Singapore Airlines latest carrier to ban passengers from using power banks on board

Singapore Airlines latest carrier to ban passengers from using power banks on board

Singapore Airlines is the latest airline to put a ban on passengers using portable power banks on board the carrier’s aircraft. From April 1, travelers on board Singapore Airlines flights will not be allowed to charge devices like smartphones using a power bank. They will also be stopped from physically charging a power bank through … Read more

Passenger’s gross behavior sparks yet another debate about plane etiquette: ‘So many disgusting people in this world’

Passenger’s gross behavior sparks yet another debate about plane etiquette: ‘So many disgusting people in this world’

Even luxury carriers aren’t safe from bad airplane behavior. A Singapore Airlines passenger sparked an etiquette debate online after allegedly exposing his bare feet to fellow flyers — even touching his seatmate’s chair with them. “Why did I have to put be next to this heathen?” declared the tootsie troll’s furious fellow flyer in a … Read more

Passengers awarded thousands for ‘mental agony’ of ‘malfunctioning’ business class plane seats that wouldn’t recline

Passengers awarded thousands for ‘mental agony’ of ‘malfunctioning’ business class plane seats that wouldn’t recline

First-world, first-class problems. A high-ranking member of India’s police brass and his wife won more than $2,000 in court because their lavish Singapore Airlines business-class seats would only manually recline and not do so automatically. News reports cited the “mental agony and physical suffering” endured by the passengers, Ravi Gupta, a local Director General of … Read more

I let a flight attendant spoon-feed my kid on an airplane — I didn’t deserve backlash

I let a flight attendant spoon-feed my kid on an airplane — I didn’t deserve backlash

Their first-class treatment is getting poor reviews. After footage of a flight attendant spoon-feeding a child sparked outrage online, the father has spoken out in defense of the good-natured gesture. Despite critics calling him “entitled,” Michael Rutherford, 43, said the Singapore Airlines stewardess provided “amazing service” and helped his five-year-old son Jett “have a good … Read more

I flew first class on the world’s best airline — it lacked in this one area

I flew first class on the world’s best airline — it lacked in this one area

Singapore Airlines’ first-class Suites cabin was named World’s Best First Class, but is it really the best? At the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards — dubbed the “Oscars of Aviation” — Singapore Airlines won the award for World’s Best First Class, also taking first-place awards for the Best First Class Airline Seat and the Best … Read more