It really sucks being stuck on a plane that’s not going anywhere. Sitting for hours on the tarmac, not knowing when you’re going to take off. It can make you pretty angry. And Delta Air Lines knows this – that’s why they decided to throw a pizza party for passengers who were waiting on the [...]
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EasyJet Passenger Is Caught With Stolen Life Jackets Inflated in His Room
A Newcastle court recently heard the case of a drunk passenger who admitted to committing a dangerous offence when he stole life jackets from an easyJet aircraft. On February 04, Alexander Bolam was flying from Bristol to Newcastle after getting hammered on 10 bottles of beer. When the plane arrived at Newcastle Airport, the 23-year-old [...]
Flight Passengers’ Take On Harlem Shake Could Mean Trouble For Airline
The Harlem Shake meme is taking over the Internet. And now, after a plane full of people got in on the craze, it could put an airline into some hot water with the Federal Aviation Administration. According to the LA Times, the FAA is less than impressed with Frontier Airlines after a video of passengers [...]
Scientists Say To Let Farts Fly On Airplanes
The next time you’re on an airplane and you feel an urgent rumbling in your bum, don’t hold it in! Sure, you’ll get some disapproving looks from your seat mates, but a recent study finds that holding in your farts on an airplane is bad for your health. We know that you have many questions [...]
Air Asia X The Latest Airline To Offer Sanity-Saving Kid-Free Seating
You’ve been there – stuck on a long flight seated next to a screaming baby and a bratty kid behind you, incessantly kicking the back of your chair. You’d pay any price just to get away from them. Well, that price turns out to be about $15 on Air Asia X. The Malaysian airline has [...]
Air New Zealand Contest Sets Up Blind Dates In Cuddle Class This Valentine’s Day
Blind dates are bad enough, but imagine spending 12 hours with a stranger on a plane from London to LA. If you don’t like that other person, it’s not like you can get up and leave. But Air New Zealand is offering one lucky couple a chance to do just that. The contest is to [...]
Airline Passengers Use Duct Tape To Subdue Abusive Drunk
Is there anything you can’t do with duct tape? Resourceful passengers on an international flight used it to subdue an obnoxious drunk. Way to defuse a sticky situation! The trouble all started when a drunk started hitting and attacking fellow passengers on an Icelandair flight from Reykjavik to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. The [...]
Sleeping Woman Flies From Pakistan to France…..and Back Again!
Don’t you just hate it when you miss your stop? Apparently a French woman who flew from Lahore to Paris was having such sweet, sleeping pill induced dreams on her flight that she slept through the two hour stopover in Paris and flew back to Lahore. By the time she finally woke up she [...]
Airports in the News: February 05
Here is our weekly recap of what is happening in airports and in the sky: Mount Isa – A small airport in Queensland, Australia made headlines this week after a Qantas 767 jet was forced to make an emergency landing due to a suspicious odour on-board. Qantas flight 825 was enroute from Darwin to Brisbane [...]
Airports in the News: January 29
Halifax – This week, a loose cat delayed an Air Canada flight for over 4 hours. Probably unhappy with the prospect of sitting in coach, the curious cat escaped its carrier and made a run for the cockpit as other passengers were still boarding the plane. The cat, named Ripples, somehow managed to get behind [...]
