Southwest Airlines is dropping nearly 20 nonstop routes in January to free up planes for flights with stronger demand. Airlines routinely eliminate flights with weaker-than-expected performance but don’t trumpet the cutbacks like they do new flights. Southwest’s flight cuts were part of its latest schedule extension. Effective Jan. 6, Southwest will eliminate nonstop flights between…
The FAA’s Flight Standardization Board (FSB), which sets the requirements for pilot training in the US, is preparing to make new recommendations in September for exactly what is needed before the aircraft returns to service, the Seattle Times reports. The FAA and other international civil aviation regulators must approve the updated system before the 737…
The Federal Court ordered Air Canada to pay more than $15,000 ($21,000 CAD) and send formal apology letters to a French-speaking couple in Ottawa for repeated language equality violations. The lawsuit concerned more than 22 complaints that Michel and Lynda Thibodeau filed against the airline in 2016. The couple complained the word “lift” was engraved…
Customs Officials at Cayenne Airport in French Guiana, caught a Polish man who was trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage on August 25. The man reportedly attempted to carry a bag containing 38 adults and some 50 spiderlings, as well as dozens of egg-filled cocoons through the airport at Cayenne. He…
British Airways has told its passengers not to turn up at airports as the biggest strike action in the airline’s 100 year history begins on Monday. More than 1,500 flights have been cancelled as the company was accused of bullying its own staff by union bosses, who warned they could continue the action until the…
The officials consider a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks before take-off. As a precaution, dozens of flight attendants who were on three Cathay flights with empty oxygen tanks were suspended. To prevent similar incidents, Cathay introduces a new security policy called “In-flight Cabin Monitoring Program”. According…
A cargo door of the new Boeing 777X ‘flew off’ the fuselage in Boeing hangar during a test yesterday. The incident happened during “high blow” test, a standard procedure required ahead of first flights. UPDATE Boeing announced it had suspended load testing of its new widebody 777X aircraft following the incident. The fuselage was pressurized…
A female US national has been charged with human trafficking and kidnapping after she was caught at the international airport in the Philippine capital of Manila with a six-day-old baby hidden inside a bag. Jennifer Talbot, 43, allegedly attempted to bring the infant out of the country without proper travel documents, hiding the baby inside…
Norwegian Air Shuttle is once again facing a make-or-break financial moment. The low-cost airline’s major cash shortage has it looking to bondholders to bail it out of dangerous financial waters. Industry experts say Norwegian’s future likely hangs in the balance. In an effort to scrape together more cash before its slower winter season, the budget…
France’s second-largest airline Aigle Azur, which went into receivership this week, plans to cancel all flights starting Friday night as it seeks a takeover bid to save the company, according to an internal document seen by AFP on Thursday. Aigle Azur had warned earlier that some flights would be halted and all ticket sales suspended…
The Singapore Police Force has issued a warning to residents not to “misuse” their boarding passes after a man was arrested for buying a ticket in order to walk his wife to the gate. The misuse of boarding passes is an offense in Singapore, where transit areas are considered “protected places.” Anyone accessing the gate-side…
On Wednesday, the final MD-80 passenger flight, American Flight 80, flew from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for the last time bound for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The airline retired the remaining 26 planes of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico. By 2003 American Airlines, the first to introduce the aircraft to its…