11 h. ago Flight attendant reveals he gets the 'ick' from passengers making simple coat mistake when boarding the plane

Flight attendant Mateusz Maszczynski has revealed there's one mistake travellers occasionally make with their coats when boarding the plane.

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3 d. ago Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise tripAny Lucia López Belloza had not seen her parents and two little sisters since starting her first semester at Babson College, near Boston in August. A family friend gave her plane tickets so she could fly home to Austin and surprise them for Thanksgiving.The 19-year-old business student was already at the boarding gate at Boston airport when she was told there was an “error” with her boarding pass; when she reached customer service, she was handcuffed and arrested by what she believed were two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago MH370 search resumes: What we know – and what we don’t – about the vanished Malaysia Airlines jet

The Boeing 777 disappeared on 8 March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board

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5 d. ago Gran Canaria flight makes horror emergency landing after passenger dies onboard

The plane - with nearly 200 passengers on board - was en route from Gran Canaria when the victim suffered a heart attack

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7 d. ago Unhinged United Airlines passenger repeatedly screams most offensive swear word after 'plane sat on tarmac for an hour'

An unruly female passenger had an all-out tantrum on board a United Airlines flight departing from Newark, New Jersey to Charleston, South Carolina.

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8 d. ago 'Ghost' train to London to run without passengers following regulator's ruling

Avanti's weekday 7am train from Manchester to the capital will still make the trip but no passengers will be allowed on board

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1 week ago France to start intercepting small boats as Keir Starmer plea to Macron leaked

French police are set to start intervening to stop small boats before passengers board them, it is believed, after Keir Starmer pleaded with Emmanuel Macron to act

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2 w. ago German train derails with 150 horrified passengers after attempting to change tracks

A major train derailment has caused chaos in Germany after 150 passengers were on board as the incident reportedly occurred just after it changed railway tracks

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2 w. ago TUI tourist denied boarding Thailand flight due to 'stamp smudge' on passport

Josh Reekie was due to fly to Phuket, Thailand, with wife Eden for their honeymoon but the electrician encountered an issue at Manchester Airport around his passport

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2 w. ago Portuguese airports tell Ryanair it must allow passengers on with paper boarding passes

Portugal’s National Civil Aviation Authority has instructed the airline to accepted printed travel documents

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2 w. ago Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right

Mark Bray has become one of the highest-profile people caught up in Donald Trump’s efforts to target AntifaBaggage dropped and boarding passes in hand, Mark Bray and his family cleared security at Newark airport in early October. Their flight to Spain was meant to ferry the family of four to safety after days of mounting threats; instead, as they waited at the gate to board, they were told that someone had cancelled their reservation.“It felt like I was being watched and laughed at,” said Bray, a professor at Rutgers university who teaches a course on the history of antifascism and in 2017 wrote a book on Antifa. “I knew it was politically motivated one way or the other.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago European country warns Ryanair cannot refuse paper boarding passes

Ryanair now requires all passengers to check in online before they arrive at the airport. As part of this, customers generate a digital version of their boarding pass.

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3 w. ago People 'less likely to book flights with Ryanair' after paper boarding passes were scrapped, according to new study

Last week, Ryanair implemented its new digital boarding pass-only rule across its operations. Ryanair passengers will no longer be able to use a printed boarding pass.

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3 w. ago Ryanair makes major boarding pass change from this week – here's what you need to know

Ryanair's new boarding pass rules have come into effect this week, meaning passengers will no longer be able to check in at the airport or use printed boarding passes

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3 w. ago New Apple feature will make boarding flights easier for US passengers

The company says that iPhone users don't need to unlock, show, or hand over their device to present their Digital ID

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3 w. ago Ryanair reveals how the first day of its major rule change went

Ryanair's much-anticipated new rule came into force yesterday, affecting travel on its flights. From November 12 onwards, passengers can only use digital boarding passes.

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3 w. ago Ryanair passengers face major rule change from today as airline gives two

Ryanair has introduced a new rule for passengers, requiring them to show a digital boarding pass. The airline has issued a warning to travellers who fail to comply with the new rule

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3 w. ago Ryanair digital boarding passes: The verdict from passengers – and the airline

Plane Talk: Flying on Europe’s biggest budget airline is not compulsory

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3 w. ago Unqualified captain flew passenger jets across Europe for months after forging certificates

The alleged fraudster is said to have piloted planes with hundreds of passengers on board for the Lithuanian airline Avion Express.

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3 w. ago Martin Lewis issues warning to anyone flying with Ryanair from today

As of today, Ryanair is no longer accepting home-printed boarding passes - instead, you’ll have to use a digital boarding pass, which you get when you check in online

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