I am Patient Zero for attention deficit disorder, which may explain why more than a few people with legitimate grievances e-mail me back after I’ve responded to their questions, asking me if I even bothered to read their inquiry. I did, but I was probably distracted by a screaming child in my home office or a kitten scurrying across my keyboard.
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A United Airlines flight from LAX to JFK returned to the gate after a man got up to use the restroom as the plane was taxiing to the runway. The man refused orders by the flight attendants to return to his seat.
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New technology streams airplane data to control centers. Alaska accuses Virgin America of operating illegally. LAX ontime operations are the best since 2004.
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LAX has installed new warning lights to make runways safer. The CEO of USAirways beats the drum of airline consolidation. The country’s largest airlines make plans to reduce capacity more after the summer season.
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Every time Qantas lands its Airbus A380, parts of the nation’s fourth-busiest airport come to a halt.
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Last month Continental, Delta, Northwest and Alaska started a pilot program in several airports throughout the United States, which allowed passengers to receive paperless boarding passes on their cell phones or PDAs. Now American Airlines joins the testing.
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For those of you who missed this played out on TV, here is some remarkable video of the evacuation of American Airlines flight 31, which returned to LAX yesterday because of smoke in the cabin, shortly after takeoff.
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Passengers flying out of Los Angeles International Airport this summer, might find themselves taking part in a test that, in the near future, may allow passengers to leave their shoes on as they go through Security.
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What on earth could have caused JetBlue to “temporarily suspend” plans to begin offering flights from Los Angeles to Boston and New York? Do you really need to guess?
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