Airline (public relations) Disasters
JetBlue removes 18 month from departing flight. Reason? The toddler’s name appeared on TSA’s NO FLY list. Fort Lauderdale, FL ~ Eighteen month old Riyanna and her parents had just boarded a JetBlue flight when an airline employee approached requesting they leave…
Airport security confiscates cupcake because icing a security risk TheNewsStar.com PEABODY, Mass. – A woman who just flew back home from Las Vegas says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a…
Airline fee’s aren’t enough, selling ad space is the next big thing for airline revenue. A Lincoln Continental ad shown prior to the safety video, other advertisements appearing on overhead bins, tray tables, snack boxes, and even on flight attendant…
US Airways let man wearing women’s panties fly From SFGATE.com Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began because he tried to board a US Airways jet with…
Quadriplegic man forced off flight by police after pilot ‘said it was unsafe to fly with him on board’ Story from The Daily Mail UK Online Dallas- A quadriplegic man was humiliatingly escorted off a flight by police after the…
From USNews.com America’s Meanest Airlines: 2011 Last year was a good one for the airline industry, with U.S. airlines churning out the highest profits in more than a decade. With the exception of American Airlines, every major carrier turned in…
From ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Air Controller’s Silence Draws Safety Probe Federal air-safety officials are looking into why the lone air-traffic controller on duty at Washington’s Reagan National Airport early Wednesday repeatedly failed to respond to pilots of two approaching…
‘Overweight’ Flight Attendants may be grounded According to the Bangkok Post, “flabby” flight attendants are put on notice to shed the pounds or stay on the ground. While most airlines are looking at ways to trim the budget, Thai Airways wants to…
Airline worker aimed to ‘kill hundreds’ on jet LONDON — A jury convicted a former British Airways computer specialist of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds of people. Rajib…
United Airlines Grounds Entire Fleet Of 757s NEW YORK (CBS 2) — “Unscheduled maintenance” is a phrase that can strike fear into airline passengers. United Airlines was forced to fix its entire fleet of 757 jets on Tuesday night. All the…
Puppy Arrives At JFK After Delta Airline Mix-Up NEW YORK (CBS 2) — A new puppy finally made it to her new home in the Tri-State area Saturday after a major mix-up at the airlines – and nobody knew where she was for…
Delta now says it was wrong to refuse Twin Cities woman because of medical equipment. While her nurses were stowing the 100 pounds of medical equipment she needs to travel with, Carrie Salberg was given a startling order: Get off…