The passenger, now identified as Dr. Thomas Butler, who prompted the evacuation of Miami International Airport when security personnel thought he was carrying a pipe bomb, was determined by federal officials to be the same man charged in 2003 for attempting to smuggle 30 vials containing the lethal bubonic plague. Dr. Thomas Butler, an American […]
An estimated five thousand tourists vacationing on Ocracoke island off North Carolina are boarding ferries to take them back to the mainland today, after an order to evacuate was issued by authorities, as hurricane Earl threatens to hit the east coast of the United States. Ferry trips from the island take two and a half […]
Tourists have been staying away from the Philippines, postponing or cancelling tours following a bloody hostage incident last week which left eight Hong Kong nationals dead. Tourist and business travel from Hong Kong and mainland China have dropped considerably since the incident. Philippine Airlines (PAL) reported a jump in the number of cancellations of tickets […]
The number of Americans expecting to travel during the three-day weekend associated with Labor Day will rise in double-digits compared to a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The organization expects 34.4 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles from their homes, up from just 31.3 million who did so in […]
Government figures show that net migration to Britain increased by 33,000 last year, suggesting that this was associated with a decline in the number of Britons moving abroad. Also, the number of foreign students rose sharply by 35 percent to 362,015 in the year ending June 2010. Student visas increased from about 270,000 the previous […]
Commercial space travel is predicted to take off in the next few years, and government aviation industry officials are planning to lay out the rules such as keeping a space rocket and airline jets from colliding, how to prepare patients before a flight, and other operational considerations. Those challenges are to be addressed by a […]
Following the recent collapse of Kiss Flights, more company failures in the travel industry may soon follow, a leading accountancy company warns. Tour operator Kiss Flights which sold holidays to Turkey, Egypt, Greece, and the Canary Islands, collapsed on Tuesday, affecting more than 60,000 customers. The collapse comes after the closure of Goldtrail in July, […]
In what is considered a miracle, just one out of 121 passengers and six crew members died yesterday when a Boeing 737 jet plane split into three pieces upon landing at the San Andres Airport in Colombia. The lone fatality, 68-year old Aar Fernandez de Barreto, was reported to have suffered a heart attack from […]
A passenger aboard the plane described how flight attendant Steven Slater launched a profanity-laced tirade over the loudspeakers. The seat-belt belt flight was turned off and passengers hurriedly gathered their carry-on bags when the JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh landed in New York on Monday. Slater then announced over the intercom where the passenger who allegedly […]
Smog from escalating wildfires raging in Moscow’s surrounding areas has blanketed the capital, stranding many passengers of more than a hundred flights that were canceled, and health concerns are mounting over the effects of the chocking smoke. The Kremlin towers and the famous domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral were hazy at a distance as the […]
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