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More bad times loom for British Airways and its passengers after Unite, the airline’s cabin crew union, voted massively in favour to strike over pay and conditions. This is what the strike looks like in numbers. Scary, huh? Read More…
The Ethiopian government claims Lebanon is hiding details about the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing into off Beirut and has asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to intervene in the investigation, Bloomberg News reports.
Last week, a preliminary accident report said the crew of the Boeing 737-800 were to blame for the crash which killed all 90 people on board, but Ethiopian officials have rejected this. An unnamed Ethiopian Airlines source, quoted on a Lebanese website, said reports that the crew were at fault were “just a guess”.
In the aftermath of yesterday’s tragedy in which a 30-year-old captive orca killed its trainer at SeaWorld in Florida, forums across the web are packed with comments about the dangers of keeping these animals in captivity. Read More…
A common complaint in a recent poll of female Japanese air travelllers was that men often – always? – left the bog seat up. So, All Nippon Airways, the carrier which conducted the poll,is to introduce women-only toilets on its aircraft, Reuters reports.
One loo on every flight will be for the use of women only and men will only be allowed to use it in emergencies. What defines an “emergency”, however, is not clear.
“We are finished. May God have mercy on us.” Those were the last chilling words from the captain of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 shortly before it crashed into the sea off Beirut, Lebanon, on January 25, killing all 90 people on board.
The flight lasted just four minutes from the time the aircraft took off into a thunderstorm until it hit the sea. Read More…
Look at this picture! This is the terrifying sight of the Limpopo River floodplain at the peak of the 100-year flood in February 2000. That was a river, now it’s a sea.
Mozambique was drowning. Ten years ago this month, the Limpopo River, swollen by weeks and weeks of rain on the South African Highveld finally broke its banks and rolled across the floodplain of southern Mozambique.
This was a biblical deluge. It came roaring down the escarpment, sweeping away people, cattle, dogs and wild animals, snapping old trees in half and scouring soil and rock from the earth. It destroyed buildings and dams and tore bridges from their abutments. When the waters receded cars were found smashed into the bedrock and the remains of houses – poles and doors and pieces of roof – were spat into the sea. Read More…
Lufthansa is looking for a name for the Airbus A380, a moniker or a nickname that does for the double-decker what the name “Jumbo Jet” did for Boeing’s 747 back in the 60s.
Think up the right name before the March 31 and the airline will give you, and 49 other contenders, a million air miles, which works out at a good few long-haul flights. Plus there’s the chance of getting your name in the history books. Read More…
A new spat is brewing in Britain over the use of the full body security scanners which are being rolled out at airports around the country.
Earlier this month, UK government officials said that passengers who refused to have the full body scan could be banned from flying. Read More…
Never ones to let formality stand in the way of a good idea, Kulula’s new and slightly whack paint job has already been picked up worldwide by planespotters and media – Britain’s The Sun newspaper is the latest – getting the airline a fat dose of publicity even money couldn’t buy.
Still, it’s a bit funny – certainly funnier than their on-board safety briefing “comedy”, and lord knows we could use a bit of laughter these days.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is apparently conducting random forex checks on passengers at South Africa’s international airports, the Association of South African Travel Agents says in a statement.
Passengers will have to show the receipt from the bank or exchange bureau where they bought their foreign currency or go back and get one. If you can’t produce a receipt, the forex will be confiscated on the spot and you will have 90 days to produce a receipt in order to get your money back. Read More…
