A 16-year-old girl is speaking out after, she says, she was sexually assaulted while traveling alone on a United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark, New Jersey, last month. She and her mother asked us to protect their identities in an interview you will see only on “CBS This Morning.” It was a big trip for the…
Airberlin could be wound up and sold on by the end of September. The airline’s CEO has told German media that two aviation companies are in advanced talks to acquire assets from the business. Lufthansa is already confirmed and sources suggest easyJet is the second.
Scientists have potentially narrowed the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner to three specific locations in the southern Indian Ocean, through new satellite and drift analysis of the 2014 crash released Wednesday. The new analysis is based on French military satellite images gathered on March 23, 2014 — two weeks after Flight 370 mysteriously…
Swiss International Airlines has retired its last Avro RJ100 regional jet. To mark the occasion, the airline flew the 15-year veteran aircraft on a special final flight between Geneva and Zurich. Ship HB-IYZ had the honors of operating the final flight yesterday and was treated to a water fountain salute before being officially taken out of service…
A Turkish aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Budapest on Sunday evening because a passenger had died during the flight, airport operator Budapest Airport said. The lady has boarded the aircraft with medical assistance but she died during the flight. Medical team was only able to confirm her death at Budapest. The flight #TK1619 from…
Blake Henderson accidentally dropped his phone while filming another small plane in mid-flight. The Samsung Galaxy S5 dropped more than 1000 ft before landing in the garden of a man intact, and still filming.
Air Berlin has filed for insolvency proceedings after main shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew its financial support. The Oneworld member submitted the filing in a local Berlin court, though it won’t seek bankruptcy protection for its Niki and Leisure Cargo units, Air Berlin said in a statement. Talks with Lufthansa and other parties regarding disposals are…
A UK man was questioned in Las Vegas after boarding the wrong Eurowings flight. Samuel Jankowsky said airline staff checked his boarding pass 3 seperate times before he boarded the flight. The pass showed London Stansted as the destination. Mr Jankowsky was returning home from a business trip. After waking up from a quick sleep…
Jetstar Australia have announced a rise in the cost of checked-in baggage at the airport. From August 15 domestic passengers that haven’t pre-booked baggage will face a $A10 ($US7.87, €6.67, £6.06) increase to $A60 ($US47.24, €40, £36.38), plus $A15 ($US11.21, €10, £9.10) for every kilogram over 15kgs. Carry-on is still set at maximum 2 items…
Passengers on a recent Southwest Airlines flight across the country took part in a “toilet paper race” to pass the time while in the air. Flight attendants on the flight from Raleigh to Denver, which is slated to be four hours long, decided to pit the passengers against each other mid-flight. The side of the…
Saudia Airlines has warned passengers that it will refuse boarding to anyone it doesn’t consider has dressed appropriately. The airline has issued a strict dress code that says which parts of male and female passengers’ bodies should be covered. The national carrier of Saudi Arabia — a staunchly conservative country that doesn’t allow bare arms…
Officials say three flight attendants became ill on a plane headed to Barbados, causing it to return to a Florida airport. JetBlue flight #B6385 took off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at 1.16pm Eastern Time, but returned just a little less than an hour later when three flight attendants got sick. Officials say the plane…