In view of an planned eight-hour strike by Alitalia flight attendants and air traffic controllers, the airlines has cancelled almost 400 flights today. A strike by the staff earlier on May 3, forced the airline to scrap 350 flights. Unions have been trying to keep up the pressure on the airline during contract negotiations. Alitalia [...]
That is what a new study on the effect of Viagra on hamsters is suggesting. A shot of it may one day help shift workers and flight crews recover their normal sleep cycles. Diego Golombek from Argentina’s National University of Quilmes and colleagues found that administering a hamster-sized dose of Sildenafil (more commonly known as [...]
Skybus refers to itself as the smart way to travel. There is however a cost to pay for its ultra-low-cost tickets , it would mean landing in incognito airports and taking long distance cabs to reach your destinations. I guess it depends on just how much are you willing to give up for the sake [...]
Charles Lindbergh’s first transatlantic crossing as well as a pioneering round the world trip is to be attempted by a solar-powered plane with wings the width of a giant Airbus. The flight is likely to be undertaken in 2011. Future solar-powered plane ‘Solar Impulse’ Bertrand Piccard , whose project it is believes that all attempts [...]
Air Transport Association, the airline industry’s main trade group, forecasts that a record number of airline passengers would fly during the Memorial Day holiday weekend and throughout the summer. To minimize the weather-related delays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to expand the use of an air control strategy. Airspace flow program introduced last [...]
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines has bought a stake of up to 26 % in the country’s first domestic budget carrier, Air Deccan, at 155 Indian rupees per share( a total of 5.5 billion rupees) The loss-making discount carrier Air Deccan’s chief Gopinath had been trying to raise capital to keep it in the [...]
Then get yourself and friends booked to any for its 14 destinations to avail the discounts of a big bonanza. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet, as part of the celebrations for completing two years of operations, is planning to offer two lakh seats @ 99 paise. This is likely to be offered for two or more persons [...]
Northwest Airlines is no longer operating under federal bankruptcy protection.The nation’s fifth-largest carrier’s, Michigan’s largest air carrier emergence from Chapter Eleven caps a 20-month reorganization aimed at making it competitive for years to come. Northwest is a now definitely a leaner and more efficient airline. The carrier shaved $2.2 billion in annual operating costs with [...]
The world’s largest passenger airline, Airbus A380 landed for the first time at Paris’ leading Charles de Gaulle airport on Friday, 1st June, 2007. To greet the A380′s arrival, people who spotted the plane bedecked with cameras and lined the telescopes on the roads near the airport. As the plane taxied on at the airport, [...]
In the face of the likelihood of more terrorist attacks on airlines, security is being stepped up with plans on collecting biometric data through fingerprinting. This would mean longer waits at airport terminals for you. Passengers traveling from the US will have to present their fingers as well as their passports at check-in from the [...]
