Published on May 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australia To London For $378 – Some aviation analysts’s predictions that air fares would rise this year as airlines seek to recover losses incurred during the global financial crisis, along with service interruptions from incidents such as Iceland’s volcanic eruption, appear to be wrong. AirAsia is the latest carrier to offer one-way fares from Australia [...]
Tags: Airasia, airline, Airlines, aviation, Caveat, Domestic Air Fares, Expanding Services, Flights, Global Financial Crisis, indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Losses, Pacific Islands, Profit Announcement, Service Interruptions, Spokesman, Tens Of Thousands, tiger, Tiger Airways, Volcanic Eruption
Posted in Travel
Published on April 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
Icelandic Volcano Ash Cloud Grounds Flights – Flights have been disrupted across northern Europe by volcanic ash drifting south and east from Iceland. Airspace was closed or flights cancelled in countries including the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and France.
Tags: Air Traffic Control, Ash Cloud, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Flights, france, Glacier, Gmt, Midday, Northern Europe, Norway Sweden, Republic Of Ireland, Safety Threat, Scandinavia, Thursday Afternoon, Uk Airspace, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Eruption, Volcano Ash
Posted in Science, Travel
Published on April 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
Engine Cover Falls From Plane – A portion of an engine cover has fallen off a JetBlue plane shortly after it took off from Newark Liberty International Airport. The plane quickly returned to the airport and no one was hurt. The runway was shut down as engineers recovered the cowling, or engine cover, as it [...]
Tags: Air Traffic Control, Control Radio, Control Tower, Cowling, Falling Debris, Flights, Fragments, Ft Lauderdale Florida, Jetblue, Liberty International, Newark International, Newark Liberty International Airport, Pilot, Plane Engine, Port Authority, Radio Transmission, Spokesperson, Tarmac, Transmission System
Posted in Travel
Published on March 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
British Airways Strike Continues – As British Airways cabin crew move into day three of their strike over pay and work practices, both sides are claiming the upper hand. The union Unite says 80 per cent of its members are on the picket lines. It described British Airways’ Terminal 5 at Heathrow as like a [...]
Tags: airline, Ba, British Airways, British Airways Strike, Cabin Crew, Chief Executive, Contingency Plan, Contingency Plans, Flights, Ghost Town, Heathrow, Negotiations, Picket Lines, planes, Terminal 5, Work Practices, youtube
Posted in Travel
Published on February 27, 2010 by Technology Slice
New Jersey Transit – A winter storm in the East is disrupting air and road travel and has apparently contributed to a multiple-vehicle crash that closed a long stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It’s not clear whether anyone was injured in the crashes early Friday in the hills of central Pennsylvania. A spokesman says the [...]
Tags: Airports, Central Pennsylvania, Crashes, Flights, Long Island, Long Stretch, Maine, New Jersey Transit, New York City, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Road Travel, Spokesman, Transit Buses, Vehicle Crash, Winter Storm, York City Area
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