After a Dominican Republic tourist was removed from a flight, he died in a local hospital. What are travelers’ options in these situations? Khalid Adkins was just trying to get home from the Dominican Republic. But before the Denver man’s flight left, family members told media and later wrote on a fundraising page, …
Flying has increasingly become a world of the haves and have-nots, starting with purchasing a ticket and continuing as passengers are sorted by status to board. Once on the plane, passengers can see where they fit in the hierarchy, with the seats getting smaller and thinner and legroom tighter with …
Delta and American Airlines are among the carriers that are charging more for checked bags. But a few tricks can help travelers avoid those fees altogether. When JetBlue Airways hiked its checked bag fees by $5 on Aug. 27, fliers braced for other carriers to follow suit. United Airlines did so quickly, followed this …
The dodge that allows an increasing number of pets to fly with their owners ACCORDING to the Air Carrier Access Act, pigs might indeed fly. Technically so might dogs, cats, miniature horses, kangaroos, possums, parrots, hamsters, ducks, turkeys, ferrets, lizards, snakes, turtles and a variety of other animals seldom seen …
Social media may be giving incidents of bad behaviour more publicity NOTE to travellers headed to a stag do: the festivities begin at your destination, not on the plane that is taking you there. This might seem obvious, but many revellers appear unsure. Last week, an easyJet flight from Bristol to Prague …
New York-based JetBlue airline will accept dogs, cats and miniature horses as emotional support animals, but leave those monkeys, goats and the rest at home. JetBlue Airways has joined several other U.S. air carriers in adopting new restrictions on passengers who want to travel with emotional support animals by limiting …
Saying the wrong thing to airline staff can get passengers into serious trouble. Tell an off-color joke or make a verbal threat, and a problematic passenger could find himself removed from a flight. He might even get arrested. Saying the wrong thing to airline staff can get passengers into serious …
Sharon L. Giovinazzo, president and chief executive of World Services for the Blind, was recently walking through an airport with her trained service dog Watson when a “pocket pooch” growled and then bit him, she said. The owner apologized and said the dog was her service animal. Ms. Giovinazzo, an Army …
Hundreds of hands grappling with oxygen masks. Flight attendants warning passengers to brace for impact. The plane hurtling toward the unforgiving ground. Survivors of air accidents often proclaim that their survival was a miracle. But what follows is another kind of miracle: Many survivors manage to get past the horror …
April 22 (UPI) — A Colorado woman traveling home from France was charged $500 because she was in possession of an apple. On a flight from Paris to Denver, Delta Airlines staff handed out apples for an in-flight snack and Crystal Tadlock put hers in her purse to save for later. …
How likely is it that you will catch the flu on a fully packed airplane during flu season? According to a new study, not very likely. But a lot depends on who else is sitting in your row, and the row in front and in back of you. It also …
Despite the glittering appeal and many perks of being a pilot, the industry has been facing a global drought of them in recent years, unhelped by an ever-growing number of passengers eager to travel the world. One potential solution? Reduce the number of pilots needed in the cockpit to one (or possibly …