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Category Archives: News

NewsPhilippines

Power Failure In Manila Causes Widespread Travel Disruption In East Asia

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023 6 Comments
Manila Airspace Closure

A power failure in the Philippine capital of Manila led to an air traffic control disruption and airspace closure that quickly delayed or grounded flights from both near and far. Travel Disruption In East Asia After Power Failure In Manila...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines 787-9 Diverts To Pago Pago

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2022 8 Comments
United Airlines 787-9 Pago Pago

As Sydney rings in the new year this hour, passengers on a United Airlines 787-9 flight from Los Angeles to Sydney are holding a very different and unexpected New Year’s celebration on Pago Pago in American Samoa. United Airlines 787-9...

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chinaNews

Official: US Adds Testing Requirement For Air Passengers From China

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 28, 2022 24 Comments
US Negative Test China

Rumors have been swirling that the United States will add coronavirus travel restrictions for China and that policy has now been announced. Travelers, regardless of nationality, flying to the United States from China will be asked to present a...

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IranNews

Iran Orders Flight Diversion To Offload Family Of Popular Dissident

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 27, 2022December 27, 2022 7 Comments

Iranian authorities ordered the diversion of a Mahan Air flight in order to offload the wife and daughter of Ali Daei, a football legend and political dissident in Iran. Mahan Air A310 Diverts To Kish Island To Offload Family...

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NewsSouthwest Airlines

How Southwest Airlines Addressed Meltdown Publicly Versus Privately

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 27, 2022December 27, 2022 49 Comments
Southwest Airlines Meltdown Response

Southwest Airlines is in full meltdown…this is no hyperbole when the carrier is talking about canceling 2/3 of its flights for the rest of 2022. Let’s look at how Southwest is publicly and privately addressing its operational collapse. Southwest...

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NewsSouthwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Suffers Meltdown In Denver

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 24, 2022December 24, 2022 20 Comments
Southwest Meltdown Denver

Southwest Airlines has imploded in Denver, with the carrier declaring an emergency as operations have suffered a meltdown due to poor weather and inadequate staffing. Sadly, Southwest has responded by threatening employees with termination for not showing up to...

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News

Flight Cancellations Approach 5,000 In USA, As Winter Weather Wreaks Havoc On Holiday Travel

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 23, 2022 6 Comments

As we enter the 5:00 pm ET hour, nearly 5,000 flights within, into, or out of the United States have been cancelled so far today alone thanks to freakishly cold winter weather. Nearly 5,000 Flights Cancelled Today In USA...

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NewsQantas

Qantas A380 Makes Emergency Landing In Baku, Azerbaijan

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 23, 2022 12 Comments
Qantas A380 Baku

A Qantas A380 bound for London made a drastic 180º turn, diverting to Baku, Azerbaijan for an emergency landing after encountering a smoke warning in the cargo hold. Qantas A380 Makes Emergency Landing In Baku After Smoke Warning As...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines Will Add Complimentary Snacks To Shorter Routes In Economy Class

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 22, 2022December 22, 2022 34 Comments
United Airlines Complimentary Snacks Economy Class

As United Airlines continues to restore services to a pre-pandemic level, complimentary snacks in economy class will return to all but the shortest flights. United Airlines Adds Complimentary Snacks On Shorter Flights In Economy Class In a memo to...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines’ Pilot Union Boss Neil Swindells Resigns After Backlash Over Inflammatory Comments

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 22, 2022 47 Comments
Neil Swindells United

That was fast. After news broke on Monday about a series of inflammatory posts made in an online forum by Captain Neil Swindells, the new union boss representing pilots at United Airlines has resigned. United Airlines Captain Neil Swindells...

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NewsUnited Airlines

Embattled United Airlines Union Boss Offers “Apology”

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 21, 2022December 20, 2022 14 Comments
Neil Swindells apology

Captain Neil Swindells, the new union boss representing United pilots, has offered an apology…to those he offended. United Airlines Captain Neil Swindells Offers Apology To Union Brethren For His Online Conduct Swindells, a Boeing 787 captain based in Chicago,...

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NewsUnited Airlines

Pilots At United Airlines Elect New Union Leader

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 20, 2022December 22, 2022 5 Comments
United Airlines Pilots Union Leader

UPDATE: Neil Swindells has resigned. In an unexpected move, mainline pilots at United Airlines have elected a new union leader, replacing a controversial union boss who held the position for less than a year. Neil Swindells Elected New ALPA...

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Delta Air LinesKenya AirwaysNews

Kenyan President Asks Delta Air Lines To Save Kenya Airways

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 16, 2022December 16, 2022 6 Comments

The President of Kenya has approached Delta Air Lines during a trip to Washington, DC hoping to entice the Atlanta-based carrier to invest in beleaguered Kenya Airways, which has not been profitable in over a decade. In Washington, President...

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NewsQatarRoyal Air Maroc

Why Did Qatar Block Royal Air Maroc Flights To Doha?

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 14, 2022December 14, 2022 11 Comments

Thousands of World Cup fans have been stranded in Morocco after Qatari authorities reportedly blocked Royal Air Maroc from operating flights to Doha ahead of a critical semifinal match later today. Qatar Blocks Royal Air Maroc Flights To Doha...

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Gulf AirNews

Gulf Air Plans USA Service, Appoints Star Alliance CEO Jeffrey Goh To Lead Company

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 14, 2022December 13, 2022 9 Comments
Gulf Air Jeffrey Goh

Change is afoot at Gulf Air, with a new Chief Executive Officer set to lead the airline in 2023 and new service to the USA now closer to reality. Gulf Air Appoints Jeffrey Goh As CEO Goh has been...

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NewsSWISS

Conservative SWISS Will Fly Five Airbus A350 Jets

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 13, 2022 7 Comments

SWISS is a model of discipline and restraint. The onboard product rarely changes and growth in the boom times both before and after the pandemic era has been carefully measured. Pursuant to that caution, the carrier has confirmed it...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines Places Firm Order For 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, With Option For 100 More

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 13, 2022December 12, 2022 13 Comments

United Airlines has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets and secured options to purchase up to 100 more, marking the largest widebody order by a US carrier in commercial aviation history. It has also ordered...

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American AirlinesJetBlueNews

American Airlines, JetBlue Add New Routes From New York LaGuardia

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 10, 2022December 10, 2022 6 Comments
JetBlue American Strategy

American Airlines and JetBlue are adding a number of new routes from New York LaGuardia (LGA) in 2023 in a move they claim shows how vital the Northeast Alliance is for US consumers. New American Airlines Routes From New...

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BelgiumBrussels AirlinesNews

Irate Passengers Blockade Terminal After Flight Cancellation In Brussels

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 10, 2022December 10, 2022 15 Comments
Passengers Blockade Brussels

Dozens of angry passengers blocked portions of the passenger terminal at Brussels Airport after a flight cancellation left them stranded and unable to leave the transit area. Passengers Blockade Terminal In Anger Over Brussels Airlines Flight Cancellation Brussels Airlines...

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NewsUnited Airlines

Report: United Airlines Will Announce Major 787 Deal With Boeing On Tuesday

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 9, 2022December 8, 2022 20 Comments

UPDATE: Live and Let’s Fly has independently learned that United Airlines will announce its new Boeing order at a ceremony with United CEO Scott Kirby and Boeing CEO Stan Deal at the Boeing plant that produces 787 Dreamliners on Tuesday,...

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