Are greedy passengers exploiting Southwest Airlines’ preboarding system? The large volume of passengers who board before everyone else is spurring concerns of abuse, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Some believe their fellow Southwest customers are falsely claiming disabilities in order to preboard. “Frequent fliers see it as a devious way to game the open-seating […]
Border security experts are demanding that Congress use an upcoming debate over the Federal Aviation Administration to pass legislation that would make it tougher for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to get on airplanes without using identity documents from their native countries. Under the Biden administration, the Transportation Security Administration has allowed hundreds of […]
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue. Airline officials say they are studying possible changes but won’t have anything to announce until September. That tease is leading to speculation about whether Southwest might ditch some longstanding traditions, including the […]
Watching the leader of the most powerful country in the free world fail to navigate a short flight of stairs should not be as painful as it is. Nor should it be such a regular occurrence. And yet, in the year of Our Lord 2024, geriatric President Joe Biden gives us this sad spectacle with […]
Almost everything that gets onto a commercial plane — fuel, checked-in baggage, cargo and meals — is weighed. For passengers and their cabin bags, most airlines use average data. But Finland’s national carrier, Finnair, said Friday that it started asking passengers this week to voluntarily and anonymously hop onto a scale with their hand luggage […]
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