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Air Passenger Rights! EU Law!

July 3, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

  This Regulation applies to: passengers departing from an airport located in the territory of a Member State to which the EC Treaty applies; and passengers departing from an airport located in a third country to an airport situated in the territory of a Member State to which the EC Treaty applies, On condition that […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: Airline, aviation, Business, Compensation. consumer right, Compensation. consumer rights, European Union, Regulations, Transportation

EASYJET: Disaster at Gatwick Airport 02 July!

July 2, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia London Gatwick Airport 2July 2010 My flight with Easyjet to Barcelona is scheduled for 19;05  I left my Hotel room in good time so I will have no problem, no rushing, no stress. I went through security only to find out that on the departure screen there was:   19:05h  Gate opens […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: aviation, Barcelona, Business, EasyJet, London Gatwick Airport, Travel and Tourism

Higher Airfares to Europe this Summer

May 9, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Flights to Europe will be much more expensive this year. Airlines have cut capacity by reducing numbers of flights and ummertime demand has picked with the better economy we see in the US. That combination means fewer empty seats nd increased fares. – Be prepared for especially high fares in the high season  July and August, – […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: Air, Airline, aviation, Recreation, Transportation, travel, Travel and Tourism

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!”
SPIRIT AIRLINES, RYANAIR

April 12, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Today, Kate Hanni’s organization, www.FlyersRights.org , responded to the recent announcement by Spirit Airlines that it will be charging passengers for the privilege of placing their luggage in the cabin’s overhead storage bins by calling upon Congress to ban such practices permanently. Also, in light of a recent announcement by Irish carrier Ryanair that it […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: airfares, Airline, aviation, CHARGES, FEES, Ryanair, Spirit Air, Spirit Airline

SFO bucks national trend again, gains passengers thanks to cheap flights

April 2, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia While airports across the nation — including in Oakland and San Jose — are losing passengers by the planeful, San Francisco International is gaining business by taking advantage of cheaper flights. SFO had 18.4 million passengers in 2009, 330,000 more than in 2008. It was the sixth straight year more people went […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: Airport, aviation, Las Vegas Nevada, San Francisco International Airport, San Jose California

American Airlines investigated by FAA after 3 rough landings

January 6, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Two weeks ago, American Airlines 737 skidded off a runway in Jamaica. The fuselage cracked, and dozens of passengers were injured. But that wasn’t the only landing mishap American had last month. Two other American jets — one in North Carolina on Dec. 13 and one in Texas on Dec. 24 — experienced problems as […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: Aircraft, aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, North Carolina, Southwest Airlines, United States

Checkpoint intruder shuts down Newark Airport terminal

January 5, 2010 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

A man who walked into a secure area triggered a terminal-wide lockdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last night, grounding outgoing planes and forcing hundreds of passengers to await rescreening, transportation authorities said. The incident occurred nine days after a failed terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound plane heightened tensions at the nation’s airports and increased […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: Airport, Airport terminal, aviation, Business, Newark Liberty International Airport, Security, Transportation and Logistics, United States

American Airlines crashed in Kingston Jamacia Tuesday evening!

December 23, 2009 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia About 40 people were injured late Tuesday as an American Airlines plane skidded off the runway and   broke in two pices at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica.    The American Airlines flight 331, a Boeing 737 that had originated in Washington DC with a stopover in Miami,   crashed around […]

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Extra flights added because of weekend storm

December 21, 2009 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

Image by cliff1066™ via Flickr ATLANTA, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Major air carriers added extra flights on Monday to accommodate passengers whose travel plans were disrupted by a massive weekend storm that dumped as much as two feet of snow on the U.S. Northeast.                        […]

Filed Under: Travel Information Tagged With: air fares, airfares, Airline, Airlines, aviation, Ballooning, flight, Northeastern United States, Operators, passengers, Recreation, stranded, United Airlines, United States, winter storm

The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit

December 12, 2009 By Terence Nilson Leave a Comment

The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit

  Our friend the GeoEye-1 satellite, which tirelessly photographs the world at half-meter resolution from its constant orbit, swung by the Dubai Airport the other day and took this snap of the Dubai Airshow, in progress this week. Thanks, GeoEye-1!  

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