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Millionaire and Silicon Valley ‘Creep’ Steve Kirsch Offers Woman in First Class on Delta Flight $100,000 to Remove Face Mask

Just because someone is a tech innovator doesn’t mean he isn’t also a creep or worse.
Steve Kirsch, an American entrepreneur, is one of two people who independently invented the optical mouse in 1980 and created the search engine Infoseek, which was launched in 1994.  More recently he has been a promoter of misinformation about coronavirus vaccines as well as a philanthropic supporter of medical research.
In 2020, the first full year …

United Airlines CEO Warns of Turbulent Flying Ahead

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told reporters and analysts that the airline industry is setting “unachievable” capacity goals for 2023 that they won’t be able to attain.
“For a host of reasons, we believe the industry capacity aspirations for 2023 and beyond are simply unachievable,” Kirby said on a call with analysts and reporters last week.
“Just like 2022, when the industry capacity was 7 points lower than initial guidance, … we …

Airline Industry Has ‘$300 Billion of Unmet Demand’ Yet ‘This is the Most Difficult Year We Ever Had,’ Says Delta CEO

The airline industry in the United States has “$300 billion of inherent unmet demand” that it hasn’t yet been able to fulfill due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian.
Speaking on the program “Squawk Box” on CNBC, the Atlanta-based airline’s top executive offered an upbeat forecast, saying  that “we’re going to see tens of billions of dollars of incremental demand coming into our space,” …

Newark Airport Won’t Be Part of ‘NYC’ Airport Code Starting October 3

Many New Yorkers would consider Newark Liberty International Airport one of the city’s three major airports, despite the fact that it’s in New Jersey across the Hudson River, as has the International Air Transport Association, which is responsible for technical standards for airlines and airports.
IATA is in charge of three-letter airline codes, airport codes, and city codes, such as AAL for American Airlines and JFK for John F. Kennedy International …

The World’s Worst Airports for Delays and Cancellations So Far This Summer

The World’s Worst Airports for Delays and Cancellations So Far This Summer

Flying this summer? You might want to avoid airports in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, among others.
The delays at London Heathrow Airport are so bad that the airport authority asked airlines to stop selling tickets for outbound travel this summer, limiting passenger traffic to 100,000 departures per day.
Meanwhile, two North American airports, namely Toronto-Pearson International in Canada and Orlando International in Florida, are also on the top ten list, based …

26 Years Ago Today, TWA Flight 800 Exploded Over the Atlantic, Killing 230

Twenty-six years ago, TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. It was the fourth deadliest aircraft accident in the history of U.S. airlines after Pan Am Flight 1736 in Tenerife, American Airlines Flight 191 in Chicago, and American Airlines Flight 587 in New York City.
On July 17, 1996, 12 minutes after taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Boeing 747-100 disappeared from radar. All 230 …

New ‘Bill of Rights’ for Air Passengers With Disabilities Unveiled by DOT

Just as the busy summer travel season is getting underway, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced a bill of rights for air travelers with disabilities.
The bill of rights essentially summarizes existing laws intended to protect the disabled when flying.  It outlines passenger rights and highlights the responsibilities that airlines have when a disabled individual is flying.
Key points covered in the bill are as follows:
1.)       The right to be treated with …