3 h. ago Flight attendant says 'don't tell' as she exposes their secret language

An easyJet flight attendant has revealed the 'secret language' that cabin crew use to communicate with each other while on board a flight

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3 d. ago Schoolboy refused boarding on flight over common passport mistake

A schoolboy was turned away from a Qatar Airways flight over a 'luggage sticker mark' on his passport - as his mother says the 'stressful' experience almost cost them their £3,000 holiday.

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3 d. ago Schoolboy refused boarding Qatar Airways flight on £3,000 family holiday

Mum-of-two Meghan Law was told there was a 'luggage sticker mark' on her 13-year-old son Alix’s passport that prevented them from boarding

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3 d. ago Scots boy denied boarding Qatar Airways holiday flight with family over mark on passport

The family were turned away at Edinburgh Airport - but later were allowed on a Qatar Airways flight in Glasgow.

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3 d. ago Woman who booked flight to Italy but did not board has child benefits stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of her children had epileptic fit, but HMRC said she boarded one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Woman unable to board flight to Italy because of ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic fit – but HMRC said she boarded one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Woman stopped boarding flight from UK to Italy because of ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic fit – but HMRC said she took a one-way flightA woman has had her child benefit stopped after booking a holiday to Italy because HMRC inferred she had emigrated – even though she and her family did not board the flight.Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How you can reach the UK's most remote islands in just two hours

For those craving wild landscapes, windswept shores and crowd-free beaches - you don't have to board a long flight to a faraway destination to find them. 

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5 d. ago Couple with deadly nut allergy 'forced off flight' after crew refused to stop handing out cakes topped with almonds

Pretoria Drever, 22, and Rhonan Kelly, 25, boarded a KLM flight on October 25 to Amsterdam, Netherlands .

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1 week ago Mum drank bottle of wine then screamed at being banned from flight with her kids

Mum-of-two, Leanne Burns, 44, from Liverpool, has told how she was stopped from boarding a flight from Manchester Airport to Faro in Portugal due to being drunk

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1 week ago WHO says aid situation in Gaza ‘remains catastrophic’ despite ceasefire – Middle East live

WHO’s director general says there has been little improvement in the amount of aid going into Gaza since the ceasefire took holdTurkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the United States and others must do more to push Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the possible use of sanctions or halting arms sales.According to an official readout of his remarks to reporters on board a return flight from Oman, Erdoğan said the Palestinian militant group Hamas was abiding by the agreement. He added that Turkey remains ready to support the planned Gaza taskforce in any way needed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom

After fleeing Chinese repression, Uyghurs Idris and Zeynure Hasan thought their family would be safe. But Beijing’s growing influence led to Idris’s arrest and a long battle to be reunitedZeynure Hasan was at home in Istanbul in July 2021 when her husband finally called. It had been four days since she last heard from him as he got ready to board a flight to Casablanca. The silence had been torturous.But the news Idris now shared with her was even worse. He had been arrested and imprisoned on arrival in Morocco and told he was going to be deported to China. “You should call anyone who can help me, anyone who can rescue me,” he told her, before the phone went dead. Continue reading...

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1 week ago TOWIE's Demi Sims and her Made In Chelsea star girlfriend Jazz Saunders are banned from boarding flight to Australia

TOWIE's Demi Sims and her Made In Chelsea star girlfriend Jazz Saunders have revealed that they were banned from boarding a flight to Australia on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Plane turns around after pilot 'thought passengers were trying to access cockpit'

A pilot on board a flight bound for LA mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit, leading the plane to return to the airport 20 minutes after take off

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2 w. ago Flight attendant's stinging putdown after mum accuses passenger of seat theft

A woman recalled how she was accused of having stolen a child's seat while on board a flight from Hawaii to New York City, with a flight attendant thankfully coming to her aid

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3 w. ago 'I warned flight crew about my deadly condition – I couldn't believe what was onboard'

Josie North, 28, said she told staff before boarding a 10-hour Virgin Atlantic flight that she was 'deathly allergic' to nuts - but was left 'sick to her stomach' when she saw which dessert was on the flight

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3 w. ago Entitled first class passenger in police standoff after forcing way onto plane 'drunk'

Lauren Nash, 38, was caught on bodycam footage refusing to get off a plane after barging her way on board an American Airlines flight from Tampa Airport before causing a scene

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3 w. ago Revealed: How much in savings you'll need to visit each EU country as new rules come into effect tomorrow

Have you ever been quizzed on your financial situation while heading through the airport? Ever had to show 'proof of funds' while anxiously awaiting boarding your flight?

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3 w. ago Louis Tomlinson admits he was ‘Rude’ passenger on flight with Robbie Williams

Louis Tomlinson admitted he was the "rude" celeb that Robbie Williams was talking about when he recalled being branded 'much nicer" than another star on board the same flight

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3 w. ago British Airways flight 'makes emergency landing' in Romania after reports of smoke on board

A British Airways flight made an emergency landing in Romania amid reports four people suffered possible smoke inhalation on Thursday. BA has denied the presence of smoke.

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