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United Airlines raises spending requirements to earn frequent flyer status
United Airlines customers will have to spend more to reach frequent flyer status next year, the latest move by the carrier to increase profits and give an exclusive feel to the increasingly crowded ...Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Spirit Airlines furloughs more pilots as part of efforts to cut costs
Spirit Airlines Inc. on Wednesday said it would furlough around 330 pilots early next year, the latest money-saving effort by the struggling discount carrier to stay afloat as it wrangles with ...Business - MarketWatch - October 31 -
California inks sustainable aviation fuel deal with major airlines
California signed an agreement Wednesday with the country's leading passenger and cargo airlines to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuels across the state. The California Air Resources ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
United Airlines Passenger Repeatedly Punched Another Flier, Authorities Say
A man assaulted another passenger on a United Airlines flight on Monday in an attack that appeared to have been random, officials said.Top stories - The New York Times - October 31 -
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Ben Baldanza, Who Brought No-Frills Flying to Spirit Airlines, Dies at 62
He introduced ticket prices that couldn’t be beat, but asked fliers to pay extra for nearly everything, including water, carry-ons and printed tickets.Business - The New York Times - 10 hours ago -
Abortion activists target Latino voters in final push for Florida’s abortion amendment
With an amendment aiming to enshrine abortion rights in Florida on the Nov. 5 ballot, advocacy groups on both side of the measure are seeking to cut through the noise in trying to persuade Latino ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
3 states uphold abortion restrictions, 7 others protect abortion access
Measures that would have protected abortion rights at the state level are projected to fail in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota.Top stories - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Will abortion decide the election? It might in Arizona...
Sarah’s there, as early voting beginsTop stories - BBC News - October 18 -
Delta pauses hot meal service on dozens of Detroit flights citing 'food safety issue' at caterer
Delta said its caterer "immediately shut down hot food production" and then suspended operations from the Detroit facility.Business - CNBC - October 14 -
Space stocks rise after SpaceX captures booster in fifth Starship flight test
For the first time, SpaceX used mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” on the launch tower to capture the Starship rocket booster.Business - MarketWatch - October 14 -
Delta pauses hot meal service on dozens of Detroit flights citing 'food safety issue' at caterer
Delta Air Lines had to suspend hot meal service on more than 200 flights out of its Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport hub over the past several days because of a “food safety issue.”Top stories - NBC News - October 14 -
Delta cancels meal service on more than 200 flights over food safety issue
Delta scrapped meal service from hundreds of flights over weekend due to safety issue at food production facility.Top stories - CBS News - October 14 -
Lufthansa Fined $4 Million for Stopping 128 Jewish Passengers From Boarding Flight
The Transportation Department said the fine is the largest it has issued against an airline for civil-rights violations.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 15 -
Air India flight escorted by Singapore fighter jets after latest hoax bomb threat
The Air India flight landed at Changi Airport after being escorted by air force F-15SG jets, in what was the third threat to the national carrier in recent days. Singapore’s air force mobilised two ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
James Cleverly spent £655 a head on in-flight catering for one-day trip to Rwanda
FOI request reveals then home secretary spent £9,803.20 on catering for flight to Kigali to sign deportation deal that never deported a single person. The in-flight catering for James Cleverly’s ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Australian prime minister defends himself from an accusation that he asked for free flight upgrades
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested from Qantas Airways free upgrades ...World - ABC News - October 29 -
Two women removed from BA flight ‘after altercation over Maga cap’
Punches were allegedly exchanged in ‘extraordinary’ incident that delayed plane at Heathrow for two hours. Two women were removed from a British Airways flight at Heathrow after an altercation ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Why Business Travelers Can Now Expect Fast, Automatic Refunds for Major Flight Problems
The regulator’s new rules set time limits for delays deserving refunds, and impose reimbursement for other airline changes undermining service to passengers.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Ryanair warns air travel tax rises mean 10% of its UK flights could be cut
CEO Michael O’Leary says decision to raise passenger duty ‘will deliver cuts, not growth’Business - Financial Times - November 1 -
Game Pass Adds Seven More Games This Month, Including Flight Simulator 2024
More games It's a new month, and that means the Xbox Game Pass catalog is getting restocked with games.. There are seven games coming to Game Pass in the first half of the month, including ...Tech - GameSpot - 4 days ago -
Poland detains four over Russian parcel bomb plot targeting US-bound flights
European officials say DHL parcel fires were result of test runs for using similar methods to attack transatlantic flightsBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Movie Review: In Andrea Arnold's 'Bird,' a gritty fairy tale doesn't take flight
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold specializes in capturing souls, human and otherwise, in soulless environmentsEntertainment - ABC News - 2 days ago -
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in emissions, condemned as ‘gratuitous waste’. Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Qantas flight makes emergency landing at Sydney airport after engine failure, sparking grass fire near runway
A passenger onboard QF520 to Brisbane says it was ‘a real struggle to get airborne and it was clear to everyone … that something was badly wrong’. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
China has increased military flights near Taiwan by 300%, U.S. general says
Gen. Kevin Schneider, a top US commander in the region, told NBC News that Chinese military flights have increased dramatically since Taiwan’s new president took office in May.Politics - NBC News - 12 hours ago
