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US Changes Definition of Service Animals Allowed on Planes
The Department of Transportation issued a new rule Wednesday that when it comes to air travel, only dogs can be considered service animals.
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Airlines Move Forward With Furloughs
Upwards of 40,000 airline employees are facing an uncertain future now that airlines are furloughing employees. This all had to do with federal money that has dried up in the wake of the pandemic. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss shows how you could be affected by these cuts as well.
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What to Do if Your Bags are Delayed or Lost by an Airline
Did the airline lose your luggage? Here’s what to do if your bags are delayed or lost.
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How to Protect Your Kids From Dog Bites
Over four million people are bitten by dogs each year and children are more likely to suffer serious injuries. Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics to help prevent kids from getting bit by dogs and information on what you can do if a dog does bite.
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New Federal Guidelines Issued for Service, Emotional Animals on Planes
The government is telling airlines and passengers how it will enforce rules governing animals that people bring on planes. The Transportation Department said Thursday that airline employees can bar any animal they consider a safety threat. Airlines, however, can be punished if they ban an entire dog or cat breed, such as pit bulls.
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11-Month-Old American Boy Dies After Qatar Flight to India
Qatar Airways has confirmed an 11-month-old American baby died Wednesday morning after landing in the Indian city of Hyderabad from Doha, NBC News reported. According to the airline, family members alerted staffers at Hyderabad Airport that Arnav Varma was “unwell” after deboarding the three-and-a-half-hour flight. Varma was rushed to Apollo Medical Center and pronounced dead on arrival. According to his...
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American Airlines Expands Travel Alerts, Adds Waivers
American Airlines says Friday they’re expanding travel alerts and allowing passengers traveling to change flights for no additional fees due to winter storms in the northeast and Midwest.
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Black Eyed Peas Star Accuses Qantas Attendant of Racism
Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician said he was met by police at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an incident with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through...
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Man Accused of Sexual Assault of Female Airline Passenger That Led to Emergency Landing
A man who allegedly groped a female airline passenger, leading to an emergency landing, is facing federal charges for criminal sexual misconduct, NBC News reports. James Clayton Cholewinski-Boyd, 32, who is listed in some court records as Cholewinski-Boy, was charged in connection to an incident on a flight earlier this week from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Salt Lake City, according...
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American, Southwest Airlines Plan to Resume Commercial Flights on 737 Max in March
American and Southwest airlines announced Friday plans to resume commercial flights of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in March 2020.
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JetBlue Apologizes After Fort Lauderdale Airport Employee Dresses as Homeless Person
JetBlue apologized after one of its employees at Fort-Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport dressed up as a homeless person from the Caribbean for Halloween.
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Delta Says It's Bringing Sexuality Back to Some Scenes in ‘Booksmart,' ‘Rocketman'
Delta Air Lines said Friday night it would immediately begin showing versions of the films “Booksmart” and “Rocketman” that include scenes covering girls’ sexuality and gay identity. The scenes had previously been omitted from in-flight showings, NBC News reports. The airline was singled out on social media for running edited versions of “Booksmart,” a comedy about high school friends directed...
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Delta Says It's Bringing Sexuality Back to Some ‘Booksmart,' ‘Rocketman' Scenes
Delta Air Lines said Friday night it would immediately begin showing versions of the films “Booksmart” and “Rocketman” that include scenes covering girls’ sexuality and gay identity. The scenes had previously been omitted from in-flight showings, NBC News reports. The airline was singled out on social media for running edited versions of “Booksmart,” a comedy about high school friends directed...
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Lawsuit: Southwest Pilots Streamed Video From Bathroom Cam
A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a flight attendant alleges pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline’s jets.
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American Airlines Jet Bound for Philly Lands in Dublin, Ireland, After Fumes in Cabin
Two crew members and a passenger on an American Airlines plane bound for Philadelphia were treated in a hospital in Dublin on Monday after fumes from spilled cleaning fluid forced an emergency landing.
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Alaska Airlines to Pay $25 Million for Non-Compliant Wage Statements
Alaska Airlines was ordered to pay $25 million to about a thousand of its employees for withholding information on wage statements.
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Woman Without Ticket Boards Delta Air Lines Plane at Florida Airport
The airline apologized in a statement Sunday for the three-hour delay on its Orlando-Atlanta flight as the woman was taken off the plane, and officials screened all passengers again.
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Delta Employee Arrested in $250,000 Heist at JFK Airport, Source Says
A Delta Airlines employee has been arrested in connection with the case of $250,000 in cash that apparently vanished from John F. Kennedy Airport as it was being transferred onto one of the airline’s flights en route to Florida, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells News 4.
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Effort to Bring Home Stranded Thomas Cook Travelers Underway
The British government has flown home the first 14,500 people stranded by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook, and is expected to ramp up the repatriation effort to get all the 150,000 U.K.-based customers home in two weeks. The Civil Aviation Authority said Tuesday the first batch of people were flown back after Thomas Cook ceased all operations Monday,...
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British Airways Grounds Nearly All Flights as Pilots Strike
British Airways says it has had to cancel almost all flights as a result of a pilots’ 48-hour strike over pay. In a statement Monday, the airline said it had “no way of predicting how many (pilots) would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly.” As a result, it said it had “no option but to...