Ryanair may impose an airfare hike during the upcoming holiday season, its CEO Michael O’Leary said in a press briefing on Friday. O’Leary claimed that airfares could be increased by 10 per cent because of delays in aircraft deliveries by Boeing. “We’re doing our budgets based on a fare increase of between five to 10 … Read more
The makers of the upcoming commercial family entertainer Crew recently launched the teaser of the Kareena Kapoor Khan, Tabu, and Kriti Sanon starrer amid much fanfare. And a day ago, musical sensation Diljit Dosanjh, who is also an integral part of the film, also shared a sneak peek from the sets of the comedy which … Read more
Less than two years after entering the market, Lynx Air is winding down operations, making the Calgary-based airline the latest in a long line of Canadian discount carriers that have failed to take off. The company — which rebranded from “Enerjet” in 2021 — cited rising operational costs, high fuel prices, unfavourable exchange rates, increased airport charges and … Read more
Lynx Air, a Calgary-based airline that launched less than two years ago, says it will cease operations on Monday. The news came as the low-cost airline announced it had sought and obtained an initial order for creditor protection from the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. “Over the past year, Lynx Air, has faced a number … Read more
Air Canada has been ordered to pay compensation to a grieving grandchild who claimed they were misled into purchasing full-price flight tickets by an ill-informed chatbot. In an argument that appeared to flabbergast a small claims adjudicator in British Columbia, the airline attempted to distance itself from its own chatbot’s bad advice by claiming the online tool … Read more
New Delhi: An IndiGo passenger took to social media to express his frustration after enduring what he described as the “worst flight experience” of his life with the airline. On Friday, the 10 p.m. Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, normally a routine journey, turned into a nightmarish ordeal for the passenger marked by a series of delays, totlaling … Read more
WestJet says it is facing “significant operational impacts” due to the extremely cold weather in the Prairies and parts of B.C. Saturday morning, temperatures rendered de-icing fluid ineffective in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Kelowna, Kamloops, Fort McMurray, Prince George, Grande Prairie, Yellowknife and Fort St. John, the airline said in a statement posted to its … Read more
Business Air Transat and the union representing its 2,100 flight attendants say they have reached a new tentative agreement, coming after the flight attendants rejected an earlier deal reached between the airline and CUPE in December. CUPE members at airline had rejected previous tentative agreement The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 08, 2024 9:02 AM … Read more
There’s A Relic Runway From America’s Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government officials hoped.Photo: Victor Drees/Daily Express/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) Delta’s Luggage Only Flight When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the late 1960s, Miami-Dade County had grand ambitions of … Read more
In 1988 a famous sailing yacht went missing, leaving behind a strange final message, a mangled investigation and questions of suicide, piracy, mutiny and drug trafficking. I’ve long been fascinated by ship wrecks and disappearances and this one is one of my favorites, not only because it’s such a mysterious story, but because the ship … Read more
