Author: Crew Daily

Etihad Airways has become the first intentional airline to incorporate the use of the popular messaging app WhatsApp for its customer communications. This new service will allow customers to be directly in contact with the airline staff. The UAE Airline is rolling out its digital capabilities for its premium customers to use the service at Abu Dhabi International Airport. This will allows them to chat with customer service agents. By use of this app, customers will be able to have information like possible delays, issues with flights or the gate changes. Airline also has the plan of extending this service…

A passenger aboard the United Airlines was left infuriated when she was told by the cabin crew manager that her crying baby is “completely unacceptable”. The mother was flying with her husband from Sydney to San Francisco on 25t September 2018. The passenger; Krupa Patel Bala was travelling with her eight months old son and her husband on a business class flight aboard a UA 870 when the baby suddenly started crying. After about five minutes the cabin crew manger came to her husband and started to yell at him saying that the crying of a baby for this long…

American Airlines kicked off one of their female passengers after telling her that her Cello was too big in size. The passenger was kicked off despite the fact that she bought an additional seat for her instrument. A Facebook post was made by the passenger’s Husband Jay Tang. He said that his wife Jingjing Hu is a music student at the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago city. She was flying from Chicago to Miami to perform in a music festival. Tang bought a ticket for her wife and also for her instrument and was told by airline that…

One of the Delta Airline flight was cancelled before the take off after smoke suddenly started to pour out from one of the engine. The flight was destined for Detroit flying from San Francisco. The flight which was due to depart on 16th September 2018 was cancelled immediately after the aforementioned discovery. Frightened passengers were immediately evacuated. The whole scene was captured by on board passengers and you can even hear them saying, “Can you smell that? Is there a fire outside?” A Fox 2 News reporter; Jennifer Hammond was also aboard the very same plane. She commended the cabin…

Five major airlines have been found in breach of the consumer law which compels them to pay about 200,000 passengers compensation for their delayed flight to which they are legally entitled. Five of these major airlines that are to pay compensation or be taken into court by CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) are as follows. American Airlines Emirates Etihad Singapore Airlines Turkish Airlines CAA released a statement that they had been informed by the aforementioned all airlines that they had not paid the passengers any compensation when the delays caused passengers to miss their connecting flights. Under the EU Law, passengers…

The world’s most expensive flight was launched under Etihad Airways new flight route which connects New York to Mumbai via Abu Dhabi. This is the world’s most expensive flight with shortest connecting time. According to airline, the flight costs about 38000 dollars or 26212 pounds for a one way ticket. This costly flight is being operated by Etihad’s luxury suite named “The Residence”. A spokesperson of Etihad also told that there is even a pricier one way ticket that connects New York to Sydney, Australia via Abu Dhabi for a cost of 52000 dollars or 35849 pounds on the luxury…

Etihad; UAE Airline announced that it is going to lift the US Laptop ban from its international airport of Abu Dhabi. Etihad announced the news with further points that it is going to end the US Government’s Laptop ban after implementing new security measures from its hub airport. The new rule has been implemented after the TSA (Transport Security Administration); part of the Department of Homeland Security completed their procedure of observation and verification process. Following this rule, passengers are now eligible for taking electronics onboard from their Etihad flights over to USA. The “Laptop Ban” was issued by US…

One of the Etihad Airways flight suffered from a severe turbulence on a short flight of just 45 minutes that was to land in Indonesia back on May 4th, 2016. The flight which was hit by sudden and unexpected turbulence left nine passengers gravely injured and hospitalized while 22 others to have other injuries. The incident happened over the Flight EY474 which took flight from Abu Dhabi and was due to land on the Jakarta International Airport after 45 minutes of air time. The aircraft which suffered through this incident was Airbus A330-200. The flight landed safely at the Soekarno…

It is announced by US Air Force earlier this week that they have decided to replace their fleet of UH-1N Huey Helicopter by MH-139. USAF has awarded a 375 million dollars firm fixed price contract on September 14th, 2018 for the non developmental item integration of four new helicopters. If the initial contract goes in perfect manner we are looking at a program valued at 2.4 billion dollars for the following items until 2031. 84 helicopters Training device Associated support equipments These new helicopters are based on the design of Leonardo AW139 and are being offered by the main contractor…

They say that flying is one of the safest modes of transportation in the world right now. The chances of dying in aircraft crash are much lower when compared to even with the land vehicles. The reason for such low chances of any aerial incident is the ultimate care that is put into maintaining these aircrafts and the top level training to train these aircraft’s pilots. The aircraft pilots are just in the different category of humans when it comes to keeping clam in unexpected situations. Situations where normal people might lose their calm, pilots keep their heads sane. However…