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Experiences With Airline Meals Posted: 10 months ago by ozero
Recently we had Moe's then topofall's post about an airline meal complaint. I've done some research and found this superb site. It contains thousands of experiences with details, photos and comments from more than 100 airlines.
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Paws up: All-pet airline hits skies Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
On Tuesday, the first flight for the husband-and-wife team's Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y.
Update to this
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Celebrity-hungry airline pilots to land planes in rivers across globe Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Rescue services are bracing for a surge in emergency landings as celebrity-hungry airline pilots try to emulate Hudson River hero Chesley Sullenberger by ditching aircraft in rivers across the globe. Meanwhile Russian and former Soviet Bloc airline pilots have ridiculed the trend, saying that they have been landing Aeroflot aircraft in rivers for decades.
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Budget airline tells disabled man he must pay extra - for his false legs Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A disabled man has condemned a budget airline that told him he must pay to take his spare prosthetic legs on holiday.
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Airline seeks bald men as walking billboards Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
New Zealand's national airline is offering to pay bald travelers to use their heads — literally — in a new advertising campaign.
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The next step in airline security may be an "ID bracelet" - with a built-in TASER! Posted: 1 year ago by tigertony
A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expressed great interest in the bracelets, which would be worn by all airline passengers and could be remotely operated by airline personnel.
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Airline to offer smokers friendly skies Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Smokers will be encouraged to light up on a new luxury airline based in Germany called Smintair -- Smoker's International Airways.
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Airline hires temps to fill plane Posted: 2 years ago by buddha
Flybe has given the term low-fare airline an entirely new meaning: it is paying 172 people to fly. I'm still not getting on a plane ever again!
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Airline says no sex on the new A380 Posted: 2 years ago by Proverb
The carrier said it would ask passengers on the A380 to refrain from sex while ensconced in one of its 12 first-class suites, which boast the world's first airborne double beds.
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Thousands of passengers stranded as low-cost airline Zoom collapses Posted: 1 year ago by topofall
Tip of the iceberg?
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Ryanair may charge for toilet use on planes Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline, might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying, chief executive Michael O'Leary said on Friday.
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Flying With Your Dog Posted: 12 months ago by jaeniq
Every airline that was researched for this article has a rule against flying unaccompanied dogs from one point to another. Understand that dogs are considered to be cargo to the airline.
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Sell Alitalia for one euro, says Italian minister Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Italy should hand loss-making national carrier Alitalia to anyone willing to take it off Rome's hands for one euro, or allow the airline to go bankrupt, Italy's infrastructure minister said.
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The more you weigh, the more you pay. Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
PHILADELPHIA - Derrie-Air has been exposed.
Readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News opened their papers Friday to see ads for a new airline called Derrie-Air, which purportedly charges passengers by the pound.
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Airline crewmember suspended over muffin incident. Posted: 2 years ago by coldbladed
A passenger opted not to finish their muffin and it was destined for the trash. The crew member was suspended and his career put in jeopardy over an innocent bit of nosh.
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"Mr. Poopypants" and fees frustrate flyers Posted: 8 months ago by TraumaMamma
There was a time when airline travel was a special treat, the kind of occasion that inspired passengers to dress up.Now, the awe people once felt about flying through the clouds is tempered by additional fees, cramped seats and horrifying tales of fellow travelers.
Take, for instance, "Mr. Poopy Pants" -- a grown man who allegedly soiled himself 10 minutes into a flight from Florida to Minnesota. And then he just sat there. Flights From Hell
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Go green - drop a deuce in the terminal before you fly Posted: 2 months ago by BrownTrout
A Japanese airline has started asking passengers to go to the toilet before boarding in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and save jet fuel.
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Congressman Bob Filner Charged With Assault on Virginia Airport Worker Posted: 2 years ago by Bandit
California Rep. Bob Filner was facing charges Monday with allegedly assaulting an airline worker at Dulles International Airport.
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Plane lands in South Africa after engine falls off Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
The right engine of the Boeing 737 "separated from the wing. The aircraft continued to climb out," the airline said in a statement.
*well, I'm completely reassured about my fear of flying now.
Edit: Fixed your link
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Muslims suing airline for discrimination after being booted off plane for suspicious behavior. Posted: 3 years ago by ReBoot
Wonder if the plane-jacking and killing of thousands of innocent people in recent history could have something to do with this?
Nah. Not a chance.
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