Average North American airline on-time performance in November slipped a few percentage points to 76.4 percent, down from 79.5 percent in October, according to Cirium’s monthly report. It was the first dip since June 2022. Of the eight carriers that made the list, only Southwest Airlines, which came in third, showed a slight month-over-month improvement, … Read more
After a week of significant cancellations and delays for Southwest Airlines—in which it reduced its flights to one-third of its normal schedule, CEO Bob Jordan issued an apology, and the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would investigate the airline’s practices—the carrier on Friday, Dec. 30 had returned normal operations with usual disruptions for a … Read more
Delta Air Lines for the second year in a row took the top spot for on-time performance among major North American carriers, according to Cirium’s 2022 report, released Thursday. The carrier had an on-time performance of 84.1 percent on a total of 959,987 flights, down a few points from last year’s 87.8 percent performance. Alaska … Read more
Average North American airline on-time performance in October continued to improve, reaching 79.5 percent, up two percentage points from September, according to Cirium’s monthly report. Six of the eight carriers that made the October list showed improvement over their September performance, save for Delta Air Lines, down one percentage point to 88.3 percent but still … Read more
CHARLOTTE — Channel 9 has reported on multiple cases over the last year of robbers attacking postal workers while they were delivering mail. Most — if not all — of these hold-ups happened in broad daylight. The criminals are targeting letter carriers’ keys, called “arrow keys,” so they can go around, open big blue mailboxes … Read more
An investigation has determined that the USS Abraham Lincoln’s wastewater leaked into the ship’s drinking water The foul smell and discoloration that sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln began noticing last month in their drinking water was caused by a wastewater leak, the US Navy has determined, raising concerns that service members were exposed to … Read more
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration PreCheck expedited airport security lane program has four new international carriers, TSA announced Wednesday. The airlines include Spain’s Air Europa, which also is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance; Volaris El Salvador, which operates flights to the United States, Mexico and Central America; Canada-based Flair Airlines, with operations throughout North … Read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday launched an airline customer service dashboard outlining the 10 largest U.S. carriers’ plans, including specifics on passenger meal or hotel voucher entitlements. The tool, announced two weeks ago by Secretary Pete Buttigieg, includes service changes made by nearly all of the covered airlines as a result of the announcement, according to DOT. … Read more
British Airways is further reducing its short-haul schedule through the end of October because of London Heathrow’s decision last week to extend its capacity cap of 100,000 departing passengers per day through Oct. 29, the carrier confirmed to BTN. The cap initially was to end Sept. 11. “While the vast majority of our customers will … Read more
Telecom carriers cracking down on robocalls – CBS News Watch CBS News Americans receive over 130 million robocalls a day, but starting in July, major phone companies must adopt a new technology that could stop many of these calls. Dina Demetrius has more from Los Angeles. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for … Read more