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NEWS May 26, 2026 United Airlines Pilot Warns Passengers of FBI Call Over Antisemitic Wi-Fi Hotspot Name A United Airlines pilot delayed takeoff and threatened to involve the FBI after passengers spotted an antisemitic Wi-Fi hotspot name on board. Read More →
NEWS May 26, 2026 American Airlines Has Finally Chosen Starlink for Its Narrowbody Fleet American Airlines has ended months of deliberation and confirmed SpaceX's Starlink as its next-generation in-flight Wi-Fi provider, committing to install the low Earth orbit satellite system across more than 500 narrowbody aircraft beginning in the first quarter of 2027. Read More →
NEWS Apr 28, 2026 American Airlines is Banning Power Banks From Overhead Bins Starting This Weekend: What You Need to Know Effective May 1, 2026, American Airlines will become the largest carrier in the United States to formally revise its rules on portable power banks, the lithium-ion charging devices that tens of millions of travellers carry onto planes every day without a second thought. Read More →
NEWS Apr 22, 2026 Amazon Has Built a Satellite Antenna for Airplanes That Competes With Starlink's In-Flight Wi-Fi Amazon has drawn the clearest battle line yet in the race to dominate satellite connectivity aboard commercial aircraft. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 United, American Silently Remove Free T-Mobile Inflight WiFi Option Millions of T-Mobile customers who have come to rely on free in-flight Wi-Fi as a standard perk of their mobile plan are discovering a quiet but consequential change at 35,000 feet. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Mar 23, 2026 The Hidden Cost: Why Airlines Are Rethinking Fleet Simplification For decades, simplified fleets have been one of the airline industry's most trusted cost-control strategies. But in today's environment, it has become a risk management decision, forcing airlines to rethink whether simplification still delivers the long-term benefits it once did. Read More →
NEWS Mar 22, 2026 ICE to Assist TSA Agents at Airports Amid Staffing Shortage President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed to U.S. airports starting Monday. Read More →
NEWS Mar 21, 2026 JetBlue Pilots Launch Legal Challenge Against United Alliance Over Job Security Risks Labor relations at JetBlue Airways reached a critical boiling point this week as the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) filed a federal lawsuit to halt parts of the carrier’s expanding "Blue Sky" partnership with United Airlines. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2026 “Nothing Short of Reckless,” American Bashes United for Overscheduling, Causing System-Wide Delays A fierce verbal war has erupted between the two dominant carriers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, as American Airlines officially condemned United Airlines’ summer 2026 scheduling strategy. Read More →
NEWS Mar 01, 2026 Canada Approves Gulfstream G700, G800 After Decertification Threats Transport Canada certifies Gulfstream G700 and G800 jets following President Trump's threat of 50% tariffs and the decertification of Bombardier aircraft. Read More →