Sentences with phrase «airline passenger when»

Undoubtedly Sachi Parker has led an interesting life and to her credit she was never too proud to clean or waitress for money or even scoop a steaming pile of turd off of an unsuspecting sleeping airline passenger when need be.

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At a time when airlines were beginning to experiment with baggage fees and were discussing mergers, raising ticket prices and generally making the flying experience miserable, JetBlue was different; passengers like me loved them for it.

When the plane landed a passenger said, «Sharpen up the service a bit and you can be in the airline business.»

Maverick airline Virgin America plans to begin selling tickets Thursday, giving travelers their first chance to book a trip on planes equipped to pamper passengers even when they aren't flying first class.

Around the turn of the millennium, Fernandes was sitting in a London bar, when he saw entrepreneur Stelios Haji - Ioannou, who is famous for creating easyJet, a low - cost airline which now flies more than 75 million passengers annually, across 31 countries.

Yet here were passengers on a Frontier Airlines flight from New Orleans to Denver when they heard the dreaded words from the captain.

Airlines overbooking flights is a relatively standard practice and passengers, whether they realize this or not, agree to the policy when purchasing flight tickets.

That record for avoiding fatalities — which had never been approached in the history of modern aviation — was splintered in an instant Tuesday when an engine on a Southwest Airlines (luv) plane exploded mid-air, spewing shrapnel into a window and killing a passenger.

So when the Toronto Port Authority announced its intention to make the airport self - sufficient by increasing traffic, Deluce hatched his plan: an airline that would fly fuel - efficient turboprops on well - travelled business routes, as well as to Northern Ontario destinations whose passenger demand and pricing sweet - spots he knew all too well.

United CEO Oscar Munoz claimed the airline company «followed established procedures» when aviation police removed a «disruptive and belligerent» passenger from the plane.

And most recently, United Airlines came under fire for forcibly removing a passenger from a flight when he refused to be involuntarily bumped — and you guessed it, the whole thing was caught, in several different angles, on cell phone cameras.

United CEO Oscar Munoz discusses the major public relations crisis the airline suffered earlier in the year when a passenger was foricbly removed from an overbooked flight.

The most notable happened in April 2017 when a United Airlines passenger was bumped from a flight and dragged off the plane.

Maverick airline Virgin America plans to begin selling tickets Thursday, giving travelers their first chance to book a trip on planes equipped to pamper passengers even when they aren't flying first - class.

Wallsten compares broadband to airlines, which not only charge passengers differently based on the class of ticket they're buying, but also when they make their purchase.

Southwest Airlines (luv) said Flight 31 from Houston Hobby Airport was approaching the gate with 133 passengers and five crew members aboard when it left the taxiway.

When he first became CEO of WestJet in April 2010, one of Gregg Saretsky's first initiatives was to enter into code - sharing arrangements: strategic partnerships that would allow WestJet to sell seats on other airlines» flights, as well as handle check - ins, issue boarding passes and seamlessly transfer passengers and luggage.

Brian and Brittany Schear were on a red - eye flight April 23 from Maui to Los Angeles when they got into an argument with airline officials, who said the seat in question needed to be given to another passenger.

Singapore Airlines Flight 26, a 325 - passenger jet flying fromFrankfurt, Germany, was an unusual sight at Stewart International when it landed there at around 1 p.m. on Thursday.

In April, United Airlines went on the defensive when a passenger was removed with a bloody face.

CLEVELAND — Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land in Cleveland on Wednesday.

But when it couldn't find enough volunteers, even after offering $ 800, the airline selected several passengers to deplane.

Website alerted customers when Southwest's fares dropped, so passengers could collect the difference from airline.

From December 15 to January 4, U.S. airlines have added an average of 91,000 more seats for about 80,000 more passengers expected each day compared to last year (when 49.3 million passengers took to the sky).

Just last month, Southwest Airlines promised to end the practice of overbooking flights in an effort to no longer inconvenience passengers who are bumped off when the airplanes reach maximum capacity.

In 2007, airlines faced another challenge when the UK government doubled the rate of air passenger duty (APD).

When we talk about consumer or employee activism, we tend to focus on firms like United Airlines, which quickly apologized and changed its policies after a video emerged of a passenger being dragged off a plane.

In the same way that when airlines basic services decline, passengers are more likely to pay fees for better service and amenities, theme parks have a financial incentive to make the waits for rides and attractions — and the «regular» experience as a whole — more unbearable.

United Airlines became embroiled in a public relations crisis in April when security agents were seen brutally dragging a passenger from a plane because he would not give up his seat to a crew member.

When an airline epic fails at profiling passengers like this, they should at least compensate them With frivolous flyer miles.

A passenger reportedly named David Dao — a doctor from Elizabethtown, Kentucky — appeared to be knocked unconscious and dragged off a flight when United Airlines decided they needed to open up some seating room for their own staff.

No you can't control when a baby cries, but you can prevent the situation from happening and bothering all the other passengers so that they fly your airline again, as opposed to pleasing that one passenger and their potentially - screaming child.

Tammie Jo Shults, the heroic pilot who guided her Southwest Airlines jet to safety, said she and her fellow crew members were merely doing their jobs, and «our hearts are heavy» that a passenger in died when an engine exploded in midair.

We have already seen that some airline passengers develop anxiety and stress when they travel, which may also trigger a headache.

Flight delays happen most frequently during peak holiday seasons, but no matter when they occur, late arrivals and departures can aggravate passengers and cost airlines millions of dollars.

Robert Mathai was 8 when he lost his father, Joseph Mathai, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in the early hours of March 8, local time, which was midday March 7 on the East Coast of the U.S. Bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew, it was over the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Vietnam when the last message from the cockpit to air traffic controllers was heard.

No airline would be allowed to invite passengers to wander unaided precisely when the risk of falling is the greatest.

When we tried to enlist the help of the airline gate crew, they told us that they could not troubleshoot the problem; the system would not allow them to reshuffle the passenger manifest.

When providing assistance to passengers with disabilities who are navigating the airport, airlines are required to assist passengers in carrying their gate - checked or carry - on luggage when passengers are unable to carry the luggage due to their disabilWhen providing assistance to passengers with disabilities who are navigating the airport, airlines are required to assist passengers in carrying their gate - checked or carry - on luggage when passengers are unable to carry the luggage due to their disabilwhen passengers are unable to carry the luggage due to their disability.

When a passenger with a disability requests assistance from an airline to move through the airport, the airline is required to promptly provide the requested assistance.

Although this practice significantly reduces the chances that a passenger will be bumped, the airline may still bump passengers in rare circumstances - such as when the seat is needed for a Federal Air Marshall.

When this occurs, the airline will select passengers to give up their seats.

«Airline passengers deserve to be treated fairly when they fly, and that means knowing the full price of their trip, including charges for checking baggage, as well as being given the opportunity to cancel a reservation without penalty for 24 hours after booking,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have a right to know how much they will have to pay,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have a right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have the right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers book air travel, they have the right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

When planning a trip, passengers should keep in mind that airlines do not guarantee their schedules.

In the United States, airlines are not required to compensate passengers when flights are delayed or cancelled.