Hacker News with Generative AI: Airlines

The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you [video] (youtube.com)
Airlines Hate 'Skiplagging.' Meet the Man Who Helps Travelers Pull It Off (nytimes.com)
Aktarer Zaman is the founder of a controversial website that unearths airfare hacks, most notably skipping the last leg of a flight for a cheaper price.
Delta sues CrowdStrike over software update that prompted mass flight disruption (cnn.com)
Why are airlines quiet quitting China? (skift.com)
Think quiet quitting is just for employees? Think again. In 2024, many of the world’s biggest airlines are making a low-key withdrawal from China. We find out why.
American Airlines Flight Attendants Just Won Boarding Pay (jacobin.com)
Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.
American Airlines Seeks $94M in Skiplagging Travel Hack Lawsuit (aviationa2z.com)
FORT WORTH- American Airlines (AA) launched a legal battle against travel website Skiplagged, accusing the company of profiting from a controversial booking practice.
JetBlue is no longer serving hot food in economy class on transatlantic flights (usatoday.com)
JetBlue Airways is no longer serving hot food to economy passengers on transatlantic flights.
Qantas apologizes after R-rated film plays on every screen during flight (cnn.com)
What commercial flight route needs the most (min poss.) stops from A to B? (stackexchange.com)
For travel hacking (and interest) value, colleagues and I have been trying to work out which routes worldwide might have the highest number of required legs.
Flight diverted after passenger finds mouse in meal (bbc.com)
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has said one of its flights had to make an emergency landing after a mouse scurried out of a passenger's in-flight meal on Wednesday.
A flight search engine that combines flights from different airlines? (2014) (stackexchange.com)
Is there a search engine that considers "mix&match" flight combinations?
Free Starlink Internet is coming to all of United's airplanes (arstechnica.com)
United Airlines announced this morning that it is giving its in-flight Internet access an upgrade. It has signed a deal with Starlink to deliver SpaceX's satellite-based service to all its aircraft, a process that will start in 2025. And the good news for passengers is that the in-flight Wi-Fi will be free of charge.
United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes (theverge.com)
United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on all its jets thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
Wizz Air launches $550 'all you can fly' annual subscription pass (cnbc.com)
Alaska Airlines blowout: Crew detail 'chaos' after mid-air blowout (bbc.com)
CrowdStrike unhappy with Delta litigation threat, says airline refused free help (theregister.com)
CrowdStrike says it isn't to blame for Delta's flight cancellations after outage (cnbc.com)
Airlines are running out of 4-digit flight numbers (viewfromthewing.com)
Delta CEO calls Microsoft 'the most fragile platform' while praising Apple (9to5mac.com)
Delta CEO: 'When was the last time you heard of a big outage at Apple?' (theverge.com)
Proposed rule would ban airlines from charging parents to sit with children (cnbc.com)
Delta CEO: Company Suing Microsoft and CrowdStrike After $500M Loss (thedailybeast.com)
Delta CEO: CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500M (cnbc.com)
Delta CEO Says CrowdStrike Tech Outage Cost It $500 Million (wsj.com)
Air New Zealand is first major airline to scrap 2030 emissions target (theguardian.com)
Summer heat is making soda cans burst on Southwest flights, injuring attendants (cbsnews.com)
Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom (cnbc.com)
Southwest Airlines Will End Its Longstanding Open-Seating Policy (nytimes.com)
Southwest Airlines Is Ditching Open Seating on Flights (wsj.com)
Why Delta is still canceling flights as other airlines return to normal (cnn.com)