Southwest Airlines said it had launched a compensation program for flight delays as part of a $140 million Department of Transportation settlement over the carrier’s meltdown in December 2022 during a busy holiday travel period. Southwest in December 2023 agreed over three years to provide $90 million in travel vouchers of $75 or more to passengers delayed at least three … Read more
Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its pole position as the world’s best airport to Doha’s Hamad International Airport, according to air transport rating firm Skytrax. This is the third time Hamad International Airport clinched the top spot, after winning the title in 2021 and 2022. Travelers of more than 100 nationalities participated in the Skytrax … Read more
The thought of round-the-clock “togetherness” — with friends, family or strangers bound together in a tour group — can be overwhelming to the estimated 57% of people who lean toward introversion. Solo travel can suit introverts, who tend to re-energize by time spent alone. But even as its popularity increases, most trips are taken with … Read more
Like a lot of Canadians, Alan Hong and his wife bought a trailer in 2020. Air travel was out of the question because of pandemic restrictions, and it made sense to spend time and money exploring the great outdoors. But now, they’re looking to get off life on the open road and get back in … Read more
Just over five years ago, 346 people were killed in two plane crashes that happened five months apart in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Both were Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Then in January 2024, a near catastrophe occurred when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane at 16,000 feet, shortly after it took off from … Read more
United Airlines said late Friday that US safety regulators will boost scrutiny of the airline after a series of recent safety incidents. United’s corporate safety vice president, Sasha Johnson, said in a memo that over the next several weeks employees will see more of a presence by the Federal Aviation Administration “in our operation as they begin to review … Read more
JetBlue Airways will end service at several cities and reduce flying out of Los Angeles in a move to retrench and focus on stronger markets after years of losing money. The changes will also help the airline cope with the grounding of some of its planes for inspections of their Pratt & Whitney engines, an … Read more
JAKARTA: The Indonesian air safety agency has called for better pilot fatigue monitoring mechanisms, after an investigation revealed that both pilots of a commercial aircraft had recently fallen asleep in-flight. A pilot and co-pilot were simultaneously asleep for approximately 28 minutes during a Batik Air flight from South East Sulawesi to the capital Jakarta on … Read more
Ryanair may impose an airfare hike during the upcoming holiday season, its CEO Michael O’Leary said in a press briefing on Friday. O’Leary claimed that airfares could be increased by 10 per cent because of delays in aircraft deliveries by Boeing. “We’re doing our budgets based on a fare increase of between five to 10 … Read more
Top airline companies made billions of dollars last year on those pesky baggage fees travelers despise so much. The top 20 global airlines raked in $33.3 billion in revenue from a combination of fees for carry-on bags, price hikes for checked luggage and fines for overweight suitcases, a new report found. The dollar figure rose … Read more
