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What is ‘gate lice?' What to know about American Airlines' new boarding process crackdown
American Airlines says it has a new boarding technology to crack down on what may refer to as “gate lice.” Here’s what that means.
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Lufthansa fined record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers
German airline Lufthansa was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against Jewish passengers.
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Qantas apologizes after explicit movie airs on every screen during Sydney-Tokyo flight
In the long list of issues with in-flight entertainment, passengers on a recent flight from Sydney to Tokyo may have been exposed to a new one: A sexually explicit movie playing on every screen.
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Southwest Airlines reveals timeline for ending open seating, changing boarding process
Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for the first time will give passengers assigned seats, charge them extra for more legroom and offer red-eye flights but bags still will fly free. Here’s when all the changes are expected to go into effect.
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JetBlue to open airport lounges in New York and Boston in battle for big spenders
JetBlue joins Delta, American and United in opening airport lounges to cater to high-spending travelers.
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Delta passengers left with bloody noses, ears after severe cabin pressure issues
A spokesperson for the airline said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet.
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Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet narrowly avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane
Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane.
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US airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree
Hiring by U.S. airlines is cooling after the industry added tens of thousands of jobs to build up for the post-Covid travel surge.
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Engine troubles for airline Cathay Pacific force the cancellation of dozens of flights this week
Cathay Pacific has canceled nearly 70 flights since Monday after an engine issue forced a flight heading to Zurich to turn back around to Hong Kong, according to the BBC.
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Where are low-cost airlines cutting back now? New planes
Cash-strapped, low-cost and deep discounter airlines are putting off spending billions of dollars on new aircraft to save money as they try to return to steady profitability and face the impact of engine repairs.
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2 workers killed, 1 injured after incident at Delta maintenance facility
Delta did not specify the nature of the incident, but local reports said it may have involved an airplane tire explosion.
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Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state
A plane with 62 people aboard has crashed into a residential area of a city in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, but it’s not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed.
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Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $380 million in revenue
Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass flight cancellations cost it some $550 million
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Proposed US rule bans airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children
Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S. and foreign carriers would be required to seat children ages 13 or younger next to a parent or accompanying adult for free.
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Delta hires David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after outage
Delta has hired prominent attorney David Boies to pursue potential damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft after a mass outage earlier this month.
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When will Southwest start assigning seats?
One of the most famous features of Southwest Airlines is about to change.
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Southwest Airlines is ending open seating
The airline will begin assigning seats to passengers, ending its 50-year trademark of allowing passengers to select their seats.
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When will Southwest start assigning seats? What to know after airline announces big change
One of the most famous features of Southwest Airlines is about to change.
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Alaska Airlines, flight attendants reach ‘record' tentative labor deal
Alaska’s flight attendants’ tentative agreement ends a drought of new contracts for cabin crews that have been seeking pay raises for years.
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FAA investigating after Southwest Airlines plane flew unusually low over Oklahoma City
Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines jet that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine miles from the airport.