The company’s name may be United, but this couple says the airline left them to fend for themselves. A woman has claimed that her fiancé was booted from his first-class seat to coach on an international United Airlines flight — to sit a crew member there instead. Danielle Schwab and her fiancé Mikey were allegedly … Read more
Gold Coast fitness influencer Ashy Bines has detailed her horrific flight after revealing she fell ill before boarding. The 34-year-old, together with husband Steve Evans and their son Taj, 6, and daughter Tala, 1, were heading home from Bali on Sunday when things took an unexpected turn at Denpasar Airport. Ashy told her one million … Read more
Love is in the air. Two Spirit Airlines flight attendants revealed Friday how a five-minute conversation resulted in a lifetime of happiness. Hunter Smith-Lihas said that he was at his gate agent job in the Pittsburgh International Airport when his coworker asked him to deliver some paperwork to a Florida-bound pilot, reports CNN Travel. According … Read more
A flight … and a show! TikTok user Joey MacNeer captured a JetBlue Airways flight attendant’s animated safety demonstration that has the internet thinking he should swap the runway for Broadway. In a 20-second clip that’s already landed 1.2 million views since it was posted Thursday, the flight attendant performs a can’t-miss dance routine, using … Read more
A traveler has shared the mortifying moment that a fellow passenger was forced to step on a baggage scale before takeoff after confusion over her weight. A clip detailing the humiliating measure was originally posted in March, but has amassed 1.6 million views on TikTok as viewers speculate whether the airline was discriminating against plus-size … Read more
Alexandra Cosoff hasn’t paid for accommodation for the past 10 years after joining Emirates as a flight attendant and living in Dubai. The 33-year-old from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland is currently a cabin supervisor after climbing her way to the top where she gets to enjoy the perks of her “generous benefit package”. “Our … Read more
He was the Big Apple’s first boldface bird. Pale Male, a celebrated red-tailed hawk who made his nest on the facade of a ritzy Upper East Side apartment building, ushering in a widespread appreciation for urban wildlife, died Tuesday. He was believed to be about 33. “Pale Male was such a character and so charismatic,” … Read more
You may want to think twice before making coffee in a hotel room. A Queens-based flight attendant claims she’s heard the coffee makers in hotels are used to wash underwear. “I ponder the eternal question: to brew or not to brew the hotel room coffee,” the unidentified flight attendant wrote last week for Bon Appétit’s … Read more
Now this is in-flight entertainment. A jokester aboard a plane decided to prank fellow passengers by airdropping a NSFW photo of an attractive pilot to their phones. TikToker Jay Nagy, 28, captioned the cheeky clip “wasn’t me” — and watched it take off with 7.4 million views since posting it late last month. In the … Read more
A private flight attendant has pulled back the curtain on the luxury travel industry, sharing the “cheeky” perks and inside secrets of her family’s business. Melbourne, Australia flight attendant Olivia Falls has begun sharing behind-the-scenes videos of her day-to-day work at her family’s private travel company, Shortstop Jet Charter, on TikTok. One of her latest … Read more
A former flight attendant has revealed how she turned her “hobby” into a hugely successful fashion label that has been worn by some of Australia’s most well-known celebrities. Ashleigh Vallis initially launched a children’s clothing line as a way to keep busy after welcoming her first daughter. But when friends kept asking for adult versions … Read more
British Airways has done “nothing” to compensate a flyer for the “extreme trauma” she claims she experienced watching a fellow passenger die on her flight, according to her online rant that has taken off on social media.
In a screenshot of a since-deleted post that was made in the “British Airways Complaints Advice” Facebook group, an unidentified woman claims the incident happened on a Dec. 21 flight from Jamaica to London.
Transgender flight attendant Kayleigh Scott — who gained fame after appearing in a United Airlines commercial — was found dead Monday in her Colorado home. She was 25. Scott, who shared her transition story for a 2020 Trans Day of Visibility video produced by United, declared in a 2:30 a.m. Instagram post that she was … Read more
In the early hours of March 8, 2014, pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah sent Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 into air just before 12:45 a.m. local time. Everything was routine onboard the Boeing 777 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, as the plane readied to leave Malaysian airspace and fly towards Vietnam across the South China Sea. … Read more
George Rogers thought he’d booked a ticket for a standard flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia. So understandably the 29-year-old got quite the shock when he checked in at LAX and realized he’d actually booked a seat on Qantas’ WorldPride flight which was created to bring members of the LGBTQI+ community from the US to Australia … Read more
When a woman found out that the window seat she booked on a long-haul flight was taken by a child, you can imagine that she was conflicted… Should she a) do nothing, it’s a child after all or b) claim what is rightfully hers? Taking to a popular internet forum, the jet setter revealed that she initially took option a) … Read more
Not all turbulence happens outside the plane. A former flight attendant recently revealed the most sinister and disgusting details about airplane bathrooms and why passengers should be weary about when they to use them, according to the US Sun. “The airplane loo is essentially a cupboard, with no clean air. There is no window and … Read more
An aviation-obsessed boy’s kind gesture has resulted in him being given the “best day of his life.” Seb was flying from Brisbane to Melbourne with his family for a holiday when he gave the Jetstar crew a homemade thank you card. He thanked the crew for putting a smile on his face, “as always.” “From … Read more
An elderly woman has allegedly bitten the arm of a flight attendant during a dispute on board a flight from New Zealand to the Gold Coast. The 78-year-old will now face court accused of striking another passenger in the face during an argument before biting the flight attendant who intervened on January 29. It was … Read more
One would say it is a ballsy stunt – but apparently, the phallic shape was not deliberate. An Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) helicopter was responsible for appearing to create a penis-shaped flight pattern over the island of Comino in Malta on Monday. The incident left many in the aviation industry with their eyebrows raised, … Read more