Tag Archives: air travel

Japan Joins China And EU On Vaccine Passports

Nikkei Asia reports: Japan will issue digital health certificates to citizens who have been inoculated against coronavirus, joining China, the European Union and other countries that have embraced vaccine passports aimed at opening up overseas travel, Nikkei has learned. The certificate can be managed on a mobile app and will be in line with international standards, allowing the carrier to …

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Pilot Caught On Hot Mic Ranting About “Liberal Fucks”

SFGate.com reports: In the March 12 recording, the pilot says, “Fuck this place, goddamn liberal fucks.” He then continues, making several other curse-word-laden comments before being interrupted by what seems to be an air traffic controller. “Fucking weirdos, probably driving around in fucking Hyundais, fucking roads and shit that go slow as fuck,” and, “You don’t have balls unless you’re …

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Covidiot Airline Passenger Faces Prison, $250,000 Fine

Denver’s NBC News affiliate reports: A Colorado man accused of disrupting an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Denver by refusing to wear a mask and then standing up and urinating in the cabin faces a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew that carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine. The …

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Covidiot JetBlue Passenger Faces $14,500 FAA Fine

Via press release from the FAA: A flight attendant warned the man that jetBlue’s policies required him to wear a face mask, and twice warned him that FAA regulations prohibit passengers from drinking alcohol they bring on board an aircraft. Despite these warnings, the passenger continued to remove his face mask and drink his own alcohol, the FAA alleges. A …

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American Airlines Cancels Furloughs For 13K Workers

Yahoo News reports: American Airlines is “happily” canceling over 10,000 furloughs as Congress’ new COVID-19 relief bill heads to President Biden’s desk. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom told employees on Wednesday that after Congress passed the new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that includes more funding for the Payroll Support Program, it will be canceling 13,000 …

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Passenger Faces $27K Fine In Violent Mask Incident

Orlando’s Fox News affiliate reports: A Delta Air Lines passenger is facing a $27,500 fine for allegedly assaulting a flight attendant amid a dispute over the flight attendant’s instructions and the airline’s mask policy, officials said. The FAA said the unnamed passenger was traveling with another person who refused to wear his mask, fasten his seat belt or put up …

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FAA Orders Inspections Of Some Boeing 777 Engines

Reuters reports: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing 777 planes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights after an engine failed on a United flight on Saturday. The engines are used on 128 older versions of the plane accounting for less than 10% of the more than 1,600 777s …

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United Grounds Boeing 777s After Engine Failure

CBS News reports: Federal aviation regulators are ordering United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday. United said it is temporarily removing those aircraft from service. The announcements came a day after United Airlines Flight 328 had to make an emergency landing at …

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Blizzard Closes All New York City Area Airports

The New York Daily News reports: Flights out of Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports were cancelled as the blizzard gained steam Monday morning. While a few flights were able to take off in the early morning around 6:00 a.m., nearly every flight out of JFK was cancelled or delayed after 7:30 a.m., according to a website that tracks departures from …

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Canada Imposes Stricter Travel And Quarantine Rules

The Associated Press reports: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus — including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April …

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CDC Issues Mask Mandate For All Public Transportion

The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. travelers and commuters will be required to wear a mask on nearly all forms of public transportation and inside of transportation hubs, according to a late Friday emergency order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mandate, which goes into effect on Tuesday and applies to most everyone over the age of …

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FAA Grounds Regional Carrier For Overdue Inspections

CNN Business reports: PSA Airlines, one of American Airlines’ largest operators of regional flights, has been “temporarily grounded” by the Federal Aviation Administration for an inspection issue on nearly all of its planes, according to an internal email obtained by CNN. American Airlines tells CNN that 230 of its flights operated by PSA Airlines have been canceled so far, leaving …

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Fliers Who Harassed GOP Senators Put On No-Fly List

The Hill reports: Delta Airlines has placed the customers who harassed GOP Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) on its no-fly list, company CEO Ed Bastian told Reuters. The senators were seen in viral videos heckling supporters of President Trump after both expressed opposition to challenging the Electoral College certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory last Wednesday. …

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FAA: No More Warnings For Disruptive Passengers

The Associated Press reports: Federal safety officials said Wednesday they stepping up enforcement against unruly airline passengers after confrontations on flights to and from Washington, D.C., around the time of the riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. The Federal Aviation Administration said there has been “a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted …

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CNN To Shutter Its Airport Network On March 31st

Deadline reports: CNN will cease its Airport Network, which provided news feeds to airport monitors across the country. CNN President Jeff Zucker wrote in a memo that the network would cease as of March 31. “The steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled with all the new ways that people are consuming content on their personal devices, has …

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VIRAL VIDEO: N-Word Spewing Cultists Disrupt Flight

The Independent reports: A disturbing video that went viral on TikTok shows a Trump supporter repeatedly using the n-word and refusing to wear a mask on a flight. She and another person wearing Trump caps were then removed from the flight. The video shows a woman wearing a MAGA hat with her mask down. She and at least one other …

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Canada To Require Negative COVID Test For Air Arrivals

Reuters reports: Canada will soon require that air travelers test negative for COVID-19 before arrival, federal ministers said on Wednesday, after social media images of maskless tourists prompted a call for stricter measures to curb the virus. “Canada will quickly implement the requirement for all arriving passengers to have a negative PCR COVID test three days before arriving in Canada,” …

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CDC: Travelers To US From UK Must Test Negative

USA Today reports: The United States will require air passengers traveling from the United Kingdom to provide a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of departure, the CDC  announced late Thursday. The move comes as a growing number of countries banned British travelers amid the rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus in London and elsewhere. Earlier this week, …

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Coroner Confirms Man On United Flight Died Of COVID

Orlando’s NBC News affiliate reports: A United Airlines passenger who collapsed on a flight from Orlando to Los Angeles died of the coronavirus, a coroner’s report confirms. United Flight 591 was diverted to New Orleans on Dec. 14. The airline said the man’s wife was overheard telling an emergency medical technician that he had shown symptoms of COVID-19, including loss …

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Cuomo Warns New UK Strain Is “On A Plane To JFK”

The New York Post reports: Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called it “reprehensible” and “grossly negligent” to allow UK travelers to fly into JFK Airport without being tested despite a contagious new mutation of the coronavirus shutting down London. “Right now, this variant in the UK is getting on a plane and flying to JFK,” Cuomo said in a call …

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