A United Airlines flight heading to San Francisco from Australia turned back and made an emergency landing Monday after the aircraft experienced what the carrier called a “maintenance issue.” The Boeing 777-300 was around two hours into the almost 14-hour journey when it returned to Sydney, the airline said. The episode is just the latest…
Today’s news follows a period of several weeks of regulatory scrutiny by the FAA. This was brought about by a spate of air safety incidents involving United Airlines aircraft earlier this year. Today’s news follows a period of several weeks of regulatory scrutiny by the FAA. This was brought about by a spate of air…
An elderly woman ended up over 1,400 miles away from her destination after she managed to board a United Airlines flight for which she had no boarding pass Maria Larios, 80, was supposed to be flying from El Salvador to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina. However, during a layover in Houston, she managed to…
The chief executive of United Airlines is to step down next spring. Oscar Munoz will move to the role of executive chairman of the board of directors in May 2020. He will be succeeded by United president J Scott Kirby, who has worked for the US carrier since August 2016. Mr Munoz oversaw the March…
A United Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off at San Antonio International Airport in Texas. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Airlines have been dealing with the summer travel blues as staffing shortages, flight delays, and cancellations have been an ongoing problem nationwide And one major airline facing this predicament is suspending flights at airports in Arizona…
The skies are about to be a lot less busy than expected. After years of airlines adding supply to take advantage of a recovery to pre-COVID-19 levels, Deutsche Bank says that the industry is backpedaling.“This past week we observed one of the industry’s largest week-over-week capacity reductions as carriers removed almost a point of growth…
United Airlines announced over the weekend that it is permanently getting rid of change fees on all standard Economy and Premium cabin tickets for travel within the U.S., effective immediately. And, starting on January 1, 2021, any United customer can fly standby for free on a flight departing the day of their travel regardless of…
Airlines had also gone all in on Austin’s popularity by launching numerous routes both internationally and domestically over the last ten years. As both tourist and relocation interest peaked, many later found that some of their expectations were not living up to actual demand. In October, Virgin Atlantic (SPCE) announced that it would be permanently…
The new American Airlines flight attendants contract that workers will be asked to vote on contains new language about the union helping the airline track down and discipline members who sell their seniority. Flight attendants get to ‘bid’ on trips based on seniority, choosing their schedules which are most convenient to them and which take…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – American Airlines’ biggest plane will soon fly from Charlotte Airport. AA adjusted its winter wide-body aircraft schedule over the weekend and announced one daily flight between CLT and London Heathrow. That flight will operate with a Boeing 777-300ER beginning on Nov. 5, 2024, making it the first time the airplane has…