Green bailouts: relying on carbon offsetting will let polluting airlines off the hook: Dan Meyers/Unsplash, CC BY-SA The coronavirus pandemic has grounded thousands of aircraft, contributing to the largest-ever annual fall in CO? emissions. At some point though, the planes will soar again and with them, global emissions. Most airlines in the UK have committed …
Airlines are going bust in droves, so why do so many people try to launch them?: 'Taxi for Flybmi.' G Tipene Yet another airline has collapsed – this time British operation Flybmi, costing almost 400 jobs as hundreds of flights were cancelled at short notice. It is the latest in a string of recent European …
Naked man with – medical issue’ detained on Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage: Former state lawmaker Johnny Ellis was flying home to Anchorage from Seattle on Alaska Airlines on Monday when a naked man ran down the plane's aisle , yelling. Two large men, one possibly the man's relative, followed and ultimately restrained …
American Airlines employees operate a vintage 1937 DC-3 updated: Former and current American Airlines employees have joined forces to restore and preserve a vintage 1937 DC-3 airliner, the Flagship Detroit. The Flagship Detroit lifts off with a deep-throated roar as its polished-aluminum skin reflects the sunlight like a mirror. : Weird News A bizarre find: …
Bill O’Reilly laughs at ‘bizarre’ United Airlines incident…: Fox News host Bill O'Reilly took to his show on Monday to weigh in on an incident involving a passenger that has rocked United Airlines. After playing the clip of a male passenger being forcibly removed by aviation police officers Sunday from United flight 3411, O'Reilly chuckled …
An Alaska Airlines pilot was too drunk to drive, let alone fly, when he piloted two flights on June 20, 2014, according to federal prosecutors. David Hans Arntson – who was immediately removed from “safety sensitive duties” after flunking a breath test and later retired from the airline – was arrested at his Newport Beach, …