Loose Women viewers are split over whether drinking should be banned on planes

The Loose Women panel divided opinion after discussing whether drinking should Sbe banned on planes.  Kay Adams, Denise Welch, Jane Moore and Kéllé Bryan had a debate on the issue after it was  revealed American Airlines and other carriers have banned alcohol sales on board.  Denise Welch, who has been sober for ten years, said … Read more

Tui hires bigger planes as Britons splash out on late summer breaks 

Tui forced to lay on bigger planes as Britons splash out on late summer breaks By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 12 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 May 2021 Holidaymakers are pushing back their trips abroad until later in the year after the Government put just 12 countries on … Read more

£3bn tax loss fuels travel ban backlash: Grounding of planes has blown hole in Treasury coffers

£3bn tax loss fuels travel ban backlash: Grounding of planes has blown a huge hole in Treasury coffers, new figures show Figures show the Treasury received £582million in APD between April ’20 and ’21 Wider economy has taken further hit of billions of pounds due to travel shutdown There is hope more European hotspots will … Read more

TSA will require masks on planes, buses and trains through September 13

Americans will have to keep wearing masks on all public transit including planes, trains and buses, the federal Transportation Security Authority (TSA) announced Friday.  The prior mandate, which applies to all public transportation, was set to expire in May.  Last week, officials said they were debating whether or not to reinstate a mask mandate on … Read more

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES Covid exposure risk because people more likely to ‘cluster’

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES the risk that passengers will be exposed to Covid because people are more likely to ‘cluster’ while dealing with their baggage, study finds Major airlines adopted back-to-front boarding to minimize exposure between seated passengers and those entering the plane But a new study finds that boarding an airplane in this method … Read more

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES Covid exposure risk because people more likely to ‘cluster’

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES the risk that passengers will be exposed to Covid because people are more likely to ‘cluster’ while dealing with their baggage, study finds Major airlines adopted back-to-front boarding to minimize exposure between seated passengers and those entering the plane But a new study finds that boarding an airplane in this method … Read more

NASA’s Mars Orbiter takes stunning photo of frosty sand dunes in the northern planes

NASA’s Mars Orbiter snaps a stunning photo of frosty sand dunes in the northern planes of the Red Planet The photo was taken from 196 miles above the Martian surface by the Orbiter It was taken using the HiRISE camera that also captured images of Perseverance The images appear to show a frosty series of … Read more

UK police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that can’t work in built-up areas’

Police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that DON’T work in built-up areas and are unable to land at most airfields’ The National Police Aviation Service decided to replace helicopters with planes But the fixed-wingVulcanair P68 aircraft are not agile enough for urban areas Now officers could offload the planes to the Maritime and Coastguard … Read more

UK police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that can’t work in built-up areas’

UK police chiefs ‘wasted £10m on surveillance planes that can’t work in built-up areas and are unable to land at most airfields’ The National Police Aviation Service decided to replace helicopters with planes But the fixed-wingVulcanair P68 aircraft are not agile enough for urban areas Now officers could offload the planes to the Maritime and … Read more

British Airways considers putting biggest planes on European routes

British Airways is considering using some of its long-haul passenger jets on European routes once the government lifts travel restrictions.  Before the pandemic, BA used its fleet of smaller Airbus A300-series aircraft on its short haul aviation routes while the larger wide body jets concentrated on its long haul routes.  It is understood BA is … Read more