Gary Leff

On a Southwest flight to Denver, a passenger removed their socks, opened a tray table with their toes and planted both bare feet where the next traveler may eat. Southwest’s own contract expressly covers this.

News and notes from around the interweb: Passenger says he and Atlanta TSA missed the loaded magazines in his bag, now he faces a mandatory

Alaska Airlines flight 305 returned to the gate in Miami after flight attendants reported passenger threats, including one customer allegedly threatening to take over the aircraft. The pilots stopped departure, placed the cockpit under lockdown protocol, requested law enforcement, and returned to gate E6 while the incident continued to develop.

News and notes from around the interweb: This is your regular reminder that having the same agency both regulate and perform security

News and notes from around the interweb: Delta “meal.”

Frontier swapped a 186-seat aircraft for one with 180 seats and federal rules excused mandatory cash compensation. Frontier reported 4,327 passengers under that exception in 2025. Some analysts think they've discovered a 'loophole' to avoid paying.

A United Express CRJ-200 sat in Watertown, South Dakota, for more than two hours awaiting a Denver ATC release. Passengers missed Noah Kahan at Coors Field—but an airport employee brought pizza from the terminal restaurant directly onto the plane.

A United Airlines passenger says about five employees, including a manager, were waiting when she was asked to step off an aircraft to discuss a souvenir T-shirt.

KLM will stop serving complimentary beer, wine, soft drinks and its familiar cheese sandwich in European economy starting in October.

Air Canada is reportedly close to selling a stake in its Aeroplan frequent flyer program to Blackstone for $2 billion.