Air Canada Starts Canceling Flights: What To Know
More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants are due to go on strike in the early hours of Saturday over a pay dispute, bringing travel chaos to hundreds of thousands of customers at the height of the summer vacation season. The airline says it has begun canceling flights as it prepares for a shutdown. Why […]
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Air India Suspending Direct Flights to Washington DC
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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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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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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