Atlanta airport power outage delays trips home for Golden Triangle travelers
Pitch black terminals. Blinking red “exit” signs. Thousands of people spending the night on or under airport benches.
Local flights canceled after Atlanta airport blackout
Three flights between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the Golden Triangle Regional Airport were canceled Sunday due to a power outage at one of the world’s busiest airports, leaving passengers heading for the Golden Triangle stranded nearly 300 miles west.
United raising limit on payments to bumped flyers to $10K
United Airlines says it will raise the limit — to $10,000 — on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat.
Airlines pushing back on talk of banning overbooking flights
With the federal government and a Senate committee looking into the dragging of a man off a United Express flight, airlines are beginning to speak up against any effort to bar them from overselling flights.
Historic commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War.
US gives tentative OK to flights to Cuba from 10 US cities
The U.S. government on Thursday tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as an hour flight but long kept at a greater distance by the Cold War.
No threat found on both diverted flights from US to Paris
Authorities cleared both Air France flights bound for Paris from the U.S. that had to be diverted Tuesday night because of anonymous threats received after they had taken off.
Council backs GTRA project
The final piece of a community match for a federal grant that aims to provide westbound flights from Golden Triangle Regional Airport is presumably in hand.
Malaysia releases satellite data on missing airliner
The Malaysian government today released 45 pages of raw satellite data it used to determine that the missing jetliner crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, responding to demands for greater transparency by relatives of some of the 239 people on board.
U.K. company to track aircraft after Malaysian loss
Inmarsat Plc, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, said it will offer free basic tracking services for planes flying over oceans in the hope of preventing another incident such as the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.