Like mother, like daughter

Mother and daughter pilots make History at United Airlines. United Captain Brenda Patterson grew up in Denver wanting to be an airline pilot. It proved not be a transitory phase and after completing flight school, she was hired by United in 1990. 33 years later she is an LAX-based captain…and her own daughter, Brooke, has…

A man tried to urinate on a female passenger, upgraded to business class, on an Emirates flight

A woman’s recent flight in Emirates’ business class was ruined after another passenger “looked like he was going to urinate” on her. The anonymous traveller told The Daily Telegraph that a man onboard approached her seat while undoing his trousers. Speaking to Katie Morley, the publication’s ‘consumer champion’, the woman claimed the man repeatedly “drunkenly…

United Airlines pilots picket for higher pay

Pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay. The United Airlines pilots have been working without a raise for more than four years while negotiating with airline management over a new contract. The pilots are unlikely to strike anytime soon,…

Emirates unveils a record $3bn profit

Emirates Group announced a record $3 billion annual profit on Thursday, hailing a “full recovery” for the Dubai-based carrier after last year’s losses due to the pandemic. “We’re proud of our 2022-23 performance which is not only a full recovery but also a record result,” Emirates chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum…

EU court annuls approval of Germany’s Lufthansa bailout

A European court Wednesday annulled the decision by the European Commission to approve Germany’s multi-billion-euro bailout of airline Lufthansa during the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had made “several errors”. Lufthansa, one of Europe’s biggest airline groups, received the cash injection in 2020 when the pandemic brought global air travel to a halt. But it paid…