A woman was forcibly removed by two police officers from a Southwest flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles Tuesday after claiming to have a life-threatening pet allergy. While the plane was boarding, the woman notified airline staff of her allergy after noticing two dogs on the plane, one a pet and
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US 220% tariff on Bombardier is ‘attack’ on Canada, Quebec premier says
Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister, wants Bombardier Inc's 'superlative' CSeries jet to be a national 'success story' The 220 percent tariff imposed by the United States on Bombardier Inc's CSeries jet is an "attack" on Quebec and Canada, the province's Premier Philippe Couillard said on Wednesday. The 220 percent tariff imposed by the
How to Make Your flight Less Stressful
Not a few travelers believe that air travel can be an awful experience for the most part. However not all travels experiences are terrible. Experts have come up with points that can make it pleasurable rather than horrible. Below are recommendations these experts suggest should be adopted. Make a day of it Modern
Malaysia Airlines to buy 35 wide-bodied planes
Ryanair cancels more flights, affecting 400,000 customers
LONDON – Budget airline Ryanair cancelled another 18,000 flights on Wednesday, deepening its woes over its mismanagement of pilots' holiday schedules. The Irish carrier, Europe's biggest by passengers carried, says 34 routes will be suspended from November to March 2018, affecting some 400,000 customers who have already booked flights. Under the airline's
Britain warns Boeing it might lose business over Bombardier row
A model of Bombardier C Series airplane is seen in the Bombardier offices in Belfast, Northern Ireland September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne .... as US slaps duties on Bombardier jets after Boeing subsidy complaint BELFAST/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain told U.S. planemaker Boeing on Wednesday that it could lose out on British defense
Qatar Airways CEO wants to expand fleet, look for U.S. investments
Why airlines pay to fly over other countries
Countries charge foreign airlines to fly through their airspace Airlines pay a fee to fly over other countries. They are called overflight fees.- What then is an Overflight fee? It is simply a transiting of civilian aircraft over the territory of a foreign country. Just as countries have rights to their land, they
NAMA decongests Lagos Airspace
In a bid to decongest the Airspace in Lagos, Nigeria Airspace Managment Agency ( NAMA) has commenced a programme through the zoning of the Lagos Sub-flight Information Region, also known as Sub-FIR airspace, into Lagos-West and Lagos-East Area Control Centres. Representative of NAMA Mr. Gabriel Akpen, Director of Operations while speaking at
Lufthansa seen offering to pay 200 million euros for Air Berlin assets
FILE PHOTO: Planes of the Lufthansa airline stand on the tarmac in Frankfurt airport, Germany, March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Lufthansa bid price of 200 million euros ($239 million) to buy assets from insolvent Air Berlin plus 100 million euros to meet operating costs is roughly