Attendant helps land aircraft when flight officer breaks down
When the co-pilot suffered what appeared to be a mental breakdown during a flight over the Atlantic Ocean, a flight attendant helped land the aircraft that was carrying 146 passengers, an official report stated. The Air Canada flight was headed to the UK in January, and was forced to ...
by Katy Davies
US military airspace opened for holiday travel
President Bush has announced that military airspace across much of the U.S. will be opened to commercial aircraft temporarily to ...
by Doug Smith
Carnival reaches class action settlement over millennium cruise
A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines passengers whose voyage celebrating the arrival of the new millennium ...
by Emily Welch
Ryanair warns of Canary Island route closure
As a result of a dispute over funding, nine Ryanair routes to Fuerteventura are in jeopardy of being shut down. The ...
by Dave Smith
Failure to expand Heathrow would have 30 year impact
Britain’s economy will suffer from a lack of adequate air connections for the next 30 years if the proposed expansion ...
by Andrew Bones
Medical tourist arrivals in Asia hurt by financial crisis
US patients that lack medical coverage for certain procedures, as well as those who have no coverage at all, have ...
AirTran expecting loss for fiscal year
The parent company of Orlando, Florida-based AirTran Airways has said that it expects the airline to post its first yearly ...