The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed early due to strong tailwinds in its flight path.An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Doha, Qatar, reached 840 mph and landed almost 30 minutes early due to strong tailwinds, which could shatter a world record. On Saturday, American Flight 120 on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner took off from Philadelphia…
American Airlines’ laundry list of goals for 2019 is long. But the world’s largest carrier is apparently intent on achieving them as 2019 rolls along. The carrier summed up what it wants to accomplish in a new graphic obtained by the Chicago Business Journal. The graphic breaks down the goals into three groups — “Make…
American Airlines is preparing to cut service to up to 30 small and midsize U.S. destinations. The move, first reported by CNBC, was confirmed to Travel Weekly on Thursday by a source familiar with the carrier’s thinking. Under the Cares Act, airlines must currently petition the Department of Transportation for permission to stop serving a…
Terminated employee Shankar Mishra was based in Mumbai Banking giant Wells Fargo has terminated high-ranking executive Shankar Mishra after reports alleging he urinated on a woman sitting next to him on an Air India flight. Deutsche Welle English (DW) reported that Mishra was based at the bank’s corporate office in Mumbai. While on a Nov….
Cayla Farris reportedly caused a disturbance on an American Airlines flight in February 2022 that was headed to Hawaii Sometimes being disruptive on a plane will cost you more than your dignity. A Hawaiian woman has been ordered to pay $38,952 in restitution to American Airlines after causing a disturbance on a flight from Phoenix…
PHOENIX — United Airlines says it’s too early to tell if bookings have been impacted by the public relations fallout from a passenger being forcibly dragged off one of its flights a week ago. Corporate customers — airlines’ bread and butter because they travel frequently and pay top dollar to fly last minute — have…
United Airlines will now allow families with small children to select seats next to each other at no additional cost, it announced Monday. Beginning in early March, adults traveling with children ages 12 and under will have the option when booking their flights to select adjacent seats in the Basic Economy boarding class, and if…
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…