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Cruise passenger embarrassed over wearing sweatpants for 15-day 'trip of a lifetime' after Air Canada failed to deliver her delayed baggage, report says
The airline vowed to deliver the bags to one of the ship's planned port stops, but they were instea…
Stephen Jones
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Travel chaos comes for us all: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the airport after 2 delayed flights
Gillibrand's called for an investigation into airlines' business practices. "Are these airlines pla…
Juliana Kaplan
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Photos show travel chaos at one of the busiest airports south of the equator with lines snaking hundreds of meters after technical issues and heavy fog
Sydney Airport was swamped by huge lines on Monday morning.Courtesy of Ben Fisher
Grace Dean
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Disabled passenger says he had to be helped off a plane by an 'embarrassed' pilot after airport staff failed to show up for 30 minutes
David Judd told the Manchester Evening News he felt "insignificant" after he was left alone on the …
Sophia Ankel
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'Thousands' of checked-in suitcases were left behind at Amsterdam airport in just 1 day
Schipol airport has advised passengers connecting to European flights that a baggage malfunction me…
Grace Dean
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Edinburgh Airport passengers were forced to wait for hours outside in sweltering heat to pick up luggage amid record-breaking UK heatwave
Travelers struggled to find bags in a temporary outdoor facility set up by Swissport, one of three …
Bethany Biron
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A United passenger was stranded in Newark airport for almost 24 hours after being told 'there are no hotels left'
Flavia Acosta Fox was traveling to Dublin when she was forced to wait in Newark airport for almost …
Sam Tabahriti,Hannah Towey
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Airlines ordered by UK government to prioritize passengers and treat them sensitively amid travel chaos
Further legislative reforms will be considered if passengers are not appropriately treated, the Dep…
Kate Duffy
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I bought a plane ticket just to look for my lost luggage. It was the only way I could get my bag back.
Dermot Lennon bought a ticket to Glasgow just so he could search for his lost luggage in Dublin Air…
Urooba Jamal
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I waited in a busy London airport for 5 hours before learning that my flight was canceled. The airline only refunded me $58 and national train strikes left me stranded.
I waited another hour in Stansted Airport for my luggage to come through but struggled to get back …
Kate Duffy
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An 85-year-old woman was almost hospitalized after she was stranded for 14 hours at the Orlando Airport when no one helped with her wheelchair
Patty Bough told local reports she missed her flight after she failed to receive assistance from Fr…
Bethany Biron
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Torrential rain wreaked havoc at Dubai's airport, with video showing a plane battling across a flooded runway
Videos show planes battling through flood waters at Dubai's airport after torrential rain brought o…
Polly Thompson
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Microsoft employees volunteer at Amsterdam Airport as travel chaos continues
Microsoft staff wearing bright pink vests at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport have been helping passeng…
Kate Duffy
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A 14-year-old was stranded in an airport for 19 hours on Christmas Eve after Southwest's flight chaos
Penelope Meyer was traveling from New York to Florida to spend the holidays with her dad. The airli…
Ryan Hogg
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Video appears to show passengers shouting inside a Japan Airlines plane as it tried to land while engulfed in flames amid earthquake chaos
A Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway in Tokyo. All 379 crew and passengers…
Tom Porter
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California air charter firm diverts 5 Boeing jets with more than 1,000 American passengers on board because Dublin airport was understaffed
Dublin airport was "so badly staffed" that it couldn't accept the company's business, the chairman …
Kate Duffy
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Air Canada employee describes what it's like to work at the Toronto airport amid mass flight delays and cancellations: 'It's a mess on all sides'
"Everybody's overworked," the employee told Insider, adding that some workers are on the verge of q…
Hannah Towey
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Two of Europe's biggest airports are cutting back on flights to stop labor shortages causing travel chaos
Gatwick in London will limit flights to 825 a day next month, 75 fewer than capacity, while Amsterd…
Stephen Jones
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This international airport has an unusual problem amid the summer travel chaos: not enough flights or passengers
Southend airport east of London only operates a couple of flights a day after airlines cut back in …
Jyoti Mann
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A US flyer tracked his lost luggage back to London and was told by American to go pick it up from the airport — even though he was 4,000 miles away in North Carolina
Jamie O'Grady had a layover at Heathrow. The next day, a passenger stumbled across his golf bag at …