| New border crossing rules in USA (26 Mar. 2008) - The new security measures in the USA airports suppose that now all 10 fingers of the guests will be collected twice - at the entering the country and when the guest leaves. The new system should be more effective, according to the security officers, but many tourists will surely refrain the fingerprinting as the measure that seems to be affecting the human rights, |
| A passenger plane pilot has missed the landing in a sleep (18 Mar. 2008) - A pilot has decided to take a short sleep break during the flight over the Pacific, though it's duration was only 30 minutes. The plane just flew further and the ground control dispatchers have noticed that the plane does not change the altitude, when it was already time to perform the landing. |
| Reasons to get kicked off the plane (18 Mar. 2008) - The list of the reasons to get kicked off the plane is a real curiosity. Reading this, some travelers will surely think - "well, I could have done it, I don't see anything illegal here". But the list is based on true stories and actually this could happen to you next time if you refuse to move your crocodile from the emergency exit or your baby cries too loud. |
| 17 Tones of Garbage Collected at the Bottom of Everest (16 Mar. 2008) - Not every alpinist and tourist that comes to see and maybe conquer the Everest - the highest point of the glove - are well-mannered people. Among those there are people that leave garbage after their visits and this year these were 17 tons of garbage, consisting of beer cans, old equipment and other usual touristic garbage. |
| The hardships of the modern air passengers (14 Mar. 2008) - The hardships of the modern airline passengers are really tough now, when the airlines are competing strongly to obtain their market shares. But the endpoint that suffers from their struggle - is as usual the end user - the traveler - that suffers from the various luggage tricks that vary from airline to airline. |
| Only 5 lucky people on board (10 Mar. 2008) - 5 passengers were flying in the business class of a transatlantic plane because of the schedule disorder of an American airline. The company has decided to allow the flight to avoid the disappointment of the passengers. The ecological associations are in a fury, but business is business and the airline thinks first about the image. |
| Heathrow passengers will have to get fingerprinted. (8 Mar. 2008) - Fingerprinting mania continues also in London and starting from the 27-th of March every passenger of internal flights will have to leave his fingerprints at least twice at the airport - at the check-in and before the boarding to the plane. This time the procedure is obligatory and not as the testing phase. |
| The World Top of the Airports Loved by the Passengers (3 Mar. 2008) - Since the airfares have become accessible for more and more people in the world and tourists prefer to travel by plane, the airports have begun their struggle for the top places in the various ratings. Here is the rating based on various criteria of service. |
| This year in Egypt it is planned to permit passengers to use cellular telephones during the flight (27 Feb. 2008) - The airline companies of the world are struggling for the rights, licenses and technologies that will allow them to provide passengers with the telecommunication possibilities. While some of the airlines already have been offering such services to their clients during the year 2007, the others are struggling with their countries' certification commissions and authorities to obtain licenses for such kind of service. |
| The luggage will be tagged with electronic chips (14 Feb. 2008) - The London Heathrow airport introduces the technical novelties in the process of the luggage processing that will allow to track the luggage in every moment of it's way via the airport systems, what will allow to eliminate the risk of getting it lost and mix ups in the processing. |
| The world largest airplane will be tuned with gold. (12 Feb. 2008) - An Arabian Sheikh as always - does not know where he could spend his money and how would he become distinguished among the other billionaires of the world and he has ordered a special tuning of a new Airbus A380... with gold outside... Well, the interior of the plane of course will cost not less that the whole jewelry works outside the plane. |
| The First Ecologically Clean Airport in the Southern Hemisphere (28 Jan. 2008) - The ecological topic became so popular that even for the airports there are so-called "green certificates" that state that the given airport has zero emission of the carbon to the atmosphere. The second airport to obtain this certificate was Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand. |
| Which of Air Companies Is the Safest? (22 Jan. 2008) - Well, every time a plane crashes down - we hear about it in the news on almost all channels. Nobody considers though, that the airplane - is still the safest means of transport, because we do not hear in the news about millions of road accidents where lots of people die, much more than in the air accidents. But anyway, every crash down makes people think about the safety... and of course to compose the safety ratings. |
| The Most Problematic Airports (18 Jan. 2008) - The airport - is the first contact point of the traveler and the country. The first impressions are being built there. So, the rating of the airports can tell us a little bit beforehand about the countries that we are planning to visit - just so that we are ready for waiting times beforehand. |
| World’s Biggest Airbus А380 Hardly Escaped Catastrophe (11 Jan. 2008) - The recently created biggest aircraft in the world is always surrounded with rumors and stories. This time it rolled off the runway and the engineers are investigating the issue. |
| Safety Measures in Airports Irritate Travelers without Making the Flight Safer (25 Dec. 2007) - The airport security checks are intended to make our flights secure. However, a recent investigation has shown that they are insecure at all! The control representatives have managed to carry all the necessary components including explosives for a bomb through the security check. |
| Exposition of confiscated objects opened at Canadian airport (19 Dec. 2007) - When you travel - you often want to take all the necessary things with you - your samurai sword, beloved little pocket crocodile, a couple of fireworks to make it more funny... Unfortunately, the society and especially airport security services have got another opinion about what a traveler should take with him... |
| Access to Internet will Appear in American Liners (8 Dec. 2007) - Those who have to travel much, especially between continents, have surely dreamed about internet-access aboard of the plane. If you fly a couple of hours - you could survive it, but what about 4-and more hours flight? Well, the dream comes true. |
| First class sandwich for a breakfast on board the plane (9 Nov. 2007) - This is the fact, that the majority of airlines do not offer meal, also menu at the airport is not very insignificant, therefore it makes sense to take the snack prepared by your own. The most suitable variant is sandwich, because you don't need a container for it unlike for hot dishes or salads. |
| How to avoid a flight delay? (7 Nov. 2007) - How to avoid a flight delay? «If you keep the active position instead of the victim’s one, all even flights changes for the better in your life», - Troy Williams, the businessman from Texas who has flown more than 150000 miles in the course of this year, assures. |
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