A United Airlines flight from Washington to Las Vegas was forced to divert to Denver International Airport after a passenger tried to open an exterior door mid-flight. Local media reports that the aircraft landed safely after 5pm local time. A spokesman for Denver International Airport said that it was virtually impossible to
A United Airlines pilot has pleaded guilty to being over the legal alcohol limit as he was preparing to take off from London’s Heathrow Airport. 51-year-old Erwin Washington, from Colorado, was charged in November last year on a flight that was due to depart from Heathrow Airport. A breath test was conducted
Heathrow Express has today announced the launch of new automated check-in services for air passengers at London’s Paddington station, with the new service allowing travellers to check-in for their flights using automated self service kiosks, prior to taking the train to Heathrow. It is the first that common self service check-in
Starting 1 May 2010, United Airlines will offer seasonal flights daily between Chicago and Italy’s capital city Rome. The flight will operate throughout the summer travel season and will end by 31 August 2010. United Airlines still continues to offer daily flight service between Rome and Washington Dulles, United Airlines’ largest
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering slapping United Airline and US Airways with fines running into millions of dollars. Both airlines are accused of violating safety regulations. A whopping $5.4 million dollar fine has been proposed for US Airways, for operating eight aircraft on 1,647 flights between October 2008
Luggage charges are no longer the domain of low-cost carriers. Big airlines such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have announced they will soon be introducing new charges for check-in luggage. Economy passengers will be able to check-in only one piece of luggage per flight, unless they want to pay extra.
United Airlines has reported that it intends to reduce its international capacity during the last four months of 2009, noting that the seven per cent cut is “an effort to better match supply with demand.” It is believed that the move is also related to the carrier’s £323 million loss for
As airlines in the U.S. prepare to report their earnings for the fourth quarter, new figures released show that international traffic continues to decline. Premium passenger traffic fell by 11.5 percent in November, following a 6.9 per cent decrease in October, according to the International Air Traffic Association (IATA). The drop
United Airlines, in its latest attempt to counteract losses due to high fuel prices, will become the first U.S.-based airline to start charging passengers on some of its overseas flights for meals. What the second-largest carrier in the U.S. will offer is the opportunity to purchase a meal, but this will
A second significant carrier said "goodbye" to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport recently. American carrier Delta Airlines has stated it will no longer be servicing San Luis Obispo Airport starting September 1. The main US airline, which just commenced offering daily flight services a year ago, is “withdrawing due to the
With US Airways and United Airlines joining American Airlines in introducing a scheme to charge for each checked piece of luggage, passengers are expected to react by trying to pack everything into a sole carry-on. In fact, the cramming of single bags has already begun - even on carriers that haven't
Pilots of United Airlines are strongly opposing a merger with US Airways citing that the merger would be extremely negative. It is a long-standing custom that pilots have to be in agreeance to such a merger. It has been asserted that while United Airlines management has its own problems, problems
In an attempt at lowering skyrocketing costs of air travel, airlines have chosen to decrease speed. In other words, it wasn't just your imagination thinking that it takes longer to get from point "A" to point "B". If it works on ground travel why wouldn't it work in the air