stackyFACTS
Transport

Why do airlines occasionally lie and claim a flight is "on time" when the plane hasn't even arrived at the gate yet?

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Why do airlines occasionally lie and claim a flight is "on time" when the plane hasn't even arrived at the gate yet?

From the Stacky collection1 min read
Why do airlines occasionally lie and claim a flight is "on time" when the plane hasn't even arrived at the gate yet?
STACKY / Transport
Topics in this factairlineshacks
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Transport →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
You purposely ditch the second leg of a connecting flight. Why will airlines permanently ban you for doing this?
Transport

You purposely ditch the second leg of a connecting flight. Why will airlines permanently ban you for doing this?

You purposely ditch the second leg of a connecting flight. Why will airlines permanently ban you for doing this?

Discover more
Why flying takes longer than it did in the 1970s
Transport

Why flying takes longer than it did in the 1970s

Welcome to the glorious future of aviation, where we somehow managed to actively go backward. Airlines eventually realized that flying slightly slower saves…

Discover more
Traffic engineers quietly instituted a two-second 'all-red' phase at intersections to stop what specific human error?
Transport

Traffic engineers quietly instituted a two-second 'all-red' phase at intersections to stop what specific human error?

Traffic engineers quietly instituted a two-second 'all-red' phase at intersections to stop what specific human error?

Discover more
European airlines actively flew thousands of completely empty ghost flights during the pandemic just to maintain their premium landing slots at major airports under outdated aviation regulations.
Transport

European airlines actively flew thousands of completely empty ghost flights during the pandemic just to maintain their premium landing slots at major airports under outdated aviation regulations.

European airlines actively flew thousands of completely empty ghost flights during the pandemic just to maintain their premium landing slots at major airports…

Discover more
How does your car dashboard secretly tell you which side the gas tank is on without you leaving the car?
Transport

How does your car dashboard secretly tell you which side the gas tank is on without you leaving the car?

How does your car dashboard secretly tell you which side the gas tank is on without you leaving the car?

Discover more
Why frozen drinks can pass airport security
Transport

Why frozen drinks can pass airport security

Apparently, the ultimate kryptonite to strict aviation rules is just a slight change in states of matter. As long as your water or juice is completely solid…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store