The U.S. House voted 387-26 Wednesday to reauthorize $105 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years — and to finalize a hotly debated deal adding flights at busy Washington Reagan National Airport in the process. Advocates for the bill, which won votes from every ideological corner of the often-divided House, touted […]
Gate area at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the closest of three large international airports to, Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress) The U.S. House voted 387-26 Wednesday to clear a bill to reauthorize $105 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years — and to finalize […]
Looking to get away this summer? You can find direct round-trip flights out of Sacramento International Airport for less than $200 starting in June. Travelers can head down south to the sunny beaches of San Diego for $162, or escape the heat by heading to Seattle for $169. “We see a busy and exciting summer […]
Terminal at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the closest of three large international airports to, Washington, D.C. (Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress) WASHINGTON — After hours of uncertainty Thursday, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several Federal Aviation Authority programs for the next five years, though Maryland and Virginia senators were […]
Air Vanuatu filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday a day after the South Pacific state-owned carrier cancelled all international flights, stranding thousands of travellers. The airline on Wednesday cancelled more than 20 flights to and from the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, and the New Zealand city of Auckland for the rest of the […]
Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) say they won’t agree to fast track a one-week extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act unless colleagues commit to holding a vote on their amendment to eliminate a provision to add five new round-trip flights to Reagan National Airport. The senators argue that […]
Dozens of cabin crew at Air India Express called in sick earlier this week, forcing the budget carrier to cancel 85 flights since Tuesday evening and disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers. The Indian carrier is “making every possible effort to minimize the inconvenience caused to our guests by this unexpected situation,” a […]
Air Vanuatu announced that it had cancelled international flights for four days and was considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned carrier. It said international flights were cancelled until Sunday and flights after that day were “under review”. In a statement, Air Vanuatu said: “The Vanuatu government is now considering placing Air Vanuatu into […]
ROME (AP) — Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian airport to launch search and rescue flights over the Mediterranean, in the government’s latest crackdown on their activities. An ordinance from ENAC’s western Sicilian office said the flights interfered with the Italian coast guard’s exclusive role in coordinating search […]
Photo: Kelly Defina (Getty Images) Qantas agreed to pay $79 million to settle a lawsuit with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over a ghost flights debacle. Australia’s flag carrier allowed over 86,000 customers to purchase tickets for flights that had already been canceled for at least two days. The airline’s penalty is the second-largest […]
American Airlines, which had previously announced it would resume its daily service to Port-au-Prince’s international airport this Thursday, is once more pushing back its restart date. Laura Masvidal, spokeswoman for the Miami-based carrier, says American is looking to restart daily service between Miami International Airport and Toussaint Louverture International Airport on May 16. Haiti’s main […]
Australian airline Qantas agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars (€74 million) in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued the Sydney-based airline in the Federal Court last year. The commission alleged that Qantas […]