top of page
Search


Air travel heats up: Are Americans in for another chaotic summer?
Last Memorial Day weekend was the inaugural mess in a summer of air travel chaos. With significantly more Americans expected to head to...
icarussmith20
May 25, 20235 min read


Delta Airlines expects Memorial Day travel to exceed pre-pandemic demand, flying 560,000 passengers
Delta Airlines is expecting a daily average of 560,000 passengers across the Memorial Day period. That's 17% more than last year. It also...
icarussmith20
May 24, 20231 min read


Lack of air traffic controllers is industry's biggest issue, United Airlines CEO says
This coming Memorial Day weekend could be the busiest in years for air travel. Close to 3.5 million travelers are expected to fly this...
icarussmith20
May 24, 20234 min read


Why are United Airlines Pilots Picketing?
Adding further fuel to the fire of this summer’s travel season, United Airlines pilots have started picketing in protest of their wages,...
icarussmith20
May 22, 20233 min read


American Airlines, pilots reach preliminary labor deal
American Airlines and its pilots have reached a preliminary agreement for a new four-year labor contract after months of tense...
icarussmith20
May 19, 20232 min read


Flight Refunds: Friend or Foe?
The Biden administration on Monday May 8 revealed plans to propose new regulations, which would require airlines to provide refunds and...
icarussmith20
May 18, 20235 min read


Canada's WestJet Airlines to cancel flights as pilot strike looms
May 18 (Reuters) - Onex Corp's (ONEX.TO) WestJet Group said on Thursday it will cancel flights ahead of a possible pilots' strike, as a...
icarussmith20
May 18, 20231 min read


Delta CEO: More government regulations on airline industry could lead to higher ticket prices
The CEO of Delta Air Lines commented Wednesday on how more government regulation on the airline industry could impact ticket prices....
icarussmith20
May 17, 20232 min read


Pilots at Canada's WestJet Airlines give 72-hour notice as strike looms
May 15 (Reuters) - Pilots at Onex Corp's (ONEX.TO) WestJet Group gave notice on Monday that could allow for strike action as early as May...
icarussmith20
May 16, 20231 min read


Biden wants airlines to pay for cancelling your flight. It's not as good as it sounds.
A few weeks ago, I was in Miami for a long weekend. It was fun soaking up Florida’s sandy beaches and sunshine (and humidity). Sadly, the...
icarussmith20
May 15, 20233 min read


High-spending holidaymakers fill airlines’ first-class and business seats
High-spending holidaymakers are spearheading a boom in first-class and business-class flight bookings, leading big airlines to bet on a...
icarussmith20
May 10, 20233 min read


‘Broken’ FAA Is Two-And-A-Half Years Behind In Approving Drone And Jet Operators To Fly
In 2020, Ramon Pagan, an operator of aerial-mapping drones in Puerto Rico, thought he had an idea that would be good for his business,...
icarussmith20
May 9, 20236 min read


US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays
President Joe Biden said Monday his administration will write new regulations that will require airlines to compensate air travelers and...
icarussmith20
May 9, 20233 min read


Biden administration OKs boost in Chinese airline flights to US
WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The United States will allow Chinese airlines to increase U.S. passenger services to 12 weekly round-trips,...
icarussmith20
May 5, 20232 min read


Analysis: Delta's pilot deal turns up the heat on rival airlines' union negotiations
May 4 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines' (DAL.N) industry-changing pilot contract that offers $7 billion in higher pay and benefits is putting...
icarussmith20
May 5, 20233 min read


JetBlue blasts FAA for staffing shortage as it cuts 10% of NYC departures
JetBlue Airways announced it will cut its departing flightsfrom New York City airports this summer by 10% after blaming the Federal...
icarussmith20
Apr 27, 20232 min read


Frontier Airlines had the highest passenger complaint rate of any U.S. carrier in 2022
By Rob Wile Frontier Airlines saw the highest rate of passenger complaints among U.S. carriers in 2022, a year that became one of the...
icarussmith20
Apr 27, 20232 min read


Russia’s war on Ukraine redrew the map of the sky – but not for Chinese airlines
Paris CNN — In the early days of the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and Russia closed off their airspace to each other – an...
icarussmith20
Apr 26, 20234 min read


Flames during American Airlines flight come amid increased bird strikes
Two incidents involving American Airlines flights – one of them an apparent bird strike – frightened passengers who saw flames flowing...
icarussmith20
Apr 24, 20232 min read


There’s Never Been a Better Time to be a Flight Attendant
The aviation industry is successfully dusting itself off after the devastating impact of the Covid pandemic, and one thing is becoming...
icarussmith20
Apr 24, 20233 min read
bottom of page
