Japan Airlines has decided to cut the remuneration of President Mitsuko Tottori and 36 other executives over a scandal involving a captain who drank excessively prior to his duties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/jal-punishes-president-and-36-executives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #drinking #alcohol #airlines

Japan Airlines has decided to cut the remuneration of President Mitsuko Tottori and 36 other executives over a scandal involving a captain who drank excessively prior to his duties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/jal-punishes-president-and-36-executives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #drinking #alcohol #airlines

Two people appeared to have sustained minor injuries after a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Kansai International Airport on Friday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/emergency-landing-united-airlines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kansaiairport #osaka #airlines #aviation #unitedairlines #chiba #naritaairport

Japan Airlines was hit by a new warning from the transport ministry for insufficient oversight regarding its pilots drinking heavily before flights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/jal-drinking-pilots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #airlines #drinking #alcohol #aviation #mitsukotottori

Japan Airlines has issued an apology after one of its pilots was reported to have been relieved of duty after drinking alcohol ahead of an international flight in late August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/japan-airlines-drinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jal #airlines

The transport ministry will investigate what it describes as a 'serious incident' after a passenger plane operated by Japan's All Nippon Airways landed on a runway in Hokkaido where a work vehicle was operating. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/ana-serious-incident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #hokkaido #ana #airlines

As Air Canada flight attendants strike over wages and unpaid work, the company and union remain far apart and the path forward is unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/air-canada-ceo-union-pay-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #airlines #union

Qantas Airways was ordered to pay $59 million for illegally sacking almost 2,000 ground workers during the pandemic, in a court judgment that included sharp criticism of the airline’s culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/qantas-fined-firing-pandemic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #qantas #airlines #australia#covid19

Air Canada's striking flight attendants on Sunday refused a government-backed labor board's order to return to work, forcing the airline to delay restarting its operations and leaving its passengers in limbo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/strike-air-canada-back-to-work-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #unions #canada #airlines

The Canadian government on Saturday moved to end a strike by Air Canada's cabin crews and require binding arbitration to break their contract impasse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/17/canada-end-air-canada-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #canada #airlines #unions #strikes #aircanada

Air Canada and its unionized flight attendants remained at odds on Friday, despite government pleas for both sides to return to bargaining to avert a strike that would upend travel for tens of thousands of passengers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/air-canada-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #unions #jobs #aviation #airlines #aircanada #canada

For reasons lost in the mists of time, TWA (the long-since defunct Trans World Airlines, acquired by American Airlines in 2001) used to hand out miniature staplers with a box of staples, too.
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Japan experienced one of its worst plane crashes 40 years ago, and controversial theories about what “really caused” the crash continue to swirl. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/history/jal-crash-sdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #jal #toshiyaokabe #gunma #selfdefenseforces #airlines

Those who died in the Aug. 12, 1985, crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 were remembered Tuesday on the mountainous accident site in Gunma Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/jal-crash-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #jal #aviation #mountosutaka #gunma

The airline industry's plans to go green before regulators start penalizing them are little more than a pipe dream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/12/energy/airline-industry-clean-jet-fuel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #aviation #airlines #oil #biofuel

Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety in her first such opportunity since the tragedy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/widow-40-years-jal-flight-safety/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #jal #aviation #mountosutaka #gunma #airaccidents #flightjal123

All Nippon Airways and California-based Joby Aviation said they will establish a joint venture with a view to deploy five-seater "air taxis" in Japan from 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/08/companies/electric-air-taxis-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ana #airlines #taxis #helicopters#jobyaviation

The Airbus A380 superjumbo, which enjoyed an unexpected resurgence when global travel rebounded after the pandemic, is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for airlines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/companies/biggest-passenger-planes-breaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airbus #aviation #airlines #boeing #a380

A provisional deal between the United States and European Union to exempt aircraft from tariffs avoids a potential threat to jet production and deliveries, and follows uncharacteristic unity among plane-making rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/markets/us-eu-aerospace-tariff-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #aviation #airlines #eu #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

U.S. airlines' strategy of doubling down on high-end travel after the COVID-19 pandemic to drive up profits and reduce their vulnerability to economic swings is paying off. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/us-airlines-premium-travel-slump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #airlines #luxurygoods #travel #delta #united