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Airline Food Gets Even Worse After Needle Found in Sandwich on Air Canada Flight

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:00:15 +0000

Airplane food isn’t exactly cuisine reserved for the discerning palette, but it gets the job done. However, you might want to think twice before noshing on plane food and not because of nutritional concerns. For the second time this summer, it’s become dangerous. A passenger on an Air Canada flight bound for Toronto from Victoria [...]

What Airlines Serve Alcohol — For Free?

Mike Adams — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:05:58 +0000

There is nothing quite like being catapulted 40,000 feet into the air and feeling the effects of a high pressure, high altitude beer buzz while being shuttled at top speed across the great American skies. The only problem is most of the booze served on airlines in the United States is also extremely expensive. However, [...]

Which Airline Ranks Worst in Customer Satisfaction?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:33:01 +0000

Last year, airlines in the US posted their highest profits in more than a decade — but all that money sure didn’t buy a lot of customer satisfaction. The 2011 Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report indicates profits are up largely from making passengers fork over baggage fees and higher fares, and eliminating free in-flight food. [...]

American Eagle Airlines Fined a Whopping $900,000 for Keeping Passengers Stuck on Tarmac

Shauna Wright — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:27:59 +0000

A Department of Transportation rule implemented in April 2010 prohibits airlines from keeping passengers sitting on a tarmac for more than three hours — a rule it says an American Airlines affiliate has since violated so frequently that it’s now been slapped with a $900,000 fine, the first such fine handed down since the edict took effect.