There are a lot of elements that go into the price of a flight, from staff costs to government fees to landing gate charges at airports. One big variable—and the ones most airlines use to warrant completely kinds of add-ons and extras—is the price of fuel. Well how much does it really cost to carry …
Read more »The Eurostar train at St Pancras Station. Photo by garybembridge. By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— Some arrivals are just too good to miss. Dropping down out of the skies to go on shore at some of Europe’s trickier airports be possible to be challenging for even the most experienced pilots. And, even from the …
Read more »Joshua Lott/Reuters An airplane departs Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. It used to be so simple. You wanted to go to Paris, so you called a travel agency, gave them your dates and bag, and with any luck, you soon had in your hands a real paper ticket through a real dollar value. Even …
Read more »Ryanair, everyone’s favourite European airline (tongue-in-cheek) has decided that they will go ahead with plans to charge £1 to appliance the toilets in flight. Civil Aviation Authorities here in the UK have ruled the change in policy isn’t against the law. Ryanair have already been criticised for additional fees and charges such as the £5 …
Read more »Call for volunteers Many of you must be familiar with the television series Extreme Makeover – Home Edition, where families who are down and out, who have faced hardships in life or are desperately in extremity of a better and sometimes safer living space are surprised by a team who rebuilds, extends, upgrades and improves …
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