woman Accidentally Books Bereavement Flight Through Third Party
An Enfield woman spent more than $6,000 to book a flight to see her dying mother. She accidentally booked the flight through a third party travel agency and is warning others after her experience.
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Bradley Encourages Passengers to Check Flights Prior to Snowstorm
Bradley International Airport is encouraging passengers to check their flights before tomorrow’s snowstorm.
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American Airlines Expands Travel Alerts, Adds Waivers
American Airlines says Friday they’re expanding travel alerts and allowing passengers traveling to change flights for no additional fees due to winter storms in the northeast and Midwest.
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Black Eyed Peas Star Accuses Qantas Attendant of Racism
Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician said he was met by police at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an incident with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through...
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Man Accused of Sexual Assault of Female Airline Passenger That Led to Emergency Landing
A man who allegedly groped a female airline passenger, leading to an emergency landing, is facing federal charges for criminal sexual misconduct, NBC News reports. James Clayton Cholewinski-Boyd, 32, who is listed in some court records as Cholewinski-Boy, was charged in connection to an incident on a flight earlier this week from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Salt Lake City, according...
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American, Southwest Airlines Plan to Resume Commercial Flights on 737 Max in March
American and Southwest airlines announced Friday plans to resume commercial flights of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in March 2020.
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Delta Says It's Bringing Sexuality Back to Some Scenes in ‘Booksmart,' ‘Rocketman'
Delta Air Lines said Friday night it would immediately begin showing versions of the films “Booksmart” and “Rocketman” that include scenes covering girls’ sexuality and gay identity. The scenes had previously been omitted from in-flight showings, NBC News reports. The airline was singled out on social media for running edited versions of “Booksmart,” a comedy about high school friends directed...
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JetBlue Apologizes After Fort Lauderdale Airport Employee Dresses as Homeless Person
JetBlue apologized after one of its employees at Fort-Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport dressed up as a homeless person from the Caribbean for Halloween.
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Delta Says It's Bringing Sexuality Back to Some ‘Booksmart,' ‘Rocketman' Scenes
Delta Air Lines said Friday night it would immediately begin showing versions of the films “Booksmart” and “Rocketman” that include scenes covering girls’ sexuality and gay identity. The scenes had previously been omitted from in-flight showings, NBC News reports. The airline was singled out on social media for running edited versions of “Booksmart,” a comedy about high school friends directed...
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Lawsuit: Southwest Pilots Streamed Video From Bathroom Cam
A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a flight attendant alleges pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline’s jets.
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Enfield Woman Shells Out Thousands on Airfare to See Dying Mother
Donna Witkins was caught off guard when she got the call that her mother was dying. She ended up spending more than $6,000 to get to her. She reached out to NBC Connecticut Responds to share her story in hopes that others learn from her experience.
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Woman Spends Thousands to Get To Dying Mother
An Enfield woman spent more than $6,000 to book a flight to Mississippi to see her dying mother, but has been unable to get the airline to help cut the costs.
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American Airlines Jet Bound for Philly Lands in Dublin, Ireland, After Fumes in Cabin
Two crew members and a passenger on an American Airlines plane bound for Philadelphia were treated in a hospital in Dublin on Monday after fumes from spilled cleaning fluid forced an emergency landing.
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Alaska Airlines to Pay $25 Million for Non-Compliant Wage Statements
Alaska Airlines was ordered to pay $25 million to about a thousand of its employees for withholding information on wage statements.
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Woman Without Ticket Boards Delta Air Lines Plane at Florida Airport
The airline apologized in a statement Sunday for the three-hour delay on its Orlando-Atlanta flight as the woman was taken off the plane, and officials screened all passengers again.
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Delta Employee Arrested in $250,000 Heist at JFK Airport, Source Says
A Delta Airlines employee has been arrested in connection with the case of $250,000 in cash that apparently vanished from John F. Kennedy Airport as it was being transferred onto one of the airline’s flights en route to Florida, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells News 4.
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Effort to Bring Home Stranded Thomas Cook Travelers Underway
The British government has flown home the first 14,500 people stranded by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook, and is expected to ramp up the repatriation effort to get all the 150,000 U.K.-based customers home in two weeks. The Civil Aviation Authority said Tuesday the first batch of people were flown back after Thomas Cook ceased all operations Monday,...