The NV Flyer
The NV Flyer is a review of legal developments affecting airlines and travel agents. The author, Kenneth Nankin, is an attorney with Nankin & Verma PLLC, which has offices in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
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Nathaniel v. American Airlines (D. Virgin Islands Nov. 20, 2008). According to the passenger, airline personnel forced her off the aircraft before the domestic flight and refused to transport her because they had determined “she was too fat” and represented a safety “hazard.” The passenger’s compl...
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Aikpitanhi v. Iberia Airlines of Spain (E.D. Mich. Mar. 31, 2008). The plaintiffs’ son died during an Iberia flight from Spain to Nigeria in 2007 while being deported. The plaintiffs sued Iberia, alleging that Spanish law enforcement agents, by their conduct before and during the flight, caused th...
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Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc. (E.D. Pa. Aug. 20, 2008). After a domestic flight, the passenger “fell down the airplane’s stairway” while disembarking from the aircraft. At the time of the fall, the passenger “had an above-the-knee amputation of his right leg and relied on two crutches to walk...
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Airlines Reporting Corporation v. Commercial Travel Corporation (S.D. Cal. Aug. 1, 2008). In 2004, ARC was pursuing two separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in which Mario Renda was a defendant, ARC v. Uniglobe Fairway Travel, Inc. and ARC v. Commercial ...
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Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane, S.p.A. v. Airline Tariff Publishing Company (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2008). ATPCO serves airlines by collecting and distributing their fare data. Over 500 airlines throughout the world send fare data to ATPCO, which electronically distributes such data to global d...
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Ray v. American Airlines, Inc. (W.D. Ark. Aug. 22, 2008). The passenger’s December 2007 flight on American from Oakland to Dallas was diverted to Austin due to weather conditions. The passenger claims that she was confined to the aircraft in Austin against her will and that she endured “de...
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Twardowski v. American Airlines, Inc. (9th Cir. (Cal.) July 30, 2008). The passengers in these consolidated appeals alleged that they had suffered injuries from deep vein thrombosis (“DVT”) they had developed during flights for which they had bought tickets between 2001 and 2004. They alleged that...
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Bassam v. American Airlines (5th Cir. (La.) July 14, 2008). Four months after her international flight, American Airlines delivered the passenger’s missing baggage to her. The passenger claimed that items were missing from the baggage, and she sued the airline in state court for over $5,000 for th...
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Hanson v. America West Airlines, Inc. (C.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2008).Hanson v. America West Airlines, Inc. (C.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2008).
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Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Carey (W.D. Wash. Apr. 15, 2008). The terms and conditions Alaska Airlines’ frequent flyer program, known as the Mileage Plan, prohibit its members from selling, purchasing or bartering miles or award tickets, and they state that miles and award tickets “are void if transfe...
