Chinese Airline Considers Installing Hannibal Lecter-Style “Standing Seats”
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines wants to remove all the seats from its jets. The low-cost carrier has 13 Airbus A320s, but the lengthy wait for new aircraft is making it difficult to keep up with surging demand. A seatless plane...
AirAsia Jet Skids Off Runway in Malaysia, Injuring Four
Four people were injured on Monday evening when an AirAsia Airbus A320 skidded off the runway at Kuching International Airport in Malaysia.
Let’s Scare the Passengers
If it wasn’t for company policy requiring me to go and find some smooth air, I’d just tighten my seat belt, put my arms up in the air and yell, “yeehaw!”
Terminal Madness: What is Airport Security? (Part One)
In America and much of the world, security enhancements put in place following the catastrophe of September 11th, 2001, have been drastic and of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrational and pointless.
El Al 777 Makes Safe Emergency Landing in Tel Aviv After Gear Problem
El Al Flight 27 from Tel Aviv to Newark landed safely after a landing gear malfunction forced an emergency landing in Tel Aviv.