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Oxygen mask selfies and Boeing moving away from titanium in 787

If you are sane and in an emergency situation I am sure I for one wouldn’t be the one clicking selfies but it seems like some people aboard the United flight UA447 from Denver to Los Angeles seem to find clicking selfies as natural response to any emergency situation. Due to a medical emergency the…

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Ryanair to sell Aer Lingus stake to IAG

Ryanair has just announced that is accepting the £961 million IAG (parent company of British Airways) bid for Aer Lingus. The bid that was already blessed by the Irish authorities was already a precursor for the complete takeover of Aer Lingus and integration into the IAG network. The trans-Atlantic flight routes from Dublin are too…

Earn Singapore Airlines miles on Singapore F1 Grand prix tickets

Singapore Airlines is running a promotion whereby you can buy the Singapore Grand Prix tickets and earn miles. Singapore Airlines last year became the title sponsor of the Singapore Grand Prix and since then it has been doing various promotion activities to engage the F1 fans. The following are the ticket deals that are on…

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What does DGCA report reveal about state of India based airlines?

India based airlines can rarely be classified as truly low-cost carriers (LCC) and this is due to a mixture of the following facts: Government policy which does not allow spilt up pricing of each part such as baggage and other add-ons similar to what the Ryanair’s and Air Asia’s of the world do. Lack of…

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Stay 2 nights at Trident properties for a chance to win 100,000 miles

Trident Hotels is running a promotion whereby you can stay for 2 consecutive nights at one of the participating properties and you can be eligible to win 100,000 miles. The offer is valid for check-ins between 22nd June and 31st August, 2015 and the list of the participating properties is as below: Trident, Bhubaneswar Trident,…

Lifetime chance to visit the Singapore Airlines Training Center

For the first time, Singapore Airlines is throwing open the doors of its famed training center on 25th July 2015 for the public to witness what goes into the making of the iconic customer care. The airline is organizing the Open house at the SIA Training Center & Sports Club in Singapore as part of…

Dubai airport in 8K time-lapse video looks awesome

How would you feel watching the world busiest Dubai international airport in a 24-hour time-lapse video which can be viewed by spinning it around all possible angles? Dubai 360 the creator of such amazing 360 degree videos has created the world’s first 8K 360-degree video of the Dubai international airport. Composed of 88,000 individual shots, the team went…

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United plane makes a sudden turn back at the most unexpected stages of takeoff

There have been media reports stating that United flight UA83 from New Delhi to Newark had to make an unexpected turn back right when it was taxiing on its way to take off. Airport authorities seem to have requested for the plane to come back to the boarding to pick up two passengers who are…