CommuteAir, which operates Embraer ERJ-145s for United Airlines, left the entire U.S. federal No Fly List on a server that was easily hacked.
While the original requirement to show ID at the airport w
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Southwest Airlines is based at Dallas Love Field. Its ticker symbol is LUV and its heart logo adorns the front of its cabins. In the 1970s, however, it marketed itself as the love airline for its se
Mexicana was one of the oldest airlines in the world when it went out of business in August 2010. The carrier had been flying to the U.S. since 1920, when it began operating Mexico City to Tuxpan to T
Airline JSX has banned a family from travel, cancelling the return portion of their trip, after their toddler dropped some chips on the ground and then threw up as they were deplaning the Embraer-145
Southwests IT systems lag other airlines. Their phone systems cant handle the load. And recovery from a situation where crew are out of place, where the airline doesnt always even know where crew ar
When Spirit Airlines was controlled by Bill Franke, they had something of a seat of your pants way to find new routes that other airlines werent flying. Former CEO Ben Baldanza shared that they evalu
Live and Lets Fly asks whether the middle class ruined airport lounges and concludes that, in fact, credit card companies providing lounge access has ruined it. Neither is exactly correct.
The best l
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
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