Los Angeles

Los Angeles County is the 18th largest economy in the world Although Chicago O’Hare and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airports each attract more flights in total, more originate at LAX than any other airport in the U.S. because LA is the largest transportation center on the west coast If the five-county “Greater …

When a traveler is enroute/in-flight to a connection point when he learns that the connecting flight has been cancelled due to a government-issued order, what is the airline’s obligation to the traveler? Will the airline provide hotel and meal vouchers until either the ban is lifted and the trip continues? Is the airline obliged to fly the traveler back home?

Let’s use the recent ban on flying to Israel as our example and say that the traveler was going from Dulles to Tel Aviv with a connection in Frankfurt. While the traveler was on the Dulles to Frankfurt flight the ban on flights to Israel was announced. So, the traveler …

France – Strike August 2

An Air France ground staff strike planned for Saturday 2 August will go ahead at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly, as well as Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Strasbourg, and Toulouse airports. Plans are to operate all long-haul flights and the vast majority of short- and medium-haul flights. However, …