Fury at Airline’s Two-Word Response After Plane Is Delayed Hours in Sweltering Heat
Passengers on a United Airlines flight spent hours trapped in sweltering heat without consistent access to water, as outside temperatures climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The original poster (OP), user PipeZestyclose2288, took to Reddit to recount the incident, which took place on United Airlines Flight UA1989 from Las Vegas to Denver. According to their post, […]
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United Airlines ‘Technology Disruption’ Grounds Flights: What We Know
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from The National Desk in Washington, D.C. and had previously worked at CBS12 News in West […]
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Goodbye, Hard Seat: US Airlines Adding Luxe Mattress Pads to Flights
The fight for high-spending frequent flyers continues, and airlines are doing their best to appeal to them. Two U.S.-based airlines are jumping on the trend, adding mattress pads to their premium in-flight offerings. United Airlines already offers mattress pads, available on request, as part of its Polaris experience. “Our Business Class customers have been clamoring […]
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Houthis Warn Global Airlines After Missile Attack
Yemen’s Houthi militant group called on international airlines to halt all flights to Israeli airports, warning that failure to do so could endanger both aircraft and crew, following an attack that disrupted air traffic at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. Newsweek has reached out to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s office for comment. Why It Matters […]
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United Airlines Cuts Daily Flights Amid FAA Issues: What We Know
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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