Two United flights ran into unusual problems in the Midwest this week, according to two Midwestern newspapers. The first came Monday night, where The Indianapolis Star reports that police “arrested an apparently intoxicated passenger” after his Memphis-to-Chicago flight diverted to…
Alaska Air subsidiary Horizon Air canceled more than 100 flights today after aircraft manufacturer Bombardier advised airlines to ground some Q400-model turboprops. Bombardier asked airlines to ground about 60 of the 160 Q400 aircraft currently used for commercial flying after…
The inclusion of Angola’s national carrier on a European Union airline blacklist is apparently not sitting well with the Angolan government. Officials there are threatening reprisal against European carriers, saying the former Portuguese territory may respond by banning them from…
The European Union updated its airline blacklist Thursday, adding a ban on all Indonesian carriers. Reuters writes that Indonesian carriers do not currently fly to Europe so the ban is also a warning to the 27-nation EU’s consumers and travel…
Several hundred fliers leaving Chicago O’Hare had a few hours added to their trips after the wing of a United Boeing 777 clipped the tail of a stationary American Airlines MD80, The Associated Press reports. The Chicago Tribune (free registration)…
That’s what a pilot of a Spanish low-cost carrier told nervous passengers on his flight when they asked why nearly half the seats on their plane were out of use. Reuters writes that as passengers took their seats on the…