During the pandemic airlines encouraged some pilots to take early retirement through buy outs, while not training new pilots. So when air travel recovered faster than expected, they found themselves
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In a leaked video, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told employees that they need to lay the groundwork for future government bailouts.
U.S. airlines received $54 billion in direct taxpayer cash duri
If youre a PR flack for the airlines, maybe youve just given up? You figure anything you say is a lost cause, so why bother trying and just phone it in? Or maybe youre trying to come up with gibber
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Uber Eats will start delivering pot in Toronto (HT: @crucker)
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Marriott adopted the generous Starwood Preferred Guest transfer program for moving points into miles.
Starwood traditionally transferred points-to-miles at better than 1:1, by offering a bonus.
With
Pakistan International Airlines has laid out a new rule for flight attendants that they must wear underwear not just while on duty but during layovers as well. Whats more, airline grooming officers w
A passenger on Pakistan International Airlines the worst airline in the world was deported from Dubai after September 14ths flight PK283 from Peshawar where he attacked fellow passengers and tried t
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ANA business class redemptions on Air Canada show up as flexible and grant Signature Suite access? Starbucks wants to ruin its loyalty program NFTs are a distr
The starting gun for New York LaGuardias $10 billion modernization without even bringing transit to the airport was then-Vice President Joe Bidens 2014 comments suggesting the close-in New York City
Major U.S. airlines have agreed that when a delay or cancellation forces you to overnight in a city where you do not live, and its their fault (mechanical, crew) rather than outside of their control (
Alaska Airlines does a nice job taking care of customers one at a time not always and in every case, of course, but on the whole my dealings with them have been just a touch more human than average f
U.S. airlines agreed not to buy back stock until September 30, 2022 as part of their government bailouts during the pandemic. It would have been unseemly to pick taxpayer pockets and immediately turn
One Airline Adds $27 To Your Ticket For “Technology” – But There’s An Old School Way To Beat The Fee
This has to be the most absurd fee ever charged by an airline. Startup carrier Breeze Airways, founded by the creator of JetBlue and several other airlines around the world, will hit you with a $27 t
Southwest began flying in 1971. They had 4 Boeing 737s, but theyd largely been drained of cash by legal battles getting off the ground (they werent a party to the airline agreement not to fly from Dal
Australian labor law is insane. The government has ordered Virgin Australia to reinstate a flight attendant who was fired for napping on the job; watching a movie inflight; showing up late to work an
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Say you hate your job without saying you hate your job.Do you think your baggage handlers need a refresher course in luggage handling @AmericanAir ???? #damage
Listen to pilots talk publicly, posturing in contract negotiations, its a grueling career that no one should want. Privately, though, many realize that being entrusted with $100 million machines and
Airlines lost billions of dollars during the pandemic. But their leaders shed costs, in many cases by downsizing staff and brought in government subsidies (designed to keep them from shedding staff).
Airlines scrupulously avoided speaking out on abortion after the Supreme Courts ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization was leaked despite taking positions on issues like voting reform,