Flier, displaced by obese seatmate, forced to stand

By Joe Myxter, travel editor: msnbc.com A passenger on a US Airways flight said he was forced to stand for seven hours after he was squeezed out of his seat by an obese man sitting next to him. “I didn’t fly from Alaska to Philadelphia on Flight 901,” Arthur Berkowitz told Christopher Elliott, a consumer advocate who … Continue reading »

Boeing’s Dreamliner: Could It Make Flying Better?

On Wednesday the “revolutionary” Boeing Dreamliner will fly its very first commercial flight. After two years in delays almost two years after its first test run, the latest update to the Boeing series will cart 264 passengers from Tokyo to Hong Kong, reports USA Today’s Charisse Jones. “The flight is a coming-out party for a … Continue reading »