Categories: Flight Delays

Continental Boss Raises the Flight Cancellation Bogeyman

Posted by: Justin Bachman on March 09

Continental Airlines’ chief, Jeff Smisek, offered a rare public CEO tantrum on Tuesday at a J.P. Morgan investor conference. He was asked about the general tone in Washington toward…

Why Your Flight Was Cancelled

Posted by: Justin Bachman on February 26

Today, just like Thursday, is a wretched time to be trying to fly in the Northeast. Nearly 1,700 flights have been scrubbed today, due to the heavy snow and…

United Apologizes to Twitter CEO for Delays, Luggage

Posted by: Justin Bachman on January 27

What happens when you strand the CEO of Twitter without his luggage at the World Economic Forum in Davos? Nothing too horrendous, beyond the expected tweets, but United Airlines…

Flight Delays Get a Three-Hour Curb Under New Federal Rule

Posted by: Justin Bachman on December 21

For the first time, the U.S. government is regulating flight delays on domestic airline operations. The historic measure was issued on Dec. 21 by the Department of Transportation. The new…

Continental Express Flight Delay Leads to $175K in Federal Fines

Posted by: Justin Bachman on November 24

The Dept. of Transportation is fining three airlines a total of $175,000 for the Aug. 8 delay that trapped 47 people on a regional jet overnight in Rochester, Minn. The…

Passenger ‘Rights’ Advocate Sues Delta, Alleges Email Hacking

Posted by: Justin Bachman on October 13

Kate Hanni, the Californian who has been lobbying Congress for an airline passengers’ “bill of rights” for two years, is accusing Delta Air Lines (DAL) and an aviation consulting firm…