A New Jersey woman faces up to five years in prison for her role in a scheme to smuggle airline parts illegally into Iran. Joyce Eliabachu pleaded guilty on Tuesday to playing a pivotal role in smuggling over $2,000,000...
Suicidal Man Held Without Bail After Chasing Estranged Wife Through Airport With Fake Bomb
A knife-wielding suicidal man chased his estranged wife through an airport terminal in Brisbane, Australia with a fake bomb as part of an ongoing bitter custody battle over their children. Gamal Elsaied Elboushi is in a heap of trouble....
Woman Sues Emirates, Claims She Was Denied Water On Longhaul Flight
A woman who claimed to collapse after being denied water on Emirates flights to Dubai is finally having her day in court. Before the Victoria Supreme Court in Melbourne, Australia, Lina Di Falco’s attorney argued that she was denied...
Italian Law Allows For Clever Airline Ticket Manipulation
What if you could take advantage of Italian law to beat airlines at their own game? The possibilities are fascinating. In theory, you can book a multi-city airline ticket “in” Italy on any airline, then skip whatever segments you...
Delta Flight Attendants File Lawsuit Over New Uniforms
Two Delta flight attendants have initiated a class-action lawsuit against Land’s End, claiming their uniforms cause fatigue, headaches, and skin rashes. Gate agents and flight attendants are required to wear “Passport Plum” uniforms similar to the ones pictured above....
Passenger Mauled By Emotional Support Dog Sues Delta
Nearly two years later, a man has sued Delta and another passenger for negligence after being mauled by an emotional support dog on a flight to San Diego. Marlin Jackson claims he was sitting in a window seat on...
Senators Angry TSA Budget Is Being Redirected To Border
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is angry that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is diverting money and personnel to the southern border and away from airports. The US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee oversees the TSA. Both...
Supreme Court Blocks LATAM Marriage With British Airways And American Airlines
There’s no plural marriage in Chile, where the Supreme Court blocked proposed unions between LATAM and both American Airlines and British Airways. Joint-venture agreements between LATAM and AA and BA have been three years in the making. The proposed...
Meanwhile, Disaster Awaits American Airlines
American Airlines faces an imminent storm if it cannot reach an agreement with its mechanics. Why? The union has promised it. American Airlines and TWU-IAM, the union representing AA mechanics, are locked in a bitter battle. American has filed...
Law & Order: American Airlines Edition
In what appears to be a fit-for-TV storyline, an American Airlines pilot was arrested in Kentucky and indicted for the murder of three people. When passengers saw Christian Richard Martin, a pilot for PSA Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of...
United Airlines May Acquire Avianca
Avianca finds itself in a vulnerable position thanks to a recent default by its controlling shareholder. The default gives United Airlines a chance to take majority control of the growing Colombian carrier. Avianca is majority controlled by BRW Aviation, a...
United Airlines Faces New Racism Controversy
A passenger has accused a United employee of calling her a monkey. There were witnesses. Now the passenger is suing, creating a monumental headache for United. There are certain code words that are so deeply linked to race that...
Thai Airways A380 Clipped In Paris
A catering vehicle clipped the wing of a Thai Airways A380-800 in Paris, forcing an expensive flight cancellation. Perhaps the catering truck that rolled up to the Thai Airways superjumbo jet on Wednesday at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) was...
Chick-fil-A Airport Bans Are Unconstitutional
Whatever your view, whatever your background, whatever your values, I have one goal here: to help you understand why the San Antonio City Council violated the First Amendment rights of Chick-fil-A by specifically excluding them from San Antonio Airport....
Ethiopian Airlines “Believes In Boeing”
Ethiopian Airlines’ Chief Executive Officer Tewolde Gebremariam was either unequivocally supportive or a master manipulator of words in recent statements about Boeing. Addressing the two-week mark since the crash of ET 302, Gebremariam stated: Let me be clear: Ethiopian Airlines...
A Flight Attendant Freed From Detention Demonstrates Power Of Social Media
A Mesa Airlines flight attendant has been freed from federal detention thanks to an onslaught of social media pressure. I had prepared another post today on this topic, a very opinionated one, that I can thankfully spare you from...
Air Canada Banishes Mother To Lavatory To Breastfeed? Nope.
There are headlines making their way around the internet which suggest that Air Canada forced a mother to breastfeed in the lavatory. That’s just not true. A woman was warned that she would need to breastfeed her child in...
Southwest Wages War Against Its Mechanics
Southwest Airlines has sued its mechanics’ union, alleging that the union is engaging in an illegal work slowdown. For the last few weeks, mechanics have taken far more aircraft out of service than usual, citing maintenance concerns. Southwest has...
An Online Travel Agency Invites You To “Break The Rules” (But Be Careful…)
A popular European online travel agency has promised to pay your legal fees if an airline sues you for throwaway ticketing. Or maybe not. Let’s take a closer look. Last week I wrote about Lufthansa suing a passenger for...
U.S. Court Says Americans Can Sue For Wrongful Placement on “Do Not Fly” List
A U.S. Federal Appeals Court has held that Americans can sue FBI agents for wrongful placement on the “Do Not Fly” List. In short, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recruited several Muslim-Americans to become government informants. A handful...
