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United Airlines Will (Once Again) Change Boarding Process for Coach Passengers: Here’s How It Will Work

Airlines rarely invent new ways to board passengers: Instead, it appears they keep rediscovering ways they, or other airlines, had previously abandoned and tout them as new and improved.
In this vein, United Airlines said that it will bring back, starting next week, a boarding method for coach passengers that it contends is more efficient.
The Chicago-based carrier hopes to reduce by up to two minutes what is often a cumbersome and …

U.S. Flight Attendants Evacuated From Israel, Foreign Crews Refuse to Fly to Israel Leaving Hundreds of Israelis Stranded Away From Home

U.S. Flight Attendants Evacuated From Israel, Foreign Crews Refuse to Fly to Israel Leaving Hundreds of Israelis Stranded Away From Home

When U.S. airlines were forced to temporarily discontinue service to Israel for the safety of both passengers and crew following the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, many flight attendants were left stranded with no way to get home.  At the same time, multiple flights with Israeli citizens who were trying to return to their homeland were either cancelled or diverted to other destinations.
The immediate risk to flight crew was not …

Airlines Suspend Flights in Wake of Attack on Israel

Airlines Suspend Flights in Wake of Attack on Israel

Multiple international airlines announced the suspension of flights to or from Tel Aviv after a surprise and unwarranted attack on Israel by Hamas militants took place over the weekend. Several other airlines said they would severely curtain their operations in the region.
El Al, the country’s flag carrier, however, announced additional flights in order to bring army reservists home in the country’s biggest mobilization in history.
Music festival revelers in the Israeli …

United Airlines Orders 110 Additional Boeing, Airbus jets in Second Large Aircraft Order in Less Than a Year

United Airlines Orders 110 Additional Boeing, Airbus jets in Second Large Aircraft Order in Less Than a Year

United Airlines announced on Tuesday it would order 50 wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and 60 narrow-body Airbus A321 neo jetliners, the carrier’s second major order for new planes in less than a year.  It also announced a refresh of its Polaris business-class offering with new bedding from Saks Fifth Avenue and wellness products from Therabody, a wellness company.
The Chicago-based airline had ordered 120 A321s and 100 Dreamliners at the end …

Delta Latest Airline to Find Fake Engine Parts, Airworthiness Certificates on Its Planes From Company with Fake Employees

Delta Latest Airline to Find Fake Engine Parts, Airworthiness Certificates on Its Planes From Company with Fake Employees

The web bogus aircraft-parts scandal is widening: Delta Air Lines said on Monday that it too had discovered unapproved components in “a small number” of its jet aircraft engines.  The news makes the Atlanta-based carrier the latest and fourth major U.S. airline to report the use of fake or fraudulently certified parts from London-based AOG Technics.
The suspect parts were found on an unspecified number of its aircraft engines, a company …

Great Moments in Travel History – October 2023 Edition

October, the tenth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendar, is the sixth of seven months in a year that have 31 days. It was the eighth month in the old Roman calendar and its name comes from the Latin word for eight, “octo.”
The month is the month inexorably associated with Oktoberfest, a celebration of Bavarian culture and Bavarian beer that typically begins at the end of September …

United Airlines Names JP Morgan Alum Michael Leskinen to succeed Gerry Laderman as CFO

United Airlines Names JP Morgan Alum Michael Leskinen to succeed Gerry Laderman as CFO

United Airlines announced the appointment of Michael Leskinen to the position of chief financial officer.  He succeeds long-time company CFO Gerry Laderman, who earlier this year announced he would retire in September 2024 but exit the CFO role once a successor was appointed, while continuing to serve as executive vice president for finance for the remainder of his tenure.
Mr. Leskinen will also serve as an executive vice president of the …