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Category Archives: Law In Travel

American AirlinesDelta Air LinesLaw In Travel

Will Delta Joint Venture With LATAM Be Denied By Regulators?

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 27, 2019November 14, 2023 9 Comments
Delta LATAM JV Approval

Can Delta’s proposed investment and joint venture partnership with LATAM clear regulatory hurdles? American Airlines’ failed bid to link up with LATAM offers a starting point for discussion. News that Delta will invest in LATAM and form a joint...

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American AirlinesLaw In TravelNews

American Airlines Saboteur Mechanic May Have Terrorist Ties

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 19, 2019November 14, 2023 17 Comments
American Airlines Terrorist Mechanic

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, the American Airlines mechanic who admitted to sabotaging an AA 737-800 in Miami, may have terrorist ties says prosecutors. The startling allegation prompted a judge to deny bail to the 60-year-old defendant. When he was...

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Law In TravelLufthansaNews

Germany Unites Around New Taxes, Higher Airfares (But Protections For Lufthansa)

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 17, 2019November 14, 2023 16 Comments
German Aviation Taxes

Germany is moving closer toward raising taxes on domestic flights in hopes of reducing demand and eventually greenhouse gas pollution. But Lufthansa stands to benefit from the new taxes. Like other nations, Germany finds itself falling short of the...

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Delta Air LinesLaw In Travel

Prosecutors Say Man Scammed Delta Out Of 42 Million Miles

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 14, 2019November 14, 2023 14 Comments
Delta Miles Lawsuit

A travel agent “extraordinaire” has been indicted for allegedly committing fraud against Delta Air Lines. Prosecutors say the man scammed 42,000,000 miles from Delta. I see the case differently… Prosecutors have alleged Gennady Podolsky gamed Delta’s SkyBonus program to reap...

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Law In TravelNews

Airline Pilot Fails Sobriety Test Then Sues Police For Detaining Him

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 13, 2019November 14, 2023 6 Comments
Pilot Sues Police

A SkyWest pilot is suing two police officers in Rapid City, South Dakota for false arrest, alleging defamation and slander. Police say they detained him on a tip that he reeked of alcohol and that he failed a sobriety...

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American AirlinesLaw In Travel

Busted AA Mechanic Was Fired From Alaska Airlines For Fraud And Incompetence

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 9, 2019November 14, 2023 7 Comments
American Mechanic Alaska Airlines

The American Airlines’ mechanic who admitted to sabotaging a plane in Miami was previously fired from Alaska Airlines. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani was arrested by the FBI last Thursday and purportedly confessed to tampering with the Air Data system...

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British AirwaysLaw In Travel

Drunk British Airways Passenger Loses Job After Demanding To Be Served “By A White Girl”

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 7, 2019November 14, 2023 61 Comments
British Airways Racist Passenger

A New Zealand native was fined and now has lost his job after berating a British Airways flight attendant of Indian descent for waking him up and demanding to be served by a white flight attendant. Once again, we...

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American AirlinesLaw In TravelNews

Shocking: American Airlines Mechanic Charged With Sabotaging Aircraft

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 6, 2019November 14, 2023 14 Comments
American Airlines Maintenance sabotage

An American Airlines mechanic in Miami was arrested and faces sabotage charges. He has confessed to deliberately disabling a navigation system on an aircraft in hopes of securing overtime pay. On July 17, Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani allegedly tampered...

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Law In TravelSingapore

A Cautionary Tale From Singapore Changi Airport

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 4, 2019November 14, 2023 7 Comments
a water falling from a ceiling

The warning signs are serious. Many have learned the hard way. Singapore Changi Airport is not the airport to play games in. Some take this “hobby” of gaming the system a bit too far. Think Justin Ross Lee (video...

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GermanyLaw In Travel

German Politicians Plot To Raise Airline Ticket Prices, Institute Price Floor

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 4, 2019November 14, 2023 13 Comments
Airline Price Floor Germany

Flummoxed that air travel remains cheaper than rail travel in many shorthaul markets, some German politicians want to place punitive tariffs on cheap flights. Alexander Dobrindt, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), a party that is part of...

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American AirlinesEmotional Support Animal (ESA)Law In Travel

Black Man Says He Was Kicked Out Of First Class On American Airlines To Accommodate Emotional Support Dog

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 3, 2019November 14, 2023 79 Comments
American Airlines Racism Lawsuit

A black man has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines alleging racism and discriminatory treatment after he was removed from first class to accommodate an emotional support dog. Dana Holcomb was booked in first class from Las Vegas to...

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Air CanadaLaw In Travel

Air Canada Fined For Not Being French Enough

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 31, 2019November 14, 2023 15 Comments
Air Canada French Lawsuit

A Federal Court in Montreal has ordered Air Canada to pay $21,000 to a French-speaking couple in Quebec for violating their language rights. Lynda and Michel Thibodeau filed 22 complaints against Air Canada in 2016, alleging violations under the...

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HiltonLaw In Travel

Man Arrested After Very Negative Hilton Hotel Review

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 26, 2019November 14, 2023 18 Comments
Hilton Death Threat

A Texas man was arrested in Florida after incorporating death threats into a negative hotel review. Joseph Lee McKinney, 40, had a very bad stay at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel. So bad, apparently, that he made death...

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cathay pacificLaw In Travel

Cathay Pacific’s Illogical Warning Over Social Media Use

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 23, 2019November 14, 2023 20 Comments
Cathay Pacific Social Media

As the red curtain continues to descend upon Cathay Pacific, employees have been warned to “exercise caution” concerning their social media use. The undertone is clear: any dissent will be punished swiftly and harshly. But just what crosses the...

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Law In TravelMarriottNews

Whew: Police Arrest Disgruntled Marriott Cook Who Planned Mass Shooting In California Hotel

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 22, 2019November 14, 2023 12 Comments
Marriott Cook Mass Shooting

Good news out of California, where Long Beach Police arrested a disgruntled Marriott employee who planned to shoot “everyone he saw” at the hotel he worked for. Rodolfo Montoya, a cook at the Long Beach Marriott hotel, was upset...

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AviancaLaw In Travel

Did Avianca Bribe Government Officials With Free Tickets + Upgrades?

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 19, 2019November 14, 2023 2 Comments
Avianca Bribe

Avianca is performing an internal investigation into allegations that it bribed government officials from several nations with free tickets and upgrades. While the list of nations has not been disclosed, such conduct, if verified, runs afoul of both the...

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American AirlinesEmotional Support Animal (ESA)Law In Travel

Did American Airlines Really Downgrade Woman And Lock Her Dog In Lavatory?

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 15, 2019November 14, 2023 17 Comments
American Airlines Dog Lawsuit

A woman has sued American Airlines, claiming that she was kicked out of business class and her emotional support dog was locked in the lavatory by a crazed flight attendant. Avigail Diveroli was traveling from Miami to Los Angeles...

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Emotional Support Animal (ESA)Law In Travel

Editorial: It’s Time To Ban Emotional Support Animals Onboard Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 25, 2019November 14, 2023 48 Comments
Ban Emotional Support Animals

In light of the recent attack of a flight attendant by a so-called emotional support dog, it is time to ban these animals from U.S. commercial flights. Let’s start by identifying the problem. Year after year, attack after attack,...

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Law In Travel

How An Airline Shamed An Unruly Passenger

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 20, 2019November 14, 2023 11 Comments
Unruly Passenger Shame

One airline made an example out of an unruly passenger it hopes will convince others to behave. In a headline that seems better suited for the Daily Mail or Sun, UK-based Jet2.com announced: Lifetime ban and £85,000 bill for...

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Air New ZealandLaw In Travel

Air New Zealand In Trouble Over Misleading Consumers

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 19, 2019November 14, 2023 5 Comments
Air New Zealand Misleading Pricing

A prominent New Zealand lawyer has filed a complaint against Air New Zealand for misleading advertising, prompting a swift policy change. Barrister Michael Wigley is not new to the world of airline law. In 2015, he lodged a complaint...

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