Southwest to end cabin service earlier to avoid ‘turbulence injuries’
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Southwest to end cabin service earlier to avoid ‘turbulence injuries’

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Fasten your seatbelts — earlier! Southwest Airlines announced that it will end cabin service — including providing snacks and beverages —- earlier on its flights to keep flyers and crew safe from potential turbulence injuries. Starting Wednesday, passengers will need to buckle their seatbelts and make sure their seatbacks and…

Mark Cuban drunkenly bought lifetime American Airlines flight pass for 5,000 — ‘and then I upgraded it’
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Mark Cuban drunkenly bought lifetime American Airlines flight pass for $125,000 — ‘and then I upgraded it’

ByNews Polite

Mark Cuban didn’t wait long to splurge after his first big pay day. The now billionaire bought a lifetime flight pass from American Airlines for six figures while drunk and celebrating his first big deal back in 1990, Cuban explained to host Shannon Sharpe on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast…

Woman, 24, reveals shocking reason she was ‘banned for life by American Airlines’
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Woman, 24, reveals shocking reason she was ‘banned for life by American Airlines’

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High-mile criminals. Erin Wright, who goes by @erin_wright_ on TikTok, revealed how American Airlines allegedly “banned” her from flying with the airline for life. “I got permanently banned from flying American Airlines for having sexual relations with a man on a plane even though I’m a lesbian,” Wright, 24, wrote…

Korean Air no longer offering instant noodles over burn risks during turbulence
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Korean Air no longer offering instant noodles over burn risks during turbulence

ByNews Polite

This airline doesn’t want to be in any hot water. Korean Air will no longer provide economy class passengers with instant noodles on long flights to prevent burn incidents during turbulence — three months after rough air currents left an elderly passenger on another airline dead and dozens of others injured….

Passengers can use the practice to their advantage
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Passengers can use the practice to their advantage

ByNews Polite

We’re not on board with this. A new report exposes the US airlines most guilty of overbooking their flights — a bizarre industry quirk that leaves hundreds of thousands of paying passengers grounded each year. The findings, compiled using statistics from the government’s most recent Air Travel Consumer Report, found the…

New ‘Luggage Losers’ site scolds airlines for lost baggage: ‘Avoid flying with them’
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New ‘Luggage Losers’ site scolds airlines for lost baggage: ‘Avoid flying with them’

ByNews Polite

Revenge is taking off. A traveler created a whole website to expose an airline after they reportedly lost his girlfriend’s luggage. Rather than contacting the airline and expressing his frustrations directly to them in an email, entrepreneur Pieter Levels created “Luggage Losers. A man created a whole website to expose…

Airline Systems Across Airports Working Normally After Global IT Outage, Minister Says

Airline Systems Across Airports Working Normally After Global IT Outage, Minister Says

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Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to…