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Ryanair Will Implement Pay Freezes and Increase Use of AI to Offset Fuel Cost Surge
Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Ryanair, warned passengers on Monday that they should expect “materially” higher airfares next year unless there is a “swift resolution” to the conflict in the Middle East, which has caused the price of oil to surge since March. Despite the…
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Delta Air Passenger Left Feeling ‘Incredibly Unsafe’ After Flight Attendant Takes Photo Of Her Sleeping
A Delta Air Lines passenger has recounted the moment when a male flight attendant told her that he had taken a photo of her sleeping during a recent flight and then said he would post it on Facebook. The passenger, rather understandably, says she was left feeling “incredibly…
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Lufthansa Crew Member Electrocuted to Death in Luxury Hotel Swimming Pool During Layover in India
A crew member for the German flag carrier Lufthansa has been identified as one of two victims who were electrocuted to death in the swimming pool of a luxury five-star hotel in the Indian city of Bengaluru on Friday evening. The tragic incident occurred in the third-floor…
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Major Software Provider That Manages Bookings For Hundreds of International Airlines Had a Data Breach For THREE Years
Cathay Pacific is one of a growing number of major international airlines to have fallen victim to a data breach that occurred in a software system provided by a third-party vendor that supplies a whole host of services, including flight sales, booking management, check-in,…
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Qatar Airways Will Let Male Cabin Crew Have Beards For the First Time in the Airline’s History
Mega-carriers in the Middle East such as Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways are known for their incredibly strict uniform and grooming standards. When a group of cabin crew from one of these airlines walks through an airport terminal, heads turn as passengers and flight…
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Airlines Say the CDC’s New Ebola Attestation Requirement For International Travelers Is Disproportionate And Unworkable
The airline industry is up in arms over a new requirement for all international travelers heading to the United States by plane to complete an attestation certifying that they have not been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past 21 days due to rising concerns about…
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Southwest Airlines Hired a Flight Attendant Who Had a Warrant Out For His Arrest For Elder Fraud
Southwest Airlines hired an ex-Spirit flight attendant who had a warrant out for his arrest for elder fraud. Just weeks after completing his training and returning to his skies as a crew member for Southwest, the suspect has been arrested after he handed himself in to the…
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Qatar Airways Is Finally Considering Premium Economy, a U-Turn on Akbar Al Baker’s Claim That Its Economy Was Already Just As Good
Qatar Airways is said to be finally examining the introduction of Premium Economy, although no final decision has yet been made, with the airline’s chief executive Hamad Ali Al-Khater telling Australian publication Executive Traveller that “it’s something that we’re seriously…
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Taiwan’s Two Biggest Airlines Resumed Flights Through Russian Airspace And The Reason Could Be Linked to the ‘One China’ Policy
Over the weekend, Taiwan’s two biggest international airlines resumed flights through Russian airspace for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The decision caught passengers off-guard, but it now seems like we have a reason for the sudden change: The…
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SkyTeam Slams Heathrow For Leaving Its 14 Airlines Scattered Across Three Terminals
The SkyTeam airline alliance has hit out at Heathrow Airport over a controversial decision to split its member carriers across three separate terminals, claiming the fragmentation puts its members “at a competitive disadvantage.” The strongly worded statement from the airline…
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Delta Air Passenger Claims Flight Attendant Didn’t Let Him Take Multiple Free Snacks in ‘Racially Charged’ Incident That Has Gone Viral
A Delta Air Lines frequent flyer with Platinum Medallion status says he was disrespected by a flight attendant who objected to him taking multiple bags of pistachios and a bag of gummy bears from the complimentary snack basket during a recent flight to Aruba. Playwright Craig…
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American Airlines Flight Attendant Used Her Free Travel Benefits to Defraud Elderly Woman in Sweepstakes Scam
An American Airlines flight attendant has been arrested on charges of defrauding an elderly woman from Palm Coast out of thousands of dollars of life savings in a sweepstakes scam. Investigators allege the flight attendant even used her free travel benefits to fly to the…
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UK Government Issues New Warning For Tourists Heading to Dubai: ‘Risk of Sudden Escalation is High’
The British government has issued a new travel warning for tourists thinking of heading to Dubai this winter, with the latest advice cautioning that the situation in the Middle East “remains deeply unpredictable and the risk of sudden escalation is high.” The warning, issued on…
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Alaska Airlines is Planning a Butt-Numbing Eight-Hour Transpacific Flight On a Boeing 737 MAX from Anchorage to Tokyo
Alaska Airlines has announced a new and surprising route that will see the carrier fly nonstop between Anchorage and Tokyo Narita aboard a narrowbody Boeing 737 MAX 8. The route is the second-longest by distance operated by Alaska Airlines on its 737 fleet but the longest on…
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Allergy-Suffering Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Sues Over Being Made to Work Flights With Pet Cats and Dogs
A long-serving Southwest Airlines flight attendant is suing the Dallas-based carrier for disability discrimination because, she claims, the airline refused to make accommodations for her serious allergy to pet dander, which can make her “violently ill” when passengers travel…
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Heathrow Upsets Virgin Atlantic With Plan to Force Delta Air Lines to Move Terminals in Once-in-a-Decade Reorganization
The owners of London Heathrow Airport (LHR) have enraged Virgin Atlantic over plans to force its joint venture partner, Delta Air Lines, to move out of its current terminal, which it shares with Virgin Atlantic, to a completely separate terminal more than a mile away. Heathrow…
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‘Doors to Disarmed and Cross Check’: American Airlines’ Most Senior Flight Attendant Works Her Final Flight After 63 Years
After more than 63 years in the business, American Airlines flight attendant Carol Fall is finally hanging up her wings for good after her last working flight from London Heathrow to Charlotte Douglas International Airport touched down at around 4:23 pm on Monday. It was…
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Etihad Has Just Launched Non-Stop Flights From Abu Dhabi to Calgary… It Seems Bizarre, But There’s a Good Reason For It
Etihad Airways has just launched a new non-stop service between its home in Abu Dhabi and Calgary, Canada – an ultra-long-haul addition to the airline’s network that has left some people scratching their heads to make sense of it. There are, however, some very good reasons why…
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EasyJet Will Install Ultra-Fast Starlink Wi-Fi Across its Entire Fleet Beginning in 2027
easyJet has just become the biggest budget carrier in Europe to announce that it will install ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi across its entire fleet beginning in early 2027. If the installation process goes to plan, easyJet says every single one of its 356-strong fleet of aircraft…
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Three in Four Pilots Accidentally Fell Asleep in the Cockpit, a Major New Fatigue Study Has Found
More than three-quarters of European pilots say they have accidentally fallen asleep in the cockpit, a major new study of European flight crew has revealed. Meanwhile, three in five pilots said they feared potential repercussions if they refused to extend their legal working…