Histadrut grounds airlines, frustrates passengers
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The nationwide public sector strike which began yesterday morning has already affected some 24,000 would-be international travelers.
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Continental Airlines has apologized to passengers who had to put up with the stench and discomfort of overflowing toilets on a plane during a two-day flight from Amsterdam to Newark, New York, this month.
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A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, saying he posed a terrorist threat, the airline said.
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Travelers, angry at the long security lines, flight delays and baggage problems at Heathrow Airport in London, have been flocking to smaller regional airports instead.
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One of the majors problems was that the discount airline couldn't handle rescheduling so many flight crews.
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Oil prices, poor management, terrorism -- what's not to hate about the airline industry?
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WASHINGTON: The post 9/11 homeland security system suffered another public embarrassment at the weekend with the disclosure by a congressman that he had suffered lengthy delays at airline ticket counters and that he had been subjected to intense
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London's Heathrow airport, the busiest  international airport in the world, struggled to return to  normal on Friday, one day after a Boeing 777 crash landed  causing travel chaos but only minor injuries.
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A passenger attacked two pilots aboard a Norwegian passenger plane with an axe but the craft was later able to land, police said, amidst concerns over lax security on the country's local flights and at regional airports.
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The union and the travel conglomerate, which operates Scandinavian Airlines, have disagreed about a new deal that would tighten the number of hours for ground staff, including mechanics, technicians, ramp ...
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Passengers are being mistakenly stopped. Is the list more annoying than effective?
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In an ordeal that made some passengers feel like hostages, about 300 people aboard an Amsterdam-to-Seattle flight were delayed for 18 hours on the ground, unable to leave the plane for much of that time, as food and water ran out and the toilets stopped working.
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Despite a barrage of complaints, the Transportation Security Administration will continue to require physical pat-downs for some passengers at security checkpoints.
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HOUSANDS of British Airways passengers are threatened with Bank Holiday misery after the airline cancelled more flights. The news will heighten fears of pandemonium in the coming days as BA struggles to cope with the staff shortage at Heathrow.
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Travel: Â· Passengers could pay Â£50 more, says watchdog Â· Airline aims to price bags out of aircraft holds
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In these days of jittery travel, sometimes just a phone call can ground an airplane. Over the past week and a half, false bomb threats have forced at least half a dozen flights to make emergency landings in Europe, frightening passengers, tangling schedules and costing airlines big money.
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Low cost fares, quirky blue potato chips and even a mea culpa from JetBlue Airways' founder may not be enough to ease passenger anxiety Monday as the airline braces for another day of disrupted flights.