A PhD student has filed a first amendment lawsuit after she was charged with disorderly conduct at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.  Why was she charged?  She was saying goodbye to a friend at the airport and, in the course of that goodbye, swore rather loudly.  A sheriff’s deputy asked her to keep her [...]

Comair, a South African affiliate of British Airways, has apologized to a gay couple who was flying between Cape Town and Johannesburg.  Why did they apologize?  In a classy move, a flight attendant walked by the couple, saw that one passenger had his arm around the other, then placed a blanket fully over the two [...]

Adam Air, the Indonesian airline whose January 1st crash debris was never found, had another incident where a hard landing bent the plane.  I mention this only because it’s pretty crazy to see a 737 bent in the middle.  See photo of the bent aircraft here.

Silverjet, the 3rd all-business-class carrier from New York to London, is offering a buy-one-get-one free deal when you buy a ticket by March 5th.  The deal is only good when buying a flexible ticket ($2500) round trip, but that’s a pretty good deal for 2 tickets.  Silverjet’s service is better than MAXjet, but not as [...]

El Al is facing another boycott by religious Jews in Israel after a plane (filled with non-strictly-religious passengers) delayed by mechanical issues in London, landed in Tel Aviv 2 hours after Shabbat started.  El Al had made an agreement with a group of religious people (folk?) in Israel that it would not fly on Shabbat.  [...]

Virgin America, which is still struggling to gain permission to fly 15 months after its expected launch date, is leasing 2 of its new A320 aircraft to a startup carrier (Skybus?) and is hoping to lease 2 others to an international airline soon.  Virgin America has taken delivery of 11 planes, but cannot fly (which, [...]

The European Union has banned Pakistan International Airlines from flying 33 of its 40 aircraft to the EU because of safety concerns.  This does not affect the airlines’ newer planes, so PIA’s nonstop service from JFK to Manchester, England (continuing to Pakistan) on a 777 will not be affected.

Thanks, as always, to reader Gloomy Joe for this:
Brussels Airlines has changed its logo because the "b" in Brussels Airlines was originally comprised of 13 dots or, as their spokesman said, "balls" which was making everyone uncomfortable.  A 14th ball alleviated everyone’s superstitions.  This will likely make more sense if you read the story.

Bravo to Delta for announcing nonstop service from Atlanta to Lagos, Nigeria, beginning in December.  Any nonstop service to Africa is a plus for Americans and even moreso for those living in African nations who were forced to stop in London or Paris anytime they wanted to go anywhere (which makes doing business there even [...]

Though Britney Spears has certainly had a rough week, she got a bit of help from American Airlines on Friday.
Ms. Spears arrived at Miami’s airport late for her American Airlines flight to Crazytown (or wherever she was going).  When she got to the gate, the door to the plane was already closed.  So the gate [...]