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When is it Acceptable to Press the Flight Attendant Call Button?
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Could Your Airplane Be At Risk of ‘Tipping Over’ If You Stand Up Too Quickly After Arriving at the Gate?
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If You’re In The Plane Bathroom When the Oxygen Masks Drop, Should You Make a Run For Your Seat?
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Department of Justice Won’t Challenge Alaska Airlines’ $1.9 Billion Acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines as Legal Review Period is Allowed to Expire
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600 Border Guards at Heathrow Airport to Go On Strike As Families Return From Their Summer Holidays
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Alaska Airlines Succeeds in Having Consumer Lawsuit Aimed at Blocking Takeover of Hawaiian Airlines Thrown Out of Court
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Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl On American Airlines Flight to San Diego
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Alaska Airlines Celebrates its First Ever 3 Million Mile Frequent Flyer On a Flight From Orlando to Seattle
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Canadian Airline Westjet Grounds 10% of its Fleet After 16 Aircraft Sustain ‘Significant’ Damage During Severe Hailstorm at Calgary Airport
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Transgender Father Says He Was Forced to Publicly Out Himself On Frontier Airlines Flight After Crew Made a False Child Trafficking Report
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CrowdStrikes Rejects Delta Air Claims That it Was Responsible For Major Meltdown That Stranded Tens of Thousands of Passengers
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European Airline Group IAG Once Again Abandons Takeover Bid For Spanish Rival Air Europa
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US Appeals Court Rules Against Department of Transportation in Airline ‘Junk Fee’ Dispute
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WATCH: Passengers Step Over ‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Who Tried to Block Departure Gates at Gatwick Airport
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Australia’s Third Largest Airline is in Dire Straits as it Places a Trading Halt On its Stock Admid Reports it’s Been Losing $1 Million Per Week
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Cathay Pacific Launches New Tourism-Focused Safety Video, Replaces Seven-Year-Old Video
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Lebanon’s National Flag Carrier Forced to Cancel Flights After Insurers Remove Cover For Some Planes
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British Airways Flight to Hong Kong Forced to Return to London Because There Was No Running Water Onboard
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Air Canada Flight From Casablanca Grounded After Flight Attendant Goes Crazy at Passenger Who Asked For a Blanket
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US Airline Catering Strike Averted at the Eleventh Hour After Unions Reach Tentative Agreement With Gate Gourmet
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Passenger Says Her Stage 4 Cancer Returned After Run-In With JetBlue Flight Attendant Over Emotional Support Animal
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Libyan Airline Offical Implicated in Flying Illegal Migrants to Nicaragua On Their Journey to the United States
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Virgin Atlantic Blames Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine For Decision to Ditch Shanghai Flights – Cutting Last Remaining Destination in East Asia
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Boeing Starts Long-Awaited Certification Flights of Much-Delayed 777X Long-Haul Aircraft
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Watch: Boeing 777 `Bound For Brazil Suffers Serious Tail Strike as it Tries to Takeoff From Milan Malpensa
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Delta Air Lines Announces Major New Partnership With Saudi Arabia’s Yet-To-Launched Riyadh Air, Including Direct Flights to the Kingdom’s Capital
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Airport Ground Worker Killed After Getting Sucked Into Engine of Boeing 737 When They Stepped Into the ‘Danger Zone’
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Africa’s Largest Airline Accused of Flying Hundreds of Endangered Monkeys to the United States For Use in Animal Testing
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British Government Partially Relaxes Airport Liquid Rules After Sudden U-Turn But There’s a Big Catch
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Man Arrested For Exposing Himself And Urinating in Aisle of American Airlines Flight From Chicago O’Hare
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TSA Smashes Record For Number of Airline Passengers Screened in a Single Day And It Expects to Surpass Record Within Weeks
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The EU is Set to Approve Lufthansa’s Takeover of Loss-Making Italian Flag Carrier ITA Airways Despite Antitrust Concerns
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NTSB Urges Boeing and Airbus to Develop New Cockpit Safety System to Stop Slew of Near Miss Accidents
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Department of Transportation Refuses Request By Major US Airlines to Push Back Date They Have to Start Displaying ‘Junk Fees’ Upfront
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Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Give The Carrier Two Weeks to Reach Contract Deal or Face a Potential Strike
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Some of the Biggest Airlines in the United States Have Refused to Improve Benefits For Serving Military Personnel, Department of Transportation Says
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Flight Attendant Spotted Evacuating Plane Via Emergency Slide With a Full-Sized Carry-On Case in Contravention of Protocols
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Southwest Airlines Flights Are Showing On Google Flights For the First Time and it Could Have Something to do With the Biden Administration’s War On ‘Junk Fees’
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Another Passenger With a Potentially Life-Threatening Nut Allergy Discovers That Some Airlines Have Little Sympathy For Allergy Sufferers
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Chicago-Bound United Airlines Boeing 767 Diverts to Ireland After Passenger Gets Laptop Wedged Stuck in Business Class Seat
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Two More Airports Are Fighting Over Using a City Name, This Time in Canada Where a Lawsuit Is Already Underway
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Convicted Felon Faces Up To 15 Years in Jail After Attempting to Smuggle Loaded Firearm and 204 Bullets Onto Aircraft By Wrapping Them in Silver Foil
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Emirates Set to Resume Flights to Nigeria Nearly Two Years After Suspending Services Due to Millions of Dollars in Blocked Funds
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Watch: Airline Worker Miarcously Escapes Serious Injury After Falling From Open Aircraft Door When Colleagues Remove the Airstairs Too Soon
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New Video Emerges of Chaotic Emergency Response and Evacuation of Delta Air Plane That Caught Fire at SeaTac
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Southwest Comes Out as a Consumer Champion as It Refuses to Join Lawsuit By Major Airlines Against Biden Administration’s War On ‘Hidden Fees’
It's Not Just Cathay Pacific: Emirates Warns Staff After "Increase" in Onboard Property Going Missing
Emirates Will Reward Employees With Bonus Worth Five Months Pay After Posting Second Straight Year of Record Profits
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JetBlue Bans Flight Attendants From Wearing ‘Free Palestine’ Flag Pins After Altercation With Jewish Passenger
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American Airlines is Issuing ‘Poverty Verification Letters’ For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low
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Passenger Was Injured During Flight to Sydney When Bolt From Safety Strap Punctured a Hole in the Fuselage During Takeoff