Hurricane Francine causing cancellations across Gulf Coast airline, cruise travel
Travelers to or from the US Gulf Coast, from Texas to Florida, should have an emergency plan in place as Hurricane Francine is disrupting travel throughout the region. The National Hurricane Center predicts Francine will make landfall in Louisiana late Wednesday. The system's most dangerous impacts include life-threatening storm surge, dangerous coastal conditions and strong […]
Southwest shares tumble after airline overhauls board but keeps CEO
Southwest is replacing its board of directors and its chairman is due to step down next year, but it plans to keep Chief Executive Robert Jordan in his position in some concessions to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which had called on the airline to make reforms, including firing Jordan. Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that […]
Small Hawaii airline grounds flights amid safety inspection
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. A small Hawaiian airline was forced to ground some of its planes over the weekend after a routine maintenance check revealed a flaw in the landing gear of one of its planes. In a letter to customers on Saturday, Mokulele Airlines said the suspension of flights would begin on Aug. […]
Will a single European airspace cure air traffic control woes – and cut CO2? | Airline industry
debtOr the air traffic control services that govern Europe’s skies, which have repeatedly emerged as a target of predictable frustration for airlines struggling to balance their stated goals of reducing carbon emissions with carrying ever more passengers and making billions of dollars in profits. Annoyance over years of strikes in Europe that upended peak-season schedules […]
WATCH: Angry passenger throws computer monitor at airline employees before fleeing
Chicago police are searching for a woman who was filmed throwing computer equipment during an argument with an airline employee last month. The incident happened at approximately 7:45 a.m. on July 30 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, police confirmed to Fox News Digital. The 31-year-old suspect was caught on video getting into an argument with […]
Passengers say they missed doomed Brazilian airline flight over booking mix-up
Two people who were scheduled to board the ill-fated VoePass plane that crashed in Brazil, killing all 62 people on board, claimed on Friday that a mistake allowed them to miss the flight and avoid death. The two passengers, who were due to board an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plane, told Brazilian media they missed […]
Delta CEO says global tech outage cost airline $500M
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the recent global technology outage caused the airline to experience widespread flight delays and cancellations, costing the company $500 million. “This cost $500 million,” Bastian said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Over the course of five days, we lost tens of millions of dollars a day in lost […]
Appeals court blocks Biden airline 'junk fees' rule
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule that would require airlines to disclose surcharges at the time of purchase. The three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals On Monday order This ruling: [the Department of Transportation’s] The commission granted the airline association’s request to suspend the rules and […]
Delta meltdown probed by feds as airline struggles days after global outage
The Transportation Department said Tuesday it was opening an investigation into Delta Air Lines after the company canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday as it struggles to recover from a global cyber outage that has disrupted airlines around the world. While other airlines have been able to resume normal operations, Delta continues to cancel […]
Airline Bans Ex-Pastor For Allegedly Hitting His Wife On Plane Because She Got Upgraded To First Class: Affidavit
A former pastor faces a federal assault charge and an airline ban after he allegedly struck his wife in midair July 2 aboard an Alaska Airlines flight as they quarreled over a flight upgrade, an FBI special agent’s affidavit reads. Roger Allan Holmberg Sr. and his wife had been traveling from their Virginia home to […]