Scheduled to commence Cape Town operations at the end of October, the airline aims to tap into the popular winter leisure market. This is a strategic move in a season traditionally challenging for airlines, especially long-haul low-cost carriers, writes Simple Flying. Norse Atlantic Airways AS is a Norwegian low-cost, long-haul airline headquartered in Arendal, Norway. … Read more
New Delhi: Over 30 flights, including those operated by Air India Express, Air India, IndiGo, Emirates and SpiceJet airlines, to and from India have been cancelled due to severe flooding in Dubai, triggered by the heaviest rainfall witnessed in decades. The Dubai airport, one of the world’s busiest, on Wednesday also advised passengers not to … Read more
School District of Philadelphia buses parked in a lot while public schools remain temporarily closed for in-person learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.Photo: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg (Getty Images) While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Free airline upgrades are one of modern life’s small joys. Carriers typically give out complimentary seat changes to passengers with airline status or as compensation for a bad experience, not if they’re the Mayor of New York. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is scrutinizing seat upgrades that Eric Adams received … Read more
For more than 25 years, it was possible to fly from New York to London in under three hours, all while being pampered with first class luxury on the British Airways Concorde. Then, in November 2003, all that stopped. To try to recapture some of the luxury that came with flying Concorde, BA put on … Read more
Image: Larry MacDougal (AP) Air travel has become pretty crappy over the last few years, causing travelers to take to social media to vent their concerns directly to airlines. Everything from lost baggage to ticketing issues is shouted about in Tweet form. As usual, scammers have taken notice and have started to “help” travelers with these … Read more
Photo: Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise (Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced that only 1.2 percent of the 16.3 million flights scheduled last year were canceled, the lowest flight cancellation rate in at least a decade. Cancellations were nearly cut in half compared to 2022, when the rate was 2.3 percent. The … Read more
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in beyond cars. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Delta’s Luggage Only Flight There’s A Relic Runway From America’s Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government … Read more
In 1988 a famous sailing yacht went missing, leaving behind a strange final message, a mangled investigation and questions of suicide, piracy, mutiny and drug trafficking. I’ve long been fascinated by ship wrecks and disappearances and this one is one of my favorites, not only because it’s such a mysterious story, but because the ship … Read more
Southwest Airlines has been hit with a record-setting $140 million fine for pretty much shitting its pants during the 2022 holiday travel season. The civil penalty leveraged against Southwest is 30 times larger than any Department of Transportation airline fine in history, according to a statement from the DOT. Delta’s Luggage Only Flight The DOT … Read more
