Air Travel

Southwest airlines, canceled flights, Pete Buttigieg, investigation theGrio.com

Here’s everything you need to know about Southwest’s holiday meltdown 

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Thanksgiving travel rush is back with some new habits

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Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year

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Afraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline

Airlines are offering options, including refunds in some cases, for people worried about flying with passengers not wearing face masks.
/ April 23, 2022
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Frontier Airlines falsely accuses Black woman flying with her 4-year-old white sister of trafficking

A Colorado woman alleges that employees from Frontier Airlines racially profiled her and falsely accused her of sex trafficking.
/ July 23, 2021
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Busta Rhymes reportedly gets into heated debate with a passenger over bag space on British Airways flight

According to one report, the MC got irate with a fellow passenger over space for his carry-on bags, but video footage shows him being very cal about the situation
/ August 1, 2019
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Panthers’ Cam Newton fumbles after offering $1,500 for an airplane seat with extra leg room

At 6’5″, it’s understandable why Cam Newton would want more space for his long legs, but one passenger aboard his flight decided not to catch his pass
/ June 24, 2019
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Black women take the controls with trailblazing journey aboard major airline

An all African-American airline crew made history when two Black women piloted an Alaska Airlines flight from San Francisco to Portland on May 13, reports Travel and Leisure.
/ May 24, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Flying while Black: Horrifying and hilarious tales of flights gone wrong

For Black folks, travel sometimes means flying the unfriendly skies when we aggressions, micro- and macro- on airplanes. So we’ve rounded up instances when they’ve gone low while we rode high and had to deal with racial frustrations.
/ March 21, 2018