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air travel
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So This Flying Car’s Test Flight Didn’t Exactly Go To Plan
11 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
All hail the Aeromobil, the flying car that is set to change the way humans travel. That is, of course, once it irons out a few of the kinks evident from its maiden flight.
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It’s True, You Can Beat The Credit Card Point System
09 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We must take our hats off to this young man. A first-class ticket flying to 13 locations around the world free of charge? Teach us your secrets…
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The Safest Airlines To Travel On For 2015
16 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2014 was not a very good year for air travel, so you can choose from these lists of airlines for your next holiday. (We suggest not using Malaysian Airlines or Air Asia for the next little while…)
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This Is The Shortest Commercial Flight In The World
13 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Us South Africans, we love to travel. My personal favourite is the flight between ORT and Nelspruit. It is quick and easy. This new flight in Europe takes the cake though.
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Yu! – Nigella Lawson Bounced From US Flight Due To Cocaine Confession
03 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nigella’s confession of a coke habit has put her on the US no-fly list. Witnesses say she was bounced from boarding a flight bound for Los Angeles, and did not look particularly happy.
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Footage Shows Baggage Handler Going Through Someone’s Bag At Cape Town Airport [VIDEO]
10 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A video submitted to YouTube over the weekend purports to show luggage theft by a baggage handler on the afternoon of 7 February on the tarmac of Cape Town International Airport.
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Of Course One Of The Skydivers In That Midair Plane Crash Got It On GoPro [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Modern life, we love you so much. It was reported earlier this week that all 11 passengers survived the midair collision of two light aircraft in the States. The survival of most of the people aboard the planes was no doubt thanks to the fact that they were all preparing to skydive from one of the craft, and as such all had parachutes strapped to their backs. And yes, someone got it on video.
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This Might Be The Greatest Airline Safety Video Ever [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Kulula.com were the first South African airline to give the comic safety demonstration a try. It was cute, it got the odd chuckle, but soon it got pretty tired and cringeworthy. But let’s face it, it’s extremely hard to take something as earnest and serious as safety precautions and turn it into something people actually want to watch and engage with. But somehow Virgin Airlines have managed it.
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CRISIS AVERTED: Quick Thinking Avoids Aniston Meeting Jolie In 1st Class
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There are reports that while Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were still married, Pitt had a wondering eye that fell on Angelina Jolie. And there has been some tension between the female actresses. And the pair almost ran into each other on a flight to London.
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An Oldie But A Goldie – Flight Attendant Raps The Safety Briefing [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The pre-flight safety demonstration is always boring, and more often than not, you are mocking it rather than listening to it. But this pre-flight safety rap gets everybody on the plane involved and it’s pretty awesome. Not Kulula-grade awesome. Actually awesome.
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Kenya’s Biggest Airport Is Burning Down Right Now [PICS – VIDEO]
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A massive fire has broken out in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, effectively cutting off flights into Kenya’s largest airport. Bystanders reported a slow response from the city’s fire response, while the fire has since consumed almost all of the arrivals area. Officials say that the airport will not permit any inbound or outbound flights […]
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Planes DO Make You Sick: Qantas Passengers Taken To Hospital
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Qantas flight from Chile to Australia on Thursday resulted in 26 ill passengers, 16 of whom required hospitalisation after touch down in Sydney. Ambulances and paramedics met the plane to transport the ill passengers, who are claiming to have fallen ill during the flight.
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Massive Travel Industry Disruption As “Be Your Own Travel Agent” Concept Unlocks “Net Rates” For All
23 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
In the days of traditional travel agents, no-one ever knew what markup was being applied on plane tickets. But now, with online booking via airlines’ websites, customers get the cheapest rates on their own anyway. Or do they?
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Ryanair Boss Says Seatbelts On Planes Are Useless, Wants Standing Room Only On Flights
08 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Michael O’Leary, Cief Executive of Ryanair budget airlines is thinking out the box right now. He told The Telegraph that seatbelts on planes won’t save anyone, and wants to make low-cost “standing room only” cabins a reality.
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AWESOME Idea, Private Air Travel For Everyone!
23 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Flying is a nightmare, or rather, the facilities surrounding flying are a nightmare. Checking in two hours prior to your flight, going through the entire security rigmarole which sees you unpacking half of luggage and then having to squeeze it back in, and then rushing onto an overcrowded airplane only to wedge yourself in between an overweight, nervous flyer and a hyperactive five-year-old first timer. Seems like there should be an easier solution, and now there just might be.
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Cape Town To Joburg Is One Of The World’s Busiest Air Routes [INFOGRAPHIC]
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anyone traveling from Cape Town to Johannesburg, especially on the “business run” on a Monday morning, knows that it’s a heck of a busy route. Exactly how busy, though? The Economist crunched the numbers and it turns out its one of the world’s busiest, outranking anything in the USA.
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Transatlantic Flight Makes Emergency Landing Following Strange Bomb Threat
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you’ve gone through security at an airport recently, and I mean it real security, not the quick glance-and-pat that we have here in SA, then you’ll know that sneaking anything onto a plane is damn near impossible. Even a bottle of water. Which is why this woman’s threat was so unique.
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Passenger Calls Attention To Poor State Of Kulula Planes
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It is no secret that I am deathly afraid of flying. It takes me a fistful of meds just to get off the ground, and even then I’m in a mild panic until I’m back on terra firma. Which is why articles like this worry me, because I want my plane in the best condition possible.
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Video Of Runway Acrobatics At Düsseldorf Airport Goes Viral [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s some frightening footage that’s spent the month going viral on the interwebs. Pilots will tell you that the most statistically dangerous time during a flight is during take-off or landing, and now you can see why. Watch some goosebump inducing plane landings after the jump.
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Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used In American Airports
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday the European Union prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners, the kind frequently used by airport security in United States, citing cancer risks. American airport security, meanwhile, has deployed hundreds of scanners, screening millions of airline passengers – and if the European Commission’s conclusions can be trusted, exposing a fraction of those passengers to cancer risks.
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Air New Zealand Introduces “Cuddle Class”
16 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Travellers to next month’s Rugby World Cup may be pleased to discover that Air New Zealand has recently launched its ‘cuddle class’ seats. A redesign of the Boeing 777-300 now allows economy class travellers to lie flat for the first time on a long haul flight. A lovely idea, as long as you’re not very tall.
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