A Texas airline agent was suspended Friday after being caught in a wild viral video trading blows with a woman who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him. The unidentified Spirit Airlines representative was seen at the start of the 90-second clip squaring up to the female passenger at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). “You…
Two people died Saturday after a small plane tried an emergency landing on a city street in Illinois. The pilot of the single-engine aircraft attempted to touch down on route 116 in Hanna City. Witnesses say the plane made a sputtering sound as it clipped several buildings in attempting to land on the street. A…
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant sustained a compound fracture to a vertebra during a hard landing in California last month. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the impact of the landing was so hard that the flight attendant thought the plane had crashed. She felt pain in her back and neck and was unable…
A British mother of two died unexpectedly on a long-haul flight after falling into a “breathless sleep” midair on a journey from Hong Kong to the UK, a family friend said. Helen Rhodes was found unresponsive in her seat on August 5 a few hours after she, her children, and her husband took off. Her…
Senior executives at Qantas are being asked to trade their high-profile positions to work as ground handlers as part of a plan to combat labour shortages. The embattled airline’s chief operating officer, Colin Hughes, told staff in an internal memo that Qantas is seeking expressions of interest for a contingency program over a three-month period.…
FAA pushes safety regulation to protect flight deck as unruly passenger rates remain high. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday said it is proposing a new requirement that would protect the flight deck by adding a second barrier as unruly passengers continue to make headlines. The mandate would require planes used in commercial flights…
Elon Musk said Thursday that he’s not building a private airport outside of Austin, Texas. Local Austin news site Austonia reported last week that the Tesla and SpaceX executive was planning on building a new airfield in Bastrop outside of the city, in close proximity to his newly-purchased Boring Company property as well as the…
On July 23, 2022 Holly and Keely Petitt piloted their first Southwest flight together, on flight WN3658 from Denver, where the two are from, to St. Louis, making history for Southwest Airlines. “It’s been a dream come true,” said Holly, “First, I found this career and fell in love with it, and then that one…
A plane has crashed into a ditch after overshooting the runway at Cotswold Airport and three people have been taken to hospital. A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: “Shortly after 10.30am today (August 4) we responded to reports of a light aircraft which appeared to have overshot the runway at Cotswold Airport, ending up in a…
South Korea’s Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines are cancelling flights to Taiwan for one or two days because of Chinese military exercises in the area. Korean Air canceled flights between Incheon and Taiwan on Friday and Saturday, while Asiana Airlines canceled Friday’s direct flight to Taiwan and will monitor the situation, news agency News1…
British Airways is poised to pause sales of long-haul flights to destinations such as New York as the airline battles disruption at Heathrow. British Airways is set to suspend sales of long-haul flights from Heathrow amid the on-going disruption at the UK’s largest airport. The move would follow the carrier suspending ticket sales for short-haul…
Some airlines are being forced to ground flights due to a shortage of spare parts for planes, The Wall Street Journal reported. Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, is one carrier grappling with parts shortages, the report said, and is having to source components such as cabin panels from other parts of the world. Qatar Airways is…