Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. The airline’s chief executive said it would take “another couple days” before “the worst is clearly behind us.” Delta’s […]
NEW YORK—Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights. Total cancellations within, into, or out of the U.S. on Sunday clocked in at 1,461, according to the latest data from FlightAware. Delta and United […]
ST. LOUIS—Two Delta Air Lines flights were diverted over the weekend because of mechanical issues, the FAA said Monday. Delta flight 927, en route from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Atlanta, was diverted to St. Louis shortly before noon Saturday because of an issue with cabin pressure, the airline said in a statement. None of the […]
ORLANDO, Fla.—A United Airlines jet from Miami to New Jersey made an unscheduled landing in Orlando, Florida, this week after a passenger became “aggressive and disruptive,” the airline said. Video aired by WSVN-TV shows a fight between a woman and a flight attendant in the cabin of the aircraft. The cellphone video appears to show […]
A United Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane lost a wheel from its landing gear while taking off from Los Angeles International Airport on Monday but managed to land safely in Denver. United Flight 1001, bound for Denver, was carrying 174 passengers and seven crew members when the incident occurred. There have been no reported injuries on […]
More than 3 million people passed through U.S. airport security on Sunday, the first time that number of passengers have been screened in a single day as travel surges, according to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The record, which was widely predicted to happen at some point over the July Four holiday weekend, topped the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia Airlines said one of its flight en route to Bangkok had to make a U-turn back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday after experiencing a “pressurization issue.” It said the pilots initiated an emergency descent although cabin altitude was not exceeded and passenger oxygen masks were not deployed. The aircraft remained […]
American Airlines was hit by a racial discrimination lawsuit by black passengers who had been removed from a flight following a body odor complaint. The lawsuit was brought by three of the eight passengers who were forced to disembark a Jan. 5 American Airlines flight from Phoenix to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport […]
There was little warning of the chaos that was to come as passengers on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 relaxed with just three hours to Singapore after a long haul flight from London. But as the Boeing 777-300R soared above Myanmar it suddenly hit extreme turbulence, wildly throwing passengers, flight attendants, and meals around the cabin. […]
The Biden administration announced new rules for airlines on Wednesday aimed at protecting consumers from hidden fees when booking flights and ensuring they receive refunds when flights are delayed or canceled. The rules could save passengers millions of dollars a year, according to officials. Under the first regulation announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT), […]
New York—Delta Air Lines flyers will soon board its planes in a new way that might remind them of the past. Beginning May 1, the airline will board customers by numbered zones, a change that largely reverts back to process it used until early 2019, before changing to its current process of boarding by named […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued a ground stop advisory for all Alaska Airlines planes, although no reason was provided. The FAA provided few details, only writing: “All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped.” In a separate statement to Reuters, the agency said Alaska Airlines had “asked the FAA to pause […]
United Airlines is blaming troubled plane maker Boeing for a $200 million hit to its earnings in the first three months of this year after a midair blowout led to the grounding of many of its Max 9 planes. In its first-quarter 2024 financial results published on April 16, the company said it had a pretax […]
HOUSTON—The captain of a United Airlines jet said the brakes seemed less effective than normal and the plane and brake pedals shook violently just before the Boeing 737 Max slid off a taxiway in Houston last month. According to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilots were uncertain about […]
An American Airlines flight landed safely at the Los Angeles airport on Wednesday after the pilot reported a possible mechanical issue, the airline said in a statement on Thursday. The aircraft, a 23-year old Boeing 777 plane according to Airfleets Aviation, took off from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, and landed at Los Angeles, California, without […]
DALLAS—American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points. The airline said Tuesday that checking a bag on a domestic flight will rise from $30 now to $35 online and $40 if […]
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max […]
The recent holiday season saw delays and cancellations in air travel, which some say was primarily due to shortages in air-traffic controllers and the impact of private jets. A group representing major passenger airlines has urged the government to intervene in order to ease the situation. Airlines for America, which represents Delta Air Lines, United […]
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have both reported finding loose parts on several 737 Max 9 planes during inspections, which were initiated after a door plug of an Alaska Airlines-operated flight blew off in mid-air last week. In a statement on Jan. 8, Alaska Airlines said that initial reports from its technicians, who were preparing […]
