Flights are getting back to regular operations at Denver International Airport although there may still be lingering problems from an overnight global Microsoft outage.
The Transportation Security Administration tells CBS Colorado they are expecting the 4th of July holiday week to be the busiest on record for them. The TSA tells CBS Colorado on June 30 security workers screened more than 86,000 people at the Denver International Airport. That was their fourth busiest day.
When it comes to letting their flight attendants and other workers express their political views, airlines are often in a tough spot between encouraging personal expression and avoiding the kind of arguments that broke out last month when a JetBlue Airways (JBLU) passenger was accused of “causing a disturbance” and had his return ticket canceled after bringing up an attendant’s “Free Palestine” pin.
Southwest Airlines does not offer some of the perks that other airlines offer.
The airline does not offer business- or first-class seating, so it can’t reward its most loyal passengers by bumping them up to better seats.
In a month that’s seen Southwest Airlines dropping airports and limiting hiring in response to poor financial reports, a representative on Tuesday said business was good three years into service at the Colorado Springs Airport.
A small single-engine aircraft approaches Hep Ingram’s house in northeast Boulder recently, clawing for altitude. Its engine screams in defiance of gravity. And ever so slowly, it drifts closer and closer to flying right over the top of Ingram’s home.
After three years of scrambling to hire and train pilots, United Airlines is encouraging its aviators to take unpaid time off next month, the latest example of how woes at Boeing — including delays in aircraft delivery — are rippling through the aviation industry.
A Boeing whistleblower who raised concerns about the company’s production standards was found dead days after testifying against the company.
