A United Airlines plane had to turn around while en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai, for one seriously frustrating reason for passengers—the pilot forgot his passport.

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In 2024, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe by passenger numbers and the fourth busiest worldwide. Nearly 84 million ...

Although the Heathrow closure came out of the blue, airlines do of course have emergency plans setting out guidelines and ...

However, passengers may not be able to receive additional compensation as the ... both have mobility issues; they were on a British Airways flight from Singapore when they got news their flight to ...

Heathrow Airport stirred back to life late Friday, with flights slowly resuming about 18 hours after an inferno at an ...

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Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel, said: "This incident at Heathrow is set to cause major disruption for travellers, with reports suggesting the airport could be closed for the remainder of the day ...

They blocked their jet-stream. Standing up so window-seat passengers can squeeze by to use the bathroom might seem like a common courtesy, but this isn’t always followed by fliers occupying the ...

Ryanair announced that it's taking legal action against another unruly passenger. It said the man sat in the wrong seat, abused the crew, and said he was a UN diplomat. Europe's largest airline is ...

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