Tag: tarmac
San Jose International Airport celebrates opening of additional boarding gates
Chief Assignment Editor- June 14, 2019 23:20Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) reached an important milestone yesterday in commissioning a $58 million Interim Gates Facility, which was designed and constructed to support current and near-term passenger ... Read More
United Airlines begins operations at LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B Eastern Concourse on June 2
Chief Assignment Editor- May 30, 2019 18:02This weekend United customers traveling through New York-LaGuardia Airport will experience new gates on the Terminal B Eastern Concourse, following the first phase of the $4 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot redevelopment project ... Read More
Former Jet Airways Chair forced to deboard at Mumbai Airport
Anil Mathur - eTN India- May 27, 2019 18:44In a shocking development, Naresh Goyal and his wife, Anita, were forced to deboard the aircraft they were on at Mumbai Airport from a Saturday flight that was scheduled to ... Read More
Canadian air travelers to benefit from new Air Passenger Protection Regulations
Chief Assignment Editor- May 24, 2019 19:45Air travel is essential to Canada's economic growth and prosperity. Canadians, tourists and businesses all benefit from a safe, efficient and more transparent air industry. Buying tickets for air travel ... Read More
Attention Airport Officials: Naked man on the tarmac
editor- March 27, 2019 21:08Is this the new way to fly? Naked? A male passenger dressed only in his birthday suit was spotted trying to board his flight completely naked while walking across the ... Read More
British Airways Pilots thought Edinburg was in Germany and landed in the wrong city
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 26, 2019 02:52Passengers at London City Airport today boarded British Airways flight BA3281 assuming they would fly to Duesseldorf, Germany but were surprised when landing they saw a sign: Welcome to Edinburg ... Read More
FAA investigating Southwest Airlines safety in how it calculates weight
editor- February 20, 2019 19:15Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents show that Southwest Airlines has made frequent mistakes in calculations and luggage-loading practices that could cause errors when pilots compute their plane's takeoff weight. The ... Read More
Five airline passengers injured in Russian airport airstair collapse
Chief Assignment Editor- February 12, 2019 17:30Five people were injured as the airstair collapsed while passengers were boarding a flight from the Siberian city of Barnaul to Moscow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-X7py_oDhc CCTV camera footage shows people falling as ... Read More
Officially open: Ilan and Asaf Ramon Airport in Israel
editor- January 24, 2019 21:34Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport in Israel opened on January 21, 2019. Read More
Montreal Convention: United Airlines must pay 250 freezing stranded passengers $5700 each?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 23, 2019 07:20United Airlines is speechless. The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, also known as the Montreal Convention may cost United Airlines more than a million Dollars. ... Read More
250 United Airlines passengers taken hostage in freezing temperature by Canadian Authorities
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 20, 2019 22:55Are Americans are no longer welcome in Labrador, Canada? The Canadian Government has shown how a bureaucratic interpretation can create an international incident. Instead of showing hospitality Canadian authorities made the ... Read More
No drone collision with British Airways jet at Heathrow
editor- January 8, 2019 18:33Drone collides with passenger jet at London's Heathrow Airport. Read More
Hannover Airport on lockdown, flights suspended after car-ramming attack
Chief Assignment Editor- December 29, 2018 19:47Germany's Hannover Airport has been shut down by German police, who were sweeping security areas after a man rammed through a gate in a vehicle and drove on the tarmac, ... Read More
Most stressful US airports this Christmas named
Chief Assignment Editor- December 13, 2018 13:30To help empower travelers to make more informed decisions when it comes to holiday travel, travel experts reveal which airports to possibly avoid. • Experts predict New York's LaGuardia (LGA) ... Read More
The 10 commandments of air travel
editor- December 7, 2018 13:27Delays, cancellations and destroyed travel plans: 2018 has been one of the worst years in terms of flight disruptions. Read More
Qatar Airways hits the tarmac running
editor- November 3, 2011 05:59UGANDA (eTN) - When QR 536, an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration with the latest in-flight entertainment equipment and OnAir Internet connectivity on board, landed at Entebbe International Airp Read More
United Airlines flight 937 keeps passengers stuck on tarmac 7 Hours
editor- June 21, 2011 06:00NAPA, Calif. - The following is a statement by Kate Hanni, founder FlyersRights.org: Read More
3 Hour Rule for tarmac strandings is working
editor- August 17, 2010 06:06NAPA, CA - According to the latest data, last year in June there were 268 tarmac delays of over 3 hours. This year in June there were 3. Read More
Airport news: US tarmac delays plunge from 268 to 3
editor- August 11, 2010 05:26Airline flights stuck on tarmacs for more than three hours fell to three in June, the second month of a rule that fines carriers for such delays, from 268 a ... Read More
New road to Kisoro in Uganda may be breaking up before it is ready
editor- April 29, 2010 02:30The long-awaited new tarmac road connecting the two southwestern Ugandan towns of Kabale and Kisoro is reportedly already developing cracks before it is even handed over by the contractors to ... Read More
Hanni objects to JFK tarmac exemption
editor- March 13, 2010 04:33Before the law regarding tarmac delays has actually gone into effect, Delta and JetBlue are complaining that they should not be penalized at John F. Read More
Stranded snowstorm victims spend 8 Hours on Atlanta’s tarmac
editor- March 3, 2009 04:40Having your flight cancelled because of the snowstorm is bad enough, but imagine having to sit helpless and strapped in, on the tarmac, for as long as 8 hours beforehand. Read More
Transportation Department concedes “we screwed up”
editor- December 23, 2008 04:26NAPA, CA - Flyersrights.org, formerly Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights, has discovered that airlines aren't accurately reporting, and that the Department of Transportation isn't acc Read More
