Continental Airlines was found guilty of manslaughter by a French court in the case of the Concorde plane crash near Paris on July 25, 2000 which killed 113 people. The ruling also ordered the U.S.-based carrier to pay $1.6 million or 1.2 million euros for damages to Air France-KLM Group. Mechanic John Taylor of Continental […]
High-speed trains may become an appealing alternative for American travellers who are irritated and weary over rigorous airport screenings using invasive body scanners and uncomfortable pat-downs not to mention congested traffic conditions in U.S. highways this busy holiday season. While trains have long been a staple of U.S. travel, high-speed trains are now just being […]
Snowy and rainy conditions in the western United States and a planned opt-out boycott of airport body scanners did not deter Americans from travelling during Thanksgiving and the overall operations in airports went smoothly as hoped. Aside from some flight delays at New York’s La Guardia Airport and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport due […]
Thanksgiving travel just got much harder on Wednesday when the stormy weather conditions which swept through much of the western section of the United States moved further into the central states of the country. Colorado had blizzard-like conditions with as much as 60 mph hour winds recorded while some parts of Montana experienced -40 degrees […]
Qantas Airways announced on Tuesday that its grounded A380 jets will return to active service after the company determined that they were safe to fly again after an A380 engine exploded on November 4. The airline voluntarily grounded the aircraft immediately after the incident and conducted a thorough inspection. Two out six A380s servicing the […]
The chief of the International Air Transport Association or IATA sharply criticized the poor condition of Brazil airports, saying that the situation could put the South American nation in a very bad light during the World Cup and the Olympic Games if the government does not improve capacity and renovate aging infrastructure. IATA chief executive […]
After grounding its entire A380 airplane fleet because of a mid-flight explosion in a jet in November 4, Qantas suffered another setback when another one of its planes, this time a Boeing 747 carrying 221 passengers, encountered an electrical problem when it was above the Pacific Ocean en route from Sydney to Buenos Aires, Argentina. […]
A powerful snowstorm hit the U.S. Midwest this weekend and caused hundreds of vehicular accidents in Minnesota. Two people were killed in Wisconsin due to the same adverse weather situation. Heavy snowfall was recorded at the Twin Cities metropolitan area on Saturday evening causing power interruptions and downing several trees. “Rapidly deteriorating road conditions” in […]
Aviation security officials and the the Department of Homeland Security have downplayed the effect of stricter airport screenings on air travel, saying that the security measures are needed to thwart terror attacks like the one made recently. Pilots, passengers, and some travel industry observers said that the additional checks employing body scanners and pat-downs may […]
Roughly 41 percent of American drivers admitted that they have felt drowsy or completely dozed off while driving, according to a recent study made by the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety. Eleven percent of those surveyed said that they had fallen asleep behind the wheel at least once in the last 12 months, […]
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