Airtran

Airline Employee Charged With Attempted Booze Theft

Posted 01.03.2012

A 28-year-old airline employee was charged with theft after trying to pilfer mini-bottles of booze and potato chips from a parked plane at Milwaulkee'...

Southwest Flight Attendant Union Reaches Seniority Deal

AP | Posted 12.27.2011

DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendants are the latest group of workers to agree on how they will integrate their seniority with that of wo...

FBI: Woman Made Bomb Threat To Delay Husband's Flight

Posted 12.22.2011

A woman upset with her husband called in a bomb threat in an attempt to ground his flight at Los Angeles International, the FBI has alleged in a new c...

Notorious Company Changes Its Name Again

Posted 12.15.2011

An infamous company is attempting a complete brand makeover -- again. The private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and most recently kno...

Women Kicked Off AirTranFlight Blame Ornery Flight Attendant

Posted 12.06.2011

Three New York-bound women were kicked off their AirTran flight Monday, and they say a disagreeable flight attendant is to blame. Marilyn Miller, C...

WATCH: Couple Sues Airline Over Cockroaches

Posted 11.13.2011

A Charlotte, North Carolina couple is suing AirTran Airways for "negligence and recklessness, intentional infliction of emotional distress, nuisance, ...

The Horror Of AirTran

Rahim Kanani | Posted 01.09.2012

Rahim Kanani

Cut to five hours later: We approach AirTran again and inquire about the flight. The man behind the desk was wide-eyed and high-strung, with a wrinkled white dress shirt and untucked in the back.

AirTran Adopts 'Too Fat To Fly'

Posted 12.14.2011

Southwest Airlines has garnered a lot of attention in the past few years for booting passengers for being "too fat to fly." "Clerks" director Kevin...

Google Offering Free WiFi on Three Airlines Over the Holidays

Sue Frause | Posted 05.25.2011

Sue Frause

Google at Frankfurt Book Fair. Sue Frause photo. Flying over the holidays? If so, good news for Wi-Fi in the sky users. Google Chrome has teamed u...

Southwest to Purchase AirTran

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Negroni

How much did Southwest Airlines covet access to the traffic-rich airports in Atlanta and New York? Enough to offer AirTran Airways more than $7 a shar...

Muhammad Abu Tahir, Man Who Caused Emergency Plane Landing In Denver, Sentenced To Three Months

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — A Virginia man who disrupted a cross-country flight that led to the plane being diverted to Colorado has been sentenced to three months...

Two-Inch Turtle Causes Taxiing Plane To Return To Gate

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — A caged, 2-inch turtle traveling with a 10-year-old girl caused a crew to turn around a taxiing plane, take the girl and her sisters o...

Frontier Airlines Lives On, Will Become Official Brand Name Of Republic Airways

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 05.25.2011

MINNEAPOLIS — The Midwest Airlines name is going away. Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which owns both Midwest and Frontier Airlines, said on T...

Slippery Numbers

Simon Sinek | Posted 05.25.2011

Simon Sinek

I write the most popular blog on the internet* *comparison made to less popular blogs.

Muhammed Abu Tahir Caused Emergency Plane Landing By Shaving With Shirt Off Drunk In Bathroom

Posted 05.25.2011

Bizarre details are emerging about an emergency plane landing in Colorado Springs on Friday that prompted the deployment of two F-16 fighter jets from...

Muhammad Abu Tahir Freed On Bond

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — An airline passenger accused of locking himself in a bathroom to shave and prompting his flight to be tailed by two military jets won't...

Flights Diverted and Other Airline Security Concerns

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Negroni

It's usually wise not to let media reports distort your perception of reality, but I'm getting nervous about this apparent uptick in aviation security events.

Muhammad Abu Tahir Charged With Disrupting Crew On AirTran Flight

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — A passenger on a diverted AirTran Airways flight accused of becoming unruly after he was refused more alcohol was charged Wednesday wit...

Dress Arab -- Make $

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Dean Obeidallah

I implored Arabs to shop at stores that can help you dress "white" like Banana Republic -- the Mecca of clothing for white people. But now I'm here to tell everyone to ignore that advice in light of today's news.

Muslims "Off" a Plane

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Wajahat Ali

We in the US are currently engaged in a "war on terror," but this does not give a democratic and free country license to be overwhelmed by fear of its own Muslim and Middle Eastern citizens.

Still With Us: The Politics of Fear

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

William Fisher

The past few weeks have given us yet more evidence that our post-9/11 Islamophobia is still alive and well.

(Not) Flying While Muslim

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Dean Obeidallah

As an Arab-American comedian who flies a great deal for work, I want to offer my experience to other brown people in the hopes it helps you get on your flight.

236.com: Tips For Muslims Who Like To Travel By Air

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Nine members of an American Muslim family were removed from an AirTran flight on Thursday after comments made by two of the family members were miscon...