After several months of encouraging—if lucky—reliability, stability has given way to wobbliness around the national aviation system. And in a coincidence only Agnes Callard could be rooting for, this sudden destabilization figures to coincide with the busiest air travel day of the summer: the TSA expects to screen 2.82 million…
In yet another twist to what has been a wild week of travel in the United States following the holiday season, the FAA issued a ground stop at every Florida airport on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told WESH 2, an Orlando based network that "The FAA has slowed…
Despite having a chaotic summer of air travel, US airlines performed well during Thanksgiving week. According to the flight tracking website FlightAware, US airlines canceled a total of 441 flights across the week. Calm weather across the continental US kept the airlines moving. The only exception was a major storm…
Under proposed rules in the United Kingdom, airline passengers on domestic flights may receive compensations for flight delays of an hour, according to the BBC. Currently, the country still follows rules from the European Union, in which airline passengers are only entitled to compensation for a delay if the delay…
British Airways was affected on Wednesday night by an undisclosed ‘technical issue’ which resulted in a disruption to the airline’s schedule with flight delays and cancellations. A statement from the airline said: "Our teams are working hard to resolve a technical issue which is affecting some of our flights, and…
Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea has been told by the Italian civil aviation authority that it could be blocked from operating within Italy if its flight schedules are continuously delayed. Italy's National Agency for Civil Aviation, or ENAC, has accused the Barcelona-based carrier of "numerous critical issues" this past summer, some…
Branson Airport has announced that Silver Airways has cancelled its plans to start service to the city at the end of the month. The Florida based airline planned to start service to Branson from three cities on August 30. The reason for the cancellation was the continued delay in certification…
While many travelers in the United States are left at the mercy of airlines when it comes to irregular operations, the European Union has a series of passenger protections that entitle passengers on certain flights to compensation based on varying factors. European Commission Regulation 261 The regulation, known as the…
As the first blizzard of 2018, also known as a 'bomb cyclone,' bore down on the Northeast, flights to major airports, including Boston Logan, Philadelphia, and New York, were disrupted. American Airlines canceled more than 1,300 flights on Thursday and 360 on Friday, while Delta canceled approximately 750 mainline and regional flights on…
