It has been fifteen years since the “United Breaks Guitars” saga captured the internet’s attention. Dave Carroll’s “United Breaks Guitars” music video eventually racked up millions of views and became one of the earliest examples of a customer complaint going viral online. But a new incident involving baggage handlers tossing guitars at LAX, recently highlighted…
Originally wrote this as reports were starting to come in of an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 flight from Montreal, AC 8646, colliding with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. There are reports of at least two fatalities, and multiple serious injuries on the part of the fire truck. Limited information is available at this time,…
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy for the second time this year. As you may recall, Spirit had courted Frontier, and later JetBlue for an acquisition. Had the federal government not intervened, JetBlue would have integrated Spirit. Instead, Spirit has failed for the second time this year to get itself out of a hole. It is…
Delta 4819 Crashes In Toronto After years without serious commercial air incidents, 2025 is not shaping up well. Less than an hour ago, Delta 4819 a CRJ900 operated by Endeavor crashed in Toronto Pearson(YYZ) on its flight from Minneapolis(MSP). Initial footage show the fuselage upside down on a snowy tarmac. The plane seems to…
It’s been 16 years since a Colgan Air plane crashed on approach to Buffalo, killing 50 in February 2009. Until yesterday, there was not another significant airline crash in the United States since that day. A remarkable safety record, and we find ourselves in a vastly different world now. Twitter was already quite popular then,…
There are reports of a regional jet and a helicopter colliding in the vicinity of National Airport. A webcam at the Kennedy center appears to have filmed the collision as it occurred. Will continue to update this post as new information is received. The flight was AA5342 inbound from Wichita, a CRJ700 operated by PSA…
JetBlue has once again made headlines with the launch of its new service from New York’s JFK airport to Edinburgh, Scotland(EDI), which begins today. This addition marks another significant step in JetBlue’s expansion into transatlantic travel, offering passengers more options and competitive pricing on routes across the Atlantic. JetBlue’s Growing Transatlantic Network JetBlue’s foray into…
New Mexican President President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has scrapped a $13 billion new airport in Mexico City that the previous administration insisted was 1/3 completed. Partially completed structures remain throughout the property. The government may seek to create a public park out of part of the site. As a result of cancelling the project, the…
A highly-decorated Army veteran with PTSD was mocked by American Airlines employees on two separate occasions.
A drunken United Airlines passenger who broke a bathroom door and shouted in Arabic caused an emergency landing, police said.
Guard From Above is the first company in the world to use birds of prey to intercept hostile drones.
Another website is on the market to help people pay for pricey airfare on a repayment plan.
A woman sitting next to the man said he "may have been a little stressed out about flying."
This is not the first mysterious hull loss for an EgyptAir flight. Readers may recall the October 1999 crash off the US coast that has long been thought to be a pilot suicide.
The FAA is investigating an incident at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta after a Delta flight aborted takeoff to avoid another aircraft.