[ A United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to San Francisco was diverted Friday after a toilet overflowed into the cabin, the airline confirmed. The Boeing 777 turned back to Frankfurt about two hours into the flight, over the North Sea. The airline attributed the incident in a statement to The Hill to a “maintenance … Read more
[ What the hell is going on up there in the sky? The incidents feel like they started in January, when a door plug blew out of a midair Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. Ensuing investigations have led to a series of revelations about a faltering safety culture at Boeing and … Read more
[ SEPANG: Airlines can start charging carbon levy once the amendments to the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Code of Conduct) Regulations 2018 have been finalised by the Malaysian Aviation Commision (Mavcom) in April, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said the carbon levy is not collected by the government but by airlines to offset carbon emissions. … Read more
[ United Airlines on Thursday announced it will resume flights between the U.S. and Israel in March. “United plans to resume a daily flight from New York/Newark to Tel Aviv, the first step in restoring vital passenger and cargo service that was suspended in October,” United said in a press release. The airline said flights … Read more
[ The Home Office has sacked its chief immigration inspector after he claimed that high-risk aircraft are landing in Britain without security checks on passengers. David Neal “breached” the terms of his appointment and had “lost the confidence of the Home Secretary”, the department said. Mr Neal, who was independent chief inspector of borders and … Read more
[ Air Canada must pay a Vancouver man a partial refund for his flight ticket that was promised by the site’s chatbot, a Canadian tribunal ruled Wednesday, in what could be a landmark case for the use of artificial intelligence in business. Jake Moffatt asked the airline’s artificial intelligence support chatbot whether the airline offered … Read more
[ After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled by an airline chatbot inaccurately explaining the airline’s bereavement travel policy. On the day Jake Moffatt’s grandmother died, Moffat immediately visited Air Canada’s website to book a flight from Vancouver to Toronto. Unsure of … Read more
[ KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s aviation remains firmly on a trajectory of recovery, with a total of 72 airlines operating actively within Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network of local airports at the end of 2023, representing 9.1 per cent surge from the preceding year. This surge has also resulted in a robust connection to a … Read more
[ NEW DELHI: IndiGo has become the first Indian carrier to cross the 10-crore passenger mark in a calendar year. This feat was achieved when a passenger, Ritesh Banglani, checked in for 6E-6118 Delhi-Bengaluru flight on Monday. IndiGo had earlier become the first desi airline to cross Rs 1-lakh-crore in market capitalisation and to have … Read more
