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A flash mob of ex-Alitalia flight attendants took to the streets of Rome on Wednesday and stripped off their uniforms in protest at the airline’s demise. The... Read More
Inmarsat's GX Aviation in-flight wifi service is expected to come online over India later this year, with SpiceJet as the launch carrier. Read More
Upstart Icelandic airline PLAY received initial approval from the US Department of Transportation for flights to the United States. Lacking any objections – and none... Read More
Just as it seemed the world was truly starting to open up and the blunt instrument that is all-out flight bans were no longer required, Morocco has imposed direct flight... Read More
A Frontier Airlines flight recently experienced an epic travel freakout when one passenger, unhappy with the mask policy, berates the flight attendant. "I stand for... Read More
Airlines throughout the Middle East will need to employ 223,000 new staff to cope with demand as the industry emerges from pandemic according to an analysis by aerospace... Read More
Imagine the scenario… You’ve just stepped foot on an airplane and you notice a large computer screen on the wall just above where the flight attendants sit. No doubt... Read More
A man was splattered with human excrement that was ejected from a commercial airline as it came into land at Heathrow Airport in West London according to local council... Read More
JetBlue published its first planned transcon and international service for the A220, marking the next step in the company's fleet transition Read More
NBAA has come and gone. Both Gogo and SmartSky made major announcements about their upcoming next-gen air-to-ground connectivity solutions. Both obliquely attacked the... Read More
Safety regulators have formally charged Qantas with breaches of workplace safety law after it stood down a cleaner who raised concerns about the risk of catching... Read More
Looking for WiFi on a Spirit Airlines flight? Depending on which aircraft type you're on, the odds of fast, inexpensive connectivity on board could be surprisingly high. Read More
The union that represents more than 24,000 flight attendants at American Airlines has warned that the Dallas Fort Worth-based carrier still doesn’t have a “detailed... Read More
Alitalia, as an airline, may be officially dead, but its spirit is very much alive within the newest Italian flag carrier ITA Airways. Over the weekend, news emerged... Read More
Passengers on Air Belgium's new A330neo fleet will deliver an upgraded in-flight entertainment and connectivity experience to passengers on board. The aircraft are... Read More
Flights attendants onboard an Air New Zealand flight discovered that a young girl who was travelling onboard as an unaccompanied child had been subjected to a horrific... Read More
Cops definitely love it when you start the conversation with, "So, we do have constitutional rights, would you like me to pull them up?" That's what this mom and... Read More
Flight attendants on what appears to be a Delta Air Lines flight had bright yellow plasticuffs at the ready as they attempted to subdue a woman who set up her own... Read More
A veteran American Airlines flight attendant has been arrested in Argentina on suspicion of trying to smuggle two gold bars, thousands of dollars worth of expensive... Read More
Singapore Airlines is to snatch the crown as the operator of the world’s shortest Airbus A380 superjumbo flight with service between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. At... Read More
Delta Air Lines has rejected President Biden’s vaccine mandate is the claim that you may have seen or heard in the last few days. The airline’s apparent decision to... Read More
In an impressive feat, a passenger recently drank an entire bottle of wine on a short 2-hour flight and honestly, we aren't even mad. Consider us impressed. And... Read More
At the start of the pandemic, British Airways was forced to slash its route network in response to plummeting passenger demand and strict travel restrictions. The... Read More
Qantas has said that following the announcement from New South Wales than it plans to open up to vaccinated visitors from 1 November and that vaccinated visitors will no... Read More
Ava Airways wants to be the flag carrier of the Dominican Republic. The company has been working for several years to build the necessary operational and route structure... Read More
Several Scandinavian airlines are in the process of rolling back face mask rules and will soon allow passengers to go bare faced on certain flights. The move follows a... Read More
A former Chief Technical Pilot for Boeing has been charged with fraud over allegations that he deliberately deceived the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during its... Read More
Visitors to the Alitalia website on Friday were greeted with a message that the airline had ceased operations after a tumultuous 75-years of being Italy’s flag carrier... Read More
British Airways says it wants to create the “most diverse” cabin crew workforce in its more than 100-year history as the airline reopened cabin crew recruitment for... Read More
The New South Wales state government announced on Friday that it would swing open its international borders to returning Australians and permanent residents from... Read More
Late on Friday night Alitalia will make its final flight. AZ1586 from Cagliari to Rome is scheduled to depart at 22:05 local time, arriving in Rome at 23:10. And on... Read More
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