Assange lawyer stopped at Heathrow
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was stopped at Heathrow and told she was on a secret watch-list and required special clearance before she could ... Read more...
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Woman forced to pay £200 to print out Ryanair tickets
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bristol, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was recently reported that a woman was forced to pay up 200 pounds for printing boarding passes as she was boarding an airline at a Spanish ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Flying to Rome without passport was easy, says boy
July 26th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) An 11-year-old boy who had no passport or boarding pass and flew to Rome alone after walking unchallenged through airport security says "getting on the plane ... Read more...
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British kid flies to Rome without passport
July 25th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A number of officials at Manchester airport have been suspended after an 11-year-old boy was allowed to take a flight to Rome without showing a passport ... Read more...
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Kejriwal stopped from boarding flight
June 22nd, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Friday said he was stopped from boarding a Kingfisher flight and blamed "corrupt forces" for the incident."I had cleared all ... Read more...
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Ayesha Takia, Siddharth Mallya at loggerheads
February 7th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Actress Ayesha Takia is upset after a ground staff member of Kingfisher Airlines misbehaved with her younger sister Nisha at the airport.The worst airline, ... Read more...
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In Qatar, get your flight boarding pass on phone
November 30th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, Nov 30 (IANS/WAM) Air passengers flying out of Qatar can now have a "paperless" travel experience as the Emirates airline is now offering them the option of receiving their ... Read more...
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Air India starts new check-in procedure
September 28th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) In a bid to change its image after the official auditor criticised it for the quality of its service, national carrier Air India Tuesday started ... Read more...
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All airline boarding passes now bar coded
December 16th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wednesday said that the global transition to 2D bar coded boarding passes (BCBP) technology has been completed, which is expected to ... Read more...
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Humorist Dave Barry Describes TSA Pat Down
November 18th, 2010 - 1:11 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Recently, humorist Dave Barry was pulled aside by TSA officials and told that he would have to undergo a pat down because the body scanner could not get ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Man Wearing Disguise Boards International Flight
November 5th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On October 29, a young Chinese man who was wearing a latex mask, cap and a cardigan sweater which disguised him as an old Caucasian man was ... Read more...
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In South Africa, you can book flights on mobile phones
September 30th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Sep 30 (IANS) People in South Africa can now book their flights and even check in on mobile phones.The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and other airlines in the country have ... Read more...
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American Airlines launches iPhone application
July 26th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by BNO News
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- American Airlines on Monday released the first version of its application for iPhone and iPod Touch, offering customers a new way to stay connected with the ... Read more...
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Dubai air traffic to touch 150 million by 2030
June 25th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, June 25 (IANS/WAM) The number of air passengers transiting through Dubai annually will increase by almost four times from 40 million today to 150 million by 2030, a top airlines official ... Read more...
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Bin Laden’s Boarding Pass In British Airlines
June 4th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 4, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): June 4, 2010 (pen men at work): Recently a photograph of a boarding pass in the name of Osama Bin Laden has been appeared ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
British Airways mag shows Osama Bin Laden as ‘frequent flyer’
June 1st, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 1 (ANI): In an embarrassing turn of events, a staff magazine of British Airways carried a front-page photo of Osama Bin Laden, labelling him as a frequent flyer with the ... Read more...
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Volcano effect: Hundreds of passengers stranded in Mumbai Airport
April 16th, 2010 - 11:10 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr 16 (ANI): Hundreds of air passengers are facing huge delays on Chhatrapati Shivaji Intarnational Airport at Mumbai as international air service disruptions intensified after a cloud of ash from a ... Read more...
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Infosys techie raises bomb scare on GoAir flight, arrested
October 25th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A 25-year-old Infosys software professional, who feared missing his Bangalore-bound GoAir flight because his train was running late, landed behind bars Sunday for causing a bomb ... Read more...
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BJP leader Munde detained at Mumbai airport
September 7th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Gopinath Munde was detained at Mumbai airport by state police on Monday before he could go to violence-hit Sangli district to address ... Read more...
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Rocket Singh’s girl lost all her shopping at Dubai Airport!
September 1st, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Shimit Amin's Rocket Singh marks the debut of Ad world and theatre stalwarts Sharon and Alque Padamsee's daughter Shazahn, as an actress. She plays Ranbir Kapoor's girl in the film. But ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Who will get to keep the gunmen, who will not (Capital Buzz)
August 9th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) After the government sought to assure senior leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Murli Manohar Joshi that there would be no scaling down of their ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Are we “BLOODY INDIANS” and “BLOODY IDIOTS”?
January 23rd, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by admin
By Bal Kishan KayanI introduce myself as the chairman of the Group called 'Goldenagro'. We have two companies at Mongla EPZ(Export Processing Zone). Recently, on 25th August 2008, one of the factories ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Having too long name can ban you from boarding a budget jet!
September 22nd, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Ulrika Ortegren-Karjenmaki failed to fit on Ryanairs boarding pass and dots on the letters invalidated it in security checks at Stansted Airport, Essex.Swede Ulrika, who was with her daughter, had ... Read more...
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Air Deccan asked to compensate passengers for cancelling flights
September 16th, 2008 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A consumer court Tuesday asked Air Deccan, now part of Kingfisher Airlines, to pay Rs.150,000 in compensation to a group of passengers for cancelling flights without informing ... Read more...
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Diddy wants his Saudi brothers and sisters to pay his private jet fuel bills!
August 30th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 30 (ANI): Sean Diddy Combs will now fly on commercial airlines instead of private jets because of soaring fuel prices.Combs complained about the too high price of fuel and ... Read more...
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Soon, automatic baggage checking at Delhi airport
June 18th, 2008 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Indian capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport has begun trial runs for an 'inline baggage system' that would not only enable baggage to get checked and assigned ... Read more...
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Hasina may go abroad for treatment, Zia unwilling
June 7th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 7 (IANS) The health conditions of Bangladesh's jailed former prime ministers, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, and the government's plans to send them abroad for treatment, have once again triggered ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Becks used cutlery and bits of meal up for grabs at auction!
December 5th, 2007 - 6:01 pm ICT by admin
Wellington, Dec 5 (ANI): Fans of David Beckham will get an opportunity to grab a half-eaten corn cob, a half-filled Coke bottle, as well as the fork and knife he ate his ... Read more...
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