Ryanair Pilot killed in Oxfordshire was passionate and charismatic
Posted on: January 18th, 2010 Posted by Dave Bond
A pilot who perished in an Oxfordshire plane crash was said to be charismatic, determined and courageous.
On Friday, Fifty-five-year-old Anthony Corr of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, died in the crash alongside forty-five-year-old Richard Leonard of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
The Piper PA-31 light aircraft crashed in fields in Bladon near Oxford Airport.
Mr Corr, a married father-of-two, was posted in [...]
Japan Airlines and Delta strike deal
Posted on: January 18th, 2010 Posted by Helen Young
Japan Airlines Stocks shrunk more than 14% on Monday morning at the Tokyo stock exchange, as the alliance with world’s largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, Delta Air Lines, couldn’t provided the necessary support for the shares only a day prior to an expected bankruptcy protection move by the struggling airline.
On Friday, Delta Air [...]
New Beckham pet flowed to LA for £2k
Posted on: January 18th, 2010 Posted by Abi Bray
Flying first class is only a dream for most travellers. But this could be resolved if you’d be the new £3,000 Goldenbull puppy belonging to the Beckhams.
The former skipper for the English team recently splurged for his recently acquired pooch when he ditched out a cool £2,000 for a luxury trip for his puppy to [...]
Equality watchdog warns of breach of rights with new scanners
Posted on: January 15th, 2010 Posted by Dave Bond
An equality watchdog has expressed its concern to the home secretary over the fact that full body scanners at UK airports may be breaching a person’s right to privacy.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is asking the British government to justify its need for the scanners.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced recently– in the wake of [...]
Fairmont launches 7 new hotels in 2010
Posted on: January 15th, 2010 Posted by Sharon Miller
Luxury hotel chain Fairmont has revealed plans of open a series of hotels throughout 2010.
The company is expecting to enter seven growing markets around the globe with distinctive new hotels.
Despite its interest in expanding with newly developed properties, Fairmont plans to launch hotels at two of most celebrated addresses in the world with the Peace [...]
Lufthansa set to fly to Baghdad and Erbil
Posted on: January 15th, 2010 Posted by Stewart Perry
German commercial carrier Lufthansa is the first large European airline in two decades to offer flights to and from Baghdad.
The company claimed that eased security issues within the country combined with high demand has prompted the airline to offer passenger service from Frankfurt and Munich to the Iraqi capital as well as the northern city [...]