A late-arriving passenger become irate with airline workers was arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor International and then died while in police custody. Police believe the woman –- 45-year-old Carol Ann Gotbaum -– may have accidentally strangled herself while trying to...
The USA's mandatory age-60 retirement rule for pilots is the subject of a Sunday story by the Chicago Tribune (free registration), which says the "controversial" rule is "frustrating pilots who wish or need to keep working into their 60s." The...
A bird struck an AirTran flight just after takeoff from Philadelphia on Saturday, cracking the windshield and slightly injuring the co-pilot, The Associated Press reports. The jet returned to Philadelphia after the incident. As for the pilot, his injuries were...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Indianapolis International has tentative plans to install floor-level sinks for Muslim drivers in a new taxi staging area. The sinks would more easily permit them to wash their feet before prayer....
Looking for that perfect conversation piece to impress your friends? How about a 1.2-tons of landing gear from the Concorde? Or what about a "a Mach-monitoring speedometer," also from the Concorde? The Associated Press says those "are perhaps the standout...
Beginning March 30, Dutch carrier KLM begins daily nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Amsterdam. The carrier will operate one daily round-trip flight on the route using Airbus A330-200 jets with 30 business-class seats and 221 in coach. The new...
As US Airways hits the two-year anniversary of its merger with America West, the airline says in its employee newsletter the company's "Board of Directors has approved several capital projects, meaning the airline will be dedicating significant finances toward several...
Could flying on a Russian-made jetliner become as common as boarding on a Boeing 737 or a Bombardier regional jet? "The Kremlin is hoping so," writes Forbes.com, which says Russia "has added commercial aviation to the growing portfolio of global...
Maryland's Hagerstown Regional Airport appears likely to lose its only commercial air service. Regional carrier Air Midwest, which operates in Hagerstown as a US Airways Express carrier, is the only airline serving the city of about 39,000 located about 80...
Effective March 1, American says its elite-level fliers will no longer earn elite-status bonus miles on British Airways flights that are booked under the BA code. "As always, all eligible flights booked under the AA flight number will continue to...
Delta announced yesterday it would 14 new international routes (see below), including a number of destinations Reuters describes as "out of the way." The news agency cites Lagos, Nigeria; Dakar, Senegal; and Guatemala City as a few examples. But those...
Delta on Wednesday announced a big expansion for New York JFK in a move that it also said would help reduce congestion at the delay-plagued airport. The carrier said it will add 14 new international routes from JFK, "including nine...
Could JetBlue threaten Allegiant Air's Maine-to-Florida service? That was the question put to Allegiant by the Bangor Daily News, which cites JetBlue's Wednesday announcement that it will add nonstop service between Portland and Orlando International. Allegiant flies from Bangor International...
British Airways' announced to day a big new plane order (see below), a move that caps "one of the most closely watched and hard-fought competitions between Airbus and The Boeing Co. in several years," writes Seattle Post-Intelligencer aerospace reporter James...
