Canada’s WestJet Airlines has begun cancelling flights again after a union representing its maintenance engineers rejected a new pay offer and served a second strike notice, the carrier said on Wednesday. WestJet said this action would lead to an estimated 25 flight cancellations from June 27-28 and impact over 3,300 travellers. The airline had earlier… Read More »
He has plans but it’s not what everyone thinks It seems that Novak Djokovic’s has many priorities but being considered the best player in the rankings might not be one of them. While he is considered one of the best tennis players in history, he is currently concentrating on playing the Davis Cup. The Serbian… Read More »
Vanessa’s tribute to Joe seemingly hinted at the fraught relationship between Kobe and his parents, which became strained during his Hall of Fame career with the Lakers. Kobe and Vanessa were married in 2001 without the approval of Joe and Kobe’s mom Pamela, who didn’t attend the wedding. In 2013, Kobe and his parents had… Read More »
Provost Russell Moore today announced he will be stepping down from his position as provost of the Boulder campus after 14 years of service in that role. Moore is CU Boulder’s longest serving provost and the longest continuously serving provost among the institutions in CU Boulder’s peer group, the Association of American Universities. He will… Read More »
The plane was “en route from Fort Smith to the Diavik Diamond Mine” when the crash happened, the coroner’s office said. The global mining company Rio Tinto said it had employees on the aircraft. “We have been informed by authorities that a plane on its way to our Diavik mine, carrying a number of our… Read More »
In a shocking sequence of events on Thursday evening, a 48-year-old man from Massachusetts, identified as Karl Haglund, was arrested in Boulder, Colorado after a series of hit-and-run crashes ended with his truck being driven onto the University of Colorado’s Folsom Field. The incident unfolded in dramatic fashion and left local authorities scrambling to contain… Read More »
The WestJet Group will acquire three additional Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from SMBC Aviation Capital. These aircraft are in addition to six Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes the WestJet Group announced leasing agreements for earlier this summer. “With our longstanding partner SMBC, we are thrilled to be adding three more Boeing 737 MAX 8… Read More »
Canadian airline WestJet has pivoted to offering other airlines and logistics companies the option of chartering its small fleet of Boeing 737-800 cargo jets to move goods after recently discontinuing scheduled cargo service because of weak demand. WestJet Cargo on Tuesday issued a news release promoting its charter service in North America and Latin America… Read More »
WestJet has finally embraced its reputation as one of Canada’s most reviled airlines with the debut of its new company slogan: “Air Canada, but somehow worse.” The slogan was initially decried as false advertising, as regulators asserted it is literally impossible to be worse than Air Canada. However, a thorough investigation by thousands of customers… Read More »
Steven James Davidson was booked in a premium seat on his flight from Calgary to Phoenix. However, he could not enjoy the comfort of the luxury seat when his earlier WestJet flight from Kamloops to Calgary was delayed, and he was rebooked in an economy seat on a later flight. His solution? Take the airline… Read More »
United Airlines is set to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi via the SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink, the company said in an announcement Friday. “Everything you can do on the ground, you’ll soon be able to do onboard a United plane at 35,000 feet, just about anywhere in the world,” said Scott Kirby, United’s CEO, in… Read More »
American Airlines flight attendants resoundingly approved their new contract on the first vote, a one-off that came during a summer when two flight attendant groups rejected initial deals and on the same day that Boeing mechanics went out on strike. On Thursday, the 28,000 members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants approved a five-year… Read More »