By Ben Blanchard TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan’s China Airlines is postponing the retirement of some of its older aircraft due to delays in getting Boeing 787-9 jets that may result in compensation payments from the planemaker, the carrier’s newly appointed chairman said. Taiwan’s oldest airline, established in 1959, is in the midst of a fleet…
A Shenzhen Airlines flight was delayed for two hours after the arm of a member of the cabin crew was bitten when she intervened in a row between two passengers. According to a statement from the airline, the incident unfolded on April 1 when a plane scheduled to fly from Shenzhen in southern China to…
South Korean authorities have launched an investigation into an employee of a Hong Kong-based airline who is accused of profiting by selling illegally obtained private flight details of celebrities, including megastar K-pop boy band BTS. The cyber investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is reportedly investigating the woman in her thirties, who allegedly…
Ecoceres, a spinoff from Hong Kong billionaire Lee Shau Kee’s gas supplier Towngas, makes environmentally-friendly jet fuel out of animal fat and used cooking oil. It has set its sights on becoming a leading producer of such fuel by the end of this year. As airlines around the world aim to mitigate their climate impact,…
Spanish flag carrier Iberia says passengers are spending a lot more on food and drinks on its short and medium-haul flights after it launched a new at-seat ordering system that allows passengers to reserve products from their mobile phones and other personal devices. The airline’s regional subsidiary, Iberia Express, recently added the ‘GastroBar A Tu…
The storm’s timing couldn’t have been worse. In late December of 2022, an “extratropical cyclone” brought all manner of menacing winter conditions to two-thirds of the U.S., including the entire Eastern Seaboard and parts of Canada. Wind-chill warnings, whiteouts, and extraordinary snowfall complicated travel for millions. Flight cancellations from what was unofficially dubbed Winter Storm…
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Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised and banned two Cantonese-speaking passengers after a mainland Chinese traveller complained they insulted her and made discriminatory remarks during a flight earlier this week. According to a post uploaded by the Mandarin-speaking passenger on social media platform Xiaohongshu on Saturday, the row broke out on a…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised and banned two Cantonese-speaking passengers after a mainland Chinese traveller complained they insulted her and made discriminatory remarks during a flight earlier this week. According to a post uploaded by the Mandarin-speaking passenger on social media platform Xiaohongshu on Saturday, the row broke out on a…
Singapore Airlines has confirmed it removed an elderly passenger from a flight at Hong Kong airport for “repeatedly verbally abusing” crew members before take-off and turned him over to authorities. A spokesman for the carrier told the Post on Saturday that a passenger on board Singapore-bound flight SQ897 on Tuesday was handed over to authorities…