Aviation Travel and Airline News
That’s 7 of the 10 largest U.S. airlines which have told disabled people with autism, asthma, cerebral palsy, claustrophobia, COPD, PTSD, severe anxiety and other conditions that they are not welcome onboard an aircraft. It is the largest ban on disabled air travel since the Air Carrier Access Act became law in 1986. … More ADA and Child Mask Policy
March 13, 2020 Eastern Airlines began it’s rescue operations for stranded passengers due to the Covid 19. Eastern Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Line Mechanics have brought home over 20,000 stranded citizens less than two months after relaunching EAL. … More Eastern Airlines New Routes Service Expansion
Say “hello” to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect. Signal is generally considered to be one of the most secure messaging apps available.
… More Signal: Most Secure Messaging App
David Neeleman branded Breeze as the “World’s Nicest Airline.” This stands out for a couple of reasons. For one, airlines are not really known as being “nice.” Nearly every passenger has a horror story about some particular airline. And, in the era of increasing ancillary fares and basic economy, nice is largely a word people associate with the past when it comes to flying. Breeze is trying to change that. … More Breeze Airways taking flight May 2021
Southwest Airlines plans to boost its Hawaii service in late January, with new daily nonstop flights from California to Kauai and the Big Island, and its first flights from Sacramento to Honolulu. … More Southwest Airlines Hawaii Expansion
Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic are making plans to spread their wings to 84 new destinations in their largest route expansion to date. These will be to destinations in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia, as it seeks to challenge British Airways market dominance in London. … More Virgin Atlantic Expansion Plans
Labor Day Weekend Las Vegas Airport conducted a quiet roll out of the newest TSA Technology with United Airlines and LAS Airport being the launch customer for North America. It is being touted in the media as “Innovation Check Point” which will utilize a new modernized version of the previous body scanners. EU’s 27 member nations, the prohibition is necessary “in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety.”X-ray body scanners, which use “backscatter” ionized radiation technology, emit enough radiation to theoretically damage DNA and cause cancer. … More New TSA Privacy and Health Concerns
TAP Air Portugal has begun new service from its hub in Lisbon to San Francisco with the brand new Airbus A330-900neo jet. The new service to San Francisco (SFO) marks the flag carrier’s first non-stop service to exist between Portugal and the U.S. West Coast. The flight departs Lisbon at 10:00 a.m. and arrives into SFO at 2:40 p.m. The flight to Lisbon departs SFO at 4:10 p.m. and arrives at 11:35 a.m. … More TAP Air Portugal: New Nonstop Service San Francisco to Lisbon
Eastern Airlines: New Nonstop Service JFK New York to Guayaquil Ecuador. This return of “The Wings of Man” and “The Great Silver Fleet” will be coming to an airport near you in the months ahead. … More Eastern Airlines: New Nonstop Service JFK New York to Guayaquil Ecuador
Modern day’s aviation Fly by Wire is today’s newest battle of Man versus Machine. “The captain of Qantas Flight 72 has opened up for the first time about the day the automation of a plane he was in charge of ‘went psycho’ and repeatedly nose-dived towards the Indian Ocean. More than 100 people were injured when the pilots of the flight, carrying 303 passengers and 12 crew members from Singapore to Perth, lost control of the aircraft on October 7, 2008. … More Fly by Wire: 2001 Space Odyssey
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