Photo: Facebook Marketplace Diesel-powered motorcycles never really took off, for about one thousand reasons that make them worse than gas or electric bikes, but when have you ever cared about a vehicle being bad? You’re on Jalopnik after all, where we adore the absolute worst pieces of garbage ever set loose on the American roads. … 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
Fight breaks out mid-air on Southwest flight from Oakland to Kauai – VIDEO It’s not clear how a fistfight broke out on Southwest Airlines Flight 1288, but someone pulled out a camera to record the incident. When the recording started, there was already an argument underway on the flight from Oakland, California to Hawaii. A … Read more
Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) An American Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft potentially blew a tire during take-off when it departed Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, USA Today reports. While the plane was able to depart and then land in Los Angeles without issue, the incident highlights yet another issue in a growing list of failures … Read more
Flyers travelling on American Airlines flights will have to pay more as the carrier has decided to raise the price of checking bags. The new rates will be applicable for travel tickets booked on or after February 20, as per a Reuters report. Passengers will now have to pay $35 to check their first bag … Read more
Photo: NASA The beloved Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its final flight in January, bringing its mission to an end after a historic three-year run on Mars. The helicopter was the first to fly on a planet other than Earth, and it racked up many other accolades before succumbing to rotor damage that prevented future flights, … Read more
While the airline industry in the U.S. is largely unionized, Delta is different. Its pilots and dispatchers are unionized, but Delta’s technicians and flight attendants, as well as its ramp, cargo and tower employees, are not. With renewed efforts to change that following years of growing support for unions, it’s starting to look like we … Read more
Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) A woman got to trip to Los Angeles free of charge after she apparently strolled through an empty portion of an airport security checkpoint in Nashville and boarded an American Airlines flight to LAX without a ticket. However, the free-roaming flyer was met by law enforcement when the plane landed … Read more
With the latest Boeing crisis, airlines are staring down more delays, a familiar problem in a market in which both the US giant and rival Airbus face supply chain constraints.Over the past year Boeing has struggled with difficulties on its star plane, the 737 MAX, culminating with a major in-flight safety incident on Alaska Airlines … Read more
Six people aboard an American Airlines flight were hospitalized with minor injuries as the aircraft experienced a “hard landing” at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii. One passenger and five flight attendants made up those injured during the trip, the airline confirmed to NBC News. American Airlines Flight 271 took off from Los Angeles International Airport before … Read more
