Category: News
NEWS 08/31/2020 United to Permanently Waive Change Fees and Introduce Complimentary Same-Day Standby United Airlines has announced that they will be removing change fees for domestic flights effective immediately. Additionally, United customers will have the ability to fly standby for free on same-day routes beginning January 1 of next year. This will make United Airlines the first U.S. legacy airline to enact these change fee policies. Read More →
NEWS 08/29/2020 FAA Fines Chicago $1.5 Million Just Months After $1.3 Million Fine The Federal Aviation Administration has fined the city of Chicago $1,500,000, only months after a separate $1.3 million fine. The fine comes after a plane slid off Runway 10L at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). An American Eagle E145LR, N619AE, operating as Envoy Airlines Flight 4215, slid off the runway in November of 2019. Read More →
NEWS 08/27/2020 American to Lay Off 19,000 Employees American Airlines intends to lay off 19,000 employees by October 1st, unless airlines are given financial assistance from Congress. Read More →
NEWS 08/23/2020 Woman Attempts to Run Through Security at Pittsburgh Airport On August 19, a woman attempted to run through the TSA checkpoint at Pittsburgh Airport. The woman, identified as Brandi L Bayley, threw water at a TSA agent who had asked for her boarding pass. Read More →
NEWS 08/18/2020 Alitalia To Simplify And Modernize Aircraft, Introduce Two-Type Fleet Alitalia, the Italian flag-carrier, will gain a more simplified fleet of both wide and narrow-body jets due to its re-nationalization by the Italian government. Read More →
NEWS 08/15/2020 Daytona Beach Airport Holds Paper Airplane Challenge Daytona Beach Airport, home of one of the world's most well known aeronautical universities, will be holding a paper airplane challenge on August 19. Read More →
NEWS 08/10/2020 Greater Bay Airlines Seeks Air Operator Certificate From Hong Kong Government Greater Bay Airlines is seeking an air operator's certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority in Hong Kong. Read more about the plans of the airline. Read More →
NEWS 08/07/2020 Korean Air and Asiana Airlines Reports Surprise Quarter 2 Earnings Profit Amid the vast number of unprofitable airlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have reported profit, lead by their dedication towards cargo. Read More →
NEWS 08/07/2020 Air India Express Flight Overruns Runway at Kozhikode Airport An Air India Express flight overran the runway at Kozhikode Airport at 7:41 P.M. Read More →
NEWS 08/05/2020 Embraer Delays Launch of E175-E2 Until 2023 Embraer has delayed the launch of its E175-E2 until 2023. Click to read more. Read More →