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Great Moments in Travel History – February 2025
February is the second month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
The month has 28 days in common years – that is years with 365 days – and 29 days in leap years, such as last year, 2024, as is the case with any year that is evenly divisible by four, with the exception of centenary years not divisible by 400.
February is not only the shortest month …
Yet Another British Airways IT Failure Grounds Hundreds of Flights, Leaving Thousands Stranded at Airports
A major systems failure at British Airways Monday evening resulted in hundreds of grounded flights with pilots unable to communicate with the airline in the latest IT meltdown for the United Kingdom’s flag carrier.
The outage left thousands of passengers unable to check in for flights after the airline’s website and app failed. System restoration began on Monday night, but problems continued well into Tuesday.
The failure is just the latest in …
Commercial Aviation is 110 Years Old This Year: Here Are the Industry’s Top 10 Milestones
The year 2024 brings with it the 110th anniversary of commercial flight as we know it today. On the first day of 1914, the first airplane flight with paying passengers took off in Florida. From that point forward, the flying experience saw numerous improvements that today have led to lie-flat seats, in-flight Wi-Fi, and gourmet meals.
[Editor’s note: It would be wrong not to acknowledge Delag, which stands for Deutsche Luftschiffahrts …
JetBlue Expands to Long Island, Enters Partnership with British Airways
JetBlue Airways announced plans to offer service to multiple destinations from Long Island MacArthur Airport later this year as well as news that it is entering into a codeshare partnership with British Airways.
The New York-based airline said that it plans to offer non-stop flights from MacArthur to Orlando International, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, and Palm Beach International airports starting in October of this year.
In making the announcement, the airline noted that …
In 25th Anniversary Year, Oneworld Welcomes New Member Fiji Airlines
Fiji Airways, formerly known as Air Pacific and the flag carrier of Fiji, will join the oneworld Alliance as its 15th member, the alliance announced.
The oneworld Alliance, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, currently has 13 members.
The alliance turned 25 on February 1, 2024. It has carried 9 million passengers since its founding.
Every six seconds, a flight operated by a oneworld airline is either taking off or landing …
E-Mail Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of British Airways Flight to London
A British Airways flight bound from Bermuda to London’s Heathrow Airport was scrubbed after local authorities received a bomb threat against the flight via e-mail.
BA Flight 158 was already on taxi at L.F. Wade International Airport, formerly Bermuda International Airport, already 40 minutes delayed after having pushed back at 9:29 p.m. local time. The tower told the flight deck to move to an isolated area for a possible disembarkation.
“Speedbird 18B …
American Airlines Flight Hits 840 MPH, as Near-Record Winds Push Planes to Record Speeds Over Mid-Atlantic
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner broke a record for the fastest ever subsonic flight after it attained a ground speed of 840 mph (1,352 km/h) late Saturday night.
American Airlines Flight 120, which took off from Philadelphia International Airport at 9:25 p.m. local time on Saturday, managed to hit that speed thanks to a record jet stream that reached 265 mph (426 km/h), according to FlightAware, which tracks such information. The …
