Tag Archives: air travel

“Influencers” Stranded In Mexico After Rowdy Flight

The New York Daily News reports: A group of Canadian social media influencers and reality TV stars are now stranded in Mexico, after at least three airlines refused to fly them home over a maskless on-air party. The group flew from Quebec to Cancun aboard a Sunwing charter flight on Dec. 30. Footage of the wild ride showed many of …

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Travel Woes Continue: 2500+ Flights Canceled Today

Reuters reports: Over 4,000 flights were cancelled around the world on Sunday, more than half of them U.S. flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions due to adverse weather and the surge in coronavirus cases caused by the Omicron variant. The flights cancelled by 8 pm GMT on Sunday included over 2,500 entering, departing from or within …

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Weather + COVID = 2500 Canceled Flights So Far Today

The Associated Press reports: By late morning Saturday on the East Coast, more than 2,500 U.S. flights and nearly 4,200 worldwide had been canceled, according to tracking service FlightAware.That is the highest single-day toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines began blaming staffing shortages on increasing COVID-19 infections among crews. Saturday’s disruptions weren’t just due to the virus, however. …

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United, Spirit Bump Up Crew Pay Amid Cancellations

Reuters reports: United Airlines and Spirit Airlines are bumping up pay for on board staff as they scramble to keep schedules intact after U.S. airlines were hammered by a week of mass cancellations. While Spirit’s flight attendants are receiving double pay on any work through Jan. 4, according to their union, United is offering triple time for pilots who pick …

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Another 1400 Flights Canceled Today, 2000 Delayed

ABC News reports: Over 1,400 flights going into, out of and within the U.S. were canceled on Friday as the year comes to a close with snarled travel due to the impact of COVID-19 and the omicron variant on airlines and their crews. According to FlightAware’s live delay and cancellation statistic, just over 1,400 flights in the U.S. were canceled …

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State Department Issues Warning On Overseas Travel

Via press release from the State Department: International Travel Challenges During COVID-19 U.S. citizens who choose to travel internationally should be aware that they may face unexpected challenges related to COVID-19 as they attempt to return to the United States or attempt to travel from one overseas location to another. U.S. citizens who do choose to travel internationally should make …

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Woman Isolates In Plane Bathroom After Mid-Flight Test

Grand Rapids’ ABC News affiliate reports: A woman who grew up in West Michigan is now going viral for a video showing herself isolated in an airplane bathroom after she tested positive for COVID-19 in the middle of a flight. About an hour into the five-hour Icelandic Air flight to Reykjavik, Marisa Fotieo said her throat started to hurt. She …

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JetBlue Axes 1280 Flights To “Get Ahead” Of Omicron

CNBC reports: JetBlue Airways is cutting more than 1,280 flights from its schedule from Thursday through mid-January in anticipation of more Covid-19 infections among pilots and flight attendants. “This past week has been one of our most difficult operating periods during the pandemic,” three JetBlue department leaders wrote Tuesday in a note to staff, which was seen by CNBC. “The …

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MO Woman Runs Onto Tarmac To Stop Missed Flight

Phoenix’s NBC News affiliate reports: A woman late for her flight was arrested for trespassing at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Sunday, authorities said. Vickie Myers, 53, from St. Louis was booked into the Maricopa County Jail for running out onto the tarmac to stop a plane from leaving, the Phoenix Police Department said. The woman said she was late …

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TN Woman Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

CNN reports: A Tennessee woman turned herself into the FBI on Tuesday after she was accused of assaulting two flight attendants during a Spirit Airlines flight last month, the Justice Department announced. Amanda Renee Henry was charged in a criminal complaint with interfering with a flight crew, after an incident on a November 27 flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to …

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McEnany: Show A Little Grace, Wear A Mask On Planes

“Show a little grace. If you have to wear a mask, wear the mask, make the job easier for the flight attendant. And don’t put a flight attendant in this situation. They are doing their best. They’re working hard, we are all stressed because of COVID. “Show a little grace to the flight attendants, to your fellow passengers, it will …

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1000+ Flights Canceled Yesterday, 756 So Far Today

Reuters reports: US carriers Delta Air Lines and Alaska Air Group canceled hundreds of flights on Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions and rising cases of the Omicron variant – and expected more cancellations today. Delta said it expected to cancel more flights today after canceling the more than 250 of 4,133 scheduled flights on Tuesday, while Alaska canceled 170 …

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Widespread Flight Cancellations Continue For 4th Day

CNN Business reports: More than 2,000 flights have been canceled Monday as Covid cases surge across the globe. Of the more than 2,400 canceled flights, nearly 900 were within, into or out of the United States, according to FlightAware. More than 6,500 flights are delayed. The cancellations come at the busiest time of year for air travel. The US Transportation …

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Fauci: “Seriously Consider” Vax Proof For Air Travel

Axios reports: A COVID vaccine requirement should “seriously” be considered for domestic air travel in the U.S. as a response to the Omicron variant of the virus, NIAID director Anthony Fauci told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday. When you make vaccination a requirement, that’s another incentive to get more people vaccinated,” Fauci said. “If you want to do that with …

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1200+ US Flights Canceled Yesterday, 5000+ Delayed

CNN Business reports: Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass cancellations and delays over Christmas weekend, as staff and crew call out sick amid the Omicron surge. More than 1,200 US flights were canceled and more than 5,000 were delayed Sunday, according to FlightAware. Globally, there were over 2,000 cancellations. Delta …

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Fauci: Needing Proof Of Vax To Fly “Would Be Welcome”

The Hill reports: In an appearance on ABC News’s “This Week,” co-anchor Jonathan Karl asked Fauci if he agreed with President Biden who said in a recent interview that his team said vaccine mandates for domestic air travel “isn’t necessary at this time.” Fauci told Karl, “Well, it depends on what you want to use it for. I mean, vaccine …

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High Volume Of Flight Cancellations Enter Third Day

The Associated Press reports: FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted 941 flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. canceled Saturday, up from 690 Friday. Over 200 more flights were already canceled for Sunday. Delta, United and JetBlue on Friday had all said the omicron variant was causing staffing problems leading to flight  According to FlightAware, the three airlines canceled more than …

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Omicron Havoc: 4500+ Flights Canceled, 10K Delayed

Reuters reports: Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant created greater uncertainty and misery for holiday travelers. Airline carriers globally scrapped at least 2,401 flights on Friday, which fell on Christmas Eve and is typically a heavy day for air travel, …

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Passengers Brawl Over Masks On Delta Flight [VIDEO]

The Daily Mail reports: Tis the season to deck fellow travelers in the aisle of your holiday flight. A ‘loud, drunken’ passenger who was reportedly violating mask mandates on a red-eye Delta flight from Los Angeles to Memphis engaged in little impromptu MMA with a fellow traveler, a newly released video on TMZ shows. The man in blue, who apparently …

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3000+ Flights Canceled Worldwide Due To COVID Surge

The Washington Post reports: Thousands of Christmastime flights have been canceled around the world as airlines say the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus is preventing staffers from working. More than 3,000 flights were canceled globally for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, according to the website FlightAware, while another 2,000 flights were scrapped on Thursday. FlightAware said more than 20 …

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