For a second year in a row Singapore Airlines has been named as the best airline in the world in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, with Jet2.com named the best in the UK and Europe and Southwest Airlines hailed as North America’s best carrier. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account … Read more
Why Flybe collapse means you should check your travel insurance smallprint: A third of holidaymakers wouldn’t be covered if an airline goes bust Flybe announced it has gone into administration A third of travellers wouldn’t be covered by insurer for airline failure We reveal what passengers can do to claim their money back By Grace … Read more
A grandmother was dragged out of court today by police for going on a rant about ‘Hitler and Mussolini’ before her daughter was spared jail after kicking a Swiss Air pilot. Henrietta Mitaiare, 23, was let off with a four-month suspended jail sentence this afternoon, despite attacking Swiss Air Captain Guido Keel when the flight landed … Read more
‘Has FlyBe just ceased operating in front of my eyes?’ Passengers are turned away as flights are cancelled and ‘planes impounded at airports’ amid growing fears for ailing airline The low-cost European carrier faced slump in sales since coronavirus outbreak Passengers have spoken of how the airline ceased operating this evening One, who was … Read more
United Airlines boss Oscar Munoz has said that the US airline will likely need to cut more flights as fears over the rapid spread of coronavirus are leaving planes empty. In an email sent to employees late on Sunday, Munoz said the airline had been hit by sagging demand for flights, as passengers avoid travel due … Read more
As the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak ripples out from the epicenter in China, airlines have been among the hardest hit. Already, the outbreak is leading to sharp reductions in air travel demand in the US, with major companies such as Amazon ordering a freeze on all non-essential employee travel. The result is clear … Read more
Ryanair has dropped two ‘carbon offset’ projects funded by passengers after claims they do little or nothing to reduce total emissions. The budget airline has dumped one tree-planting scheme before a single sapling was planted and pulled funding from a whale-watching project. Critics said the schemes were ‘woefully inadequate’ at cancelling out the massive amount … Read more
This Morning viewers have slammed the ‘shocking behaviour’ of American Airlines staff after a woman was reprimanded for filming a man ‘punching’ the back of her chair. Earlier this month, passenger Wendi Williams, from Virginia, filmed the man – who was sitting in a seat behind her that didn’t recline on a flight from New … Read more