Southwest Drops 20 Nonstop Routes To Accommodate For 737 MAX Absence

Southwest Airlines will be axing 20 nonstop routes from its network to re-shuffle its fleet and accommodate it on higher-demand destinations. Starting January 2020, Southwest Airlines will exclude from its schedule what they call "weaker-than-expected" nonstop services. The airline notes that the aircraft that were stationed to operate these nonstop services will be placed elsewhere, including its new flights from California to Hawaii. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Mom, Daughter Kicked Off Air Canada Plane, Not Told They're Banned from Airline Until It Was Too Late

A Quebec woman wound up spending nearly $8,000 in airline tickets to fly herself and her daughter home after Air Canada kicked them off a plane and didn't immediately inform them that they were banned from future Air Canada flights. Air Canada says the two were ordered to leave their flight, departing Bucharest for Montreal on July 31, because of disruptive behaviour. (www.cbc.ca) עוד...

Mesa Airlines Faces Criminal Charges for Violating Long Beach Airport’s Noise Ordinance

An airline is facing criminal charges for allegedly violating the Long Beach Airport’s noise ordinance on 16 separate occasions in the past year, according to a criminal complaint filed by the city prosecutor’s office this week. The complaint — filed against Mesa Airlines and American Eagle on Wednesday, Aug. 14 — alleges that the airline violated the city’s ordinance on noise curfews 16 times from August 2018 to July of this year. This is the fifth time the city has prosecuted an airline for… (www.presstelegram.com) עוד...

Puerto Rico advances effort to establish Caribbean international hub

Puerto Rico wants to transform its international airports into centrally located hubs for air passengers and cargo flowing between Europe and Latin America. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...

ATSB releases Angel Flight investigation, Angel Flight disputes findings

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) this week released a report that was critical of charity Angel Flight Australia. The report was the result of a fatal collision into terrain incident involving an Angel Flight flight. (www.airlive.net) עוד...

From the Archives: 1966 airline strike over

On July 8, 1966, the International Assn. of Machinists (IMA) union went on strike against five airlines. Sixty percent of U.S. commercial air traffic was grounded for 43 days. (www.latimes.com) עוד...

Orlando airport worker found purse on tram, used traveler’s credit cards for ‘shopping spree,’ cops say

A worker at Orlando International Airport who found a traveler’s lost purse on a tram used the credit cards inside to go on a “shopping spree” — spending nearly $3,000 on everything from shoes to video game consoles, according to police. (www.orlandosentinel.com) עוד...

RioGaleão promoted the second edition of the Rio de Janeiro Integrated Operational Safety Symposium

The event partnered with DTCEA-GL and featured panels and lectures from air sector authorities and featured live webcast... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) עוד...

Norway’s first battery-powered plane crashed into a lake

Norway's first battery-powered airplane crashed into a lake yesterday, Reuters reports. While no one was harmed in the crash, the incident could be a set back for the country, which hopes to electrify all domestic flights by 2040. It's still unclear why the electric plane, an Alpha Electro G2, lost engine power, forcing the pilot to crash-land on his way back to the airport. The plane is owned by Avinor, Norway's state-run airport operator, and it was being flown by chief… (www.engadget.com) עוד...