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I'm Tweeting on a Jet Plane

Julia Allison | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Social Media, Southwest Airlines, Tsa, Twitter, Jetblue, United Airlines, Tweeting, Airlines, Airline, Virgin America, Airlines Twitter, Airlines Social Media, Media News

Most airlines recognize Twitter and Facebook as effective and easy methods of both informing customers and mitigating public-relations disasters. The question really is: How comfortable are they in their social-media skin?

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Airlines Play The Victim After Hefty Delay Fine

Kate Hanni | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Airline, Flight Delays, Flyersrights, Dot, American Eagle, Chicago O'Hare, Department of Transportation, Travel News

The fact is that American Eagle was fined for loading 15 aircraft that they knew had no chance of making an on-time departure and for those flights' passengers spending hours on the tarmac.

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Flight Attendant's Stolen Money Flushed Down The Toilet

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, Flight Attendant, Stolen Money, Flight Attendant Stolen Money, Airline, Iceland AIr, Video, Icelandair, Travel News

BOSTON -- Massachusetts State Police say they have arrested a man returning from a vacation in Iceland after he allegedly stole $300 from a flight att...

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Air India Passengers Fume After Spending 9 Hours On The Tarmac

Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, Tarmac Delay, Air India, 9 Hour Tarmac Delay, Airline, India, Travel News

A combination of London fog and aviation rules left an Air India flight stuck on the tarmac at Gatwick Airport for nine hours Monday, reports Agence F...

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Red Alert: Theft Of Silver Salt & Pepper Pots Shakes Airline Industry

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Stolen Salt and Pepper Pots, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, Airline, Travel News

No longer will Virgin Atlantic Upper Class passengers be able to season their in-flight meal from lavish silver pots. The airline announced Friday it ...

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Airline Breast Exam Angers Flight Attendants

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Video, Breast Exam, Garuda Indonesia, Global Pulse, Breasts, Garuda, Airline, Flight Attendants, Travel News

Flight attendant hopefuls in South Korea are accusing Garuda Indonesia airline of inappropriately handling their breasts in medical examinations, Agen...

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GE Surveys Future Of Flight And The World's Most Popular Airports

AOL Travel News | Posted 11.08.2011

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Airbus Trounces Boeing At Paris Air Show

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Airasia, Boeing, a320, France, Airplane, Tom Enders, United States, Boeing 737, Europe, Tony Fernandes, Indigo, Airbus, Airline, Business News

LE BOURGET, France — Airbus is trouncing Boeing in the race to be the world's biggest planemaker, claiming over $72 billion dollars worth of ord...

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Stowaway Found On U.S. Airways Flight, Police Say

AP | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Airline Employee, US Airways, Police, Stow Away, Flight, US Airways Employee, Stowed Away, Airline, Arrested, Home News

PITTSBURGH -- A US Airways employee was arrested in Pittsburgh after allegedly stowing away on an earlier flight from Florida to North Carolina, autho...

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Catholic Nun Forcibly Removed From Plane For Wearing 'Muslim Garb'

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Religion, Islam, Profiling, Islamophobia, Prejudice, Nuns, Comedy, Airline, Plane, Satire, Muslims, Homeland Security, Flight, Terrorism, Lent, Catholic, Comedy News

Sister Cora-Ann, a Catholic Nun from the Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Dayton, Ohio got the surprise of her life yesterday, when she was asked to leave the plane she had just boarded at the Omaha International Airport.

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Tarmac Rules Trap Passengers and Airlines on a Flight to Nowhere

Christine Negroni | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dot, Passenger Bill of Rights, Volcanic Ash, Tarmac, Fox News, Baggage Fees, Huffington Post, Airline, Airplanes, Air Travel, Airlines, Healthy Living News

The largest expense categories for airlines are those most difficult to control; fuel and labor. They simply can't fly a planeload of passengers for what they make on tickets alone.

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Solar EMP and the Mystery of Air France 447

Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air France 447, Solar Climax, Tragedy, Airbus, Boeing, Pitot Tubes, Airplane, Air France, South Atlantic, Electromagnetic Pulse, Airline, 2012, Sunspots, National Academy of Sciences, Apocalypse 2012, Nasa, Flight, Crash, Themis, Emp, Technology News

By scientific consensus, solar EMP blasts will next climax in ferocity and frequency late in 2012 or early 2013. Might be a good idea to harden sensitive electronic components before then.

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Social Media: How Delta Airlines Loses Business One Customer at a Time

Noah Mallin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airline, Twitter, Customer Service, Atlanta, Facebook, Delta Airlines, Blog, Google, Delta, Technology News

I just had an absurdly Kafka-esque experience with Delta Airlines in Atlanta that involved missed connections, a seeming tour of the bowels of the airport, and some of the worst customer service ever.

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To Cut Costs, Ryanair Asks Passengers To Stand

Mail Online | Graham Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryanair, Airline Tickets, Standing During Flights, Ticket Prices, Michael O'Leary, Airfare, Airline, Business News

Ryanair wants passengers to stand during its flights so the budget airline can squeeze more people onboard. The Irish air carrier plans to cut cost...

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Jumbo Jets Tax Jumbo Passengers

Lionel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obesity, Airlines Obese, Airline Seats, Airline, Comedy News

I'd like to discuss the "rights" of the obese. It was reported that airlines will charge more when tubbies find it hard to be seated and situated on airline flights. And it's about time.

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Jazz Airline Removes Life Vests To Save Weight, Fuel

Clusterstock, AP | Jonathan Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Travel, Life Vests, Air Canada, Airline Ditches Life Vests, Oil Prices, Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Fuel Prices, Airline, Business News

An official with Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz says the airline is removing life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel. Jazz spokesw...

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Employees Hate Airlines As Much As Passengers

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airport, Holiday Travel, Airports, Holiday Travel Mess, Airlines, Airline Employees, Airline, Airport Delays, Holiday Travel Headaches, Business News

And you thought the passengers were mad. Airline employees are fed up, too -- with pay cuts, increased workloads and management's miserly ways, which...

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Passenger Jet Crashes In Thailand, 100 Feared Dead

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A passenger plane heading to one of Thailand's leading tourist destinations crashed Sunday as it tried to land in heavy rain, splitting in two as it w...

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