JetBlue accepting Venmo for flights
JetBlue Airways currently accepts Venmo as a payment option for flights. According to the carrier, this is an industry first. The airline on Tuesday began accepting payment options when booking flights online directly with JetBlue and plans to begin rolling out the feature on its app “in the coming months,” the airline said in a […]
Southwest Airlines sued by feds over chronically delayed flights
The Biden administration on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, accusing it of illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passenger travel. In a civil suit filed with the Justice Department, the Department of Transportation said the airline operated on an unrealistic schedule and is seeking the maximum civil penalty. Southwest Airlines operated two chronically delayed […]
FAA investigating after United, Delta flights nearly collide before landing at Phoenix airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a United Airlines flight and a Delta flight, each carrying hundreds of people, nearly collided while preparing to land in Phoenix over the weekend. The FAA said United Airlines Flight 1724 and Delta Air Lines Flight 1070 “failed to perform the required separation” on their way to […]
US streamlines deportation flights to China
The Biden administration repatriated more than 500 Chinese nationals last year, laying the groundwork for systematic deportations across the Pacific. On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had conducted a large-scale deportation flight to China. This is the fifth such flight the ministry has chartered since June, when mass transit flights resumed […]
Winter storm cancels more than 1,000 flights, delays hundreds
Travel + Leisure Co. CEO Mike Brown reacts to the announcement of “The Claman Countdown.” More than 1,000 flights were canceled across the United States on Monday, and hundreds of others were delayed. winter storm Heavy snow and ice covered large areas of the country. As of 6:45 a.m. ET, a total of 1,339 flights […]
Nearly 2,000 flights delayed or canceled as winter storm bashes Plains, mid-Atlantic
More than 1,000 flights were canceled and hundreds of others were delayed across the United States on Monday as a winter storm brought heavy snow and ice to much of the country. As of 6:45 a.m. ET, a total of 1,339 flights were canceled and 606 were delayed, according to aviation tracking website FlightAware. Southwest […]
UK weather: power cuts, traffic chaos and cancelled flights due to heavy snow | UK weather
Heavy snow and freezing rain hit large parts of Britain on Saturday, leaving homes without power, roads closed, cars stranded and flight and train services disrupted. National Grid said on Saturday night that power was out in areas across the Midlands, south-west England and south Wales, including Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff, and work was underway […]
Turkish Airlines’ flights are riddled with bedbugs, passengers say
Passengers on several Turkish Airlines flights reported bed bugs crawling on their seats and falling out of the cabin, and the airline said the infestations were removed, according to the report. In March last year, 36-year-old Patience Titcombe claimed she noticed a small insect crawling on her seat after boarding a Turkish Airlines flight from […]
Air Canada, KLM flights narrowly avoid disaster after Jeju Airlines crash
Two more planes narrowly escaped disaster after a Jeju Air plane crashed into a deadly fireball after failing to make a belly landing in South Korea on Saturday. An Air Canada plane narrowly escaped an accident after landing at a Nova Scotia airport Saturday night, but a landing gear failure caused it to skid off […]
Thick fog continues to disrupt flights at UK airports | UK weather
Dozens more flights have been canceled or delayed at Heathrow and Gatwick airports due to dense fog that has severely limited visibility and is expected to continue into the weekend. Cloudy skies have blanketed much of the country for the past few days and showed little sign of abating on Saturday. The Japan Meteorological Agency […]