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Lufthansa will begin nonstop service between Phoenix Sky Harbor and Munich Airport on Aug. 3, 2027, the first-ever direct link between the two cities… more
“Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society” Says the guy that made $32M in USD last year. If Kirby is pro tax, why does he live in low tax TX… more
Air France Flight AF99, a Boeing 777-300ER registered F-GZNH, diverted to Dublin Airport early Monday after a passenger medical emergency. The flight… more
Edelweiss flight WK34, an Airbus A340-300 registered HB-JMC bound for Punta Cana, returned to Zurich after its center landing gear door failed to close… more
Lufthansa will launch nonstop service between John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Frankfurt in May 2027, the airport's first nonstop European… more
Hawaiian Airlines hosted its largest-ever disability practice flight in Honolulu. The event gave participants with disabilities the chance to rehearse… more
Turkish Airlines now charges 110 USD for oversized baggage on flights to Istanbul and 150 USD on international transit flights. A suitcase counts as oversized… more
Lufthansa's final scheduled Airbus A340-600 flight, LH419, touched down at Frankfurt Airport at 8:30 AM local time on Monday after departing Washington Dulles… more
Southwest Airlines no longer requires plus-size passengers to buy an extra seat in advance, and airport agents can now offer an additional seat at no cost… more
Delta Air Lines left gate-checked strollers and car seats behind in Boston on Flight DL571 to San Diego, sending several families to an empty baggage claim… more
United Airlines Flight UA1900 initiated an emergency diversion to Chicago O'Hare after a 69-year-old woman became trapped in a Boeing 737 MAX 8 lavatory… more
On flights over 900 miles, the Bistro on Board menu is available for preorder. I might just be hungry, but the menu looks pretty enticing.
An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-214 operating flight OS82 from Tel Aviv to Vienna was diverted to Sofia, Bulgaria, after a suspected bomb threat was reported… more
Delta Air Lines will end its New York-JFK to Orange County (SNA) service on November 29, pausing the route until May 6, 2027. The carrier reinstated the… more
British Airways flight BA899, an Airbus A321neo registered G-TNEH, lost radio contact with air traffic control while approaching German airspace en route… more
American Airlines and AAdvantage Loyalty IP filed a claim against Advantage Travel Centres in the High Court of England and Wales' Intellectual Property… more
United Airlines will sell a new Economy Plus fare with a fully blocked middle seat on its Airbus A321XLR aircraft starting later this year. The row features… more
United Airlines will fly its San Francisco–Adelaide route only 23 times in the 2026/27 season, down from a planned 49 return flights, a 53.1% cut. The… more
Lufthansa, Etihad, and other carriers have suspended flights to Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam due to regional security concerns. Affected passengers are eligible… more
Southwest Airlines plans to retire its entire fleet of 456 Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft by 2031, consolidating operations around the 737 MAX 7 and… more
American flight 5089, operated by PSA Airlines, returned to St. Louis Lambert International Airport shortly after takeoff on Saturday morning. The aircraft… more
Passengers on American Airlines flight 5057 rejected $3,100 payouts to give up their seats, causing a tarmac stalemate at Philadelphia International Airport… more
Thanksgiving airfares are up more than 30% from last year as carriers pass surging jet fuel costs to customers, according to Hopper. Cheapest November… more
A Challenger 604 operated by Triton Aviation made an emergency landing on Runway 22 at Abuja's Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport after a door separated… more
A Paris appeals court found Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter over the June 1, 2009 crash of Flight AF447, which killed all 228 people… more
Turkish Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding with CFM International for more than 300 LEAP-1B engines, including spares, and long-term maintenance… more
France's five-union aviation strike began at 00:01 on Saturday and runs through Wednesday, grounding Air France, Transavia France, and Corsair with 36,000… more
A dispute between flight attendants broke out on Delta Connection flight DL5090, operated by Endeavor Air, as the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR flew from Greenville-Spartanburg… more
British Airways updated its conditions of carriage to bar passengers from using Meta AI glasses to covertly film crew or colleagues at the airport or on… more
American Airlines Flight 618 returned to Chicago's O'Hare Airport around 12:30 p.m. Friday after the crew detected smoke in the cabin, aborting its flight… more