NEWSMay 19, 2026Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers HopedThree of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
NEWSMay 19, 2026United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their DevicesA routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight.
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NEWSMay 12, 2026United's 30,000 Flight Attendants Have Just Voted Themselves into the Highest-Paid Cabin Crew in AmericaUnited Airlines flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract on May 12, 2026, ending nearly six years without a pay raise and making United the last of the major US carriers to reach a post-pandemic labour settlement with its cabin crew. Read More →
ROUTESMay 06, 2026Air India Is Cancelling Hundreds of Long-Haul Flights to London, New York and Sydney Air India has confirmed a sustained and significant reduction in its international flight operations stretching through the end of July 2026, following an internal message from outgoing Chief Executive and Managing Director Campbell Wilson. Read More →
NEWSMay 01, 2026Southwest Nearly Abandoned 10 Passengers at Las Vegas Including a Pregnant Woman After Its Own Flight Made Them Miss Their ConnectionSouthwest Airlines faced criticism after a Reddit post revealed that around ten passengers, including elderly travellers and a pregnant woman, were nearly stranded at Las Vegas airport because a Southwest delay caused them to almost miss their connecting flight.Read More →
NEWSApr 30, 2026British Airways Just Made It a Contractual Offence to Film Cabin Crew Without PermissionBritish Airways has quietly but consequentially updated the legal contract that every passenger enters when they buy a ticket with the airline, adding an explicit prohibition on photographing, filming, or live-streaming cabin crew without their express consent. Read More →
NEWSApr 30, 2026A Delta Passenger Snapped During a Weather Delay in Atlanta and Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal PrisonWhat began as a frustrating but routine weather delay at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of April 27, 2026, ended with a passenger in federal custody, a planeload of 168 travellers stranded for more than five hours on the tarmac. Read More →
NEWSApr 28, 2026American Airlines is Banning Power Banks From Overhead Bins Starting This Weekend: What You Need to KnowEffective 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 →
NEWSApr 28, 2026Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $1 Million After 9-Year Lawsuit Over Religious BeliefsA nine-year legal battle between a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, her airline, and her own union has reached its financial conclusion. Read More →
NEWSApr 27, 2026Emirates Activates Starlink Satellite Internet on the Landmark A380 SuperjumboEmirates has achieved a world first in commercial aviation by completing the installation of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system aboard an Airbus A380 superjumbo, making it the first airline to operate the technology on the iconic double-decker aircraft.Read More →
