80 m. ago I've had enough of the arrogant and entitled fat brigade. No one wants to tell the truth about obese plane passengers but this is the change airlines MUST make now: ROB CROSSAN

I paid for a full seat on a flight last month - but I seemed to have no choice but to share it. The reason was the astonishing size of the obese man sitting next to me.

Politics

21 h. ago UK plane passenger told to pay £1,100 charge to bring extra suitcase on flight

The charge for his additional luggage was almost four times the cost of the flight

Economics

27 h. ago Man turns up for £312 flight and is told to pay £1,100 for his bag

The airline said Andy would need to pay almost four times the price of his ticket if he wanted the bag on the plane

Economics

27 h. ago Airline charges man extra £1,100 to take second bag on £312 flight

Andy was told he would need to pay when he got to the airport

Economics

3 d. ago Plane makes emergency landing after what passenger 'wearing 15 face masks' did

A plane was forced to land after a passenger is said to have gone on a mid-air rampage, telling others 'Trump is here' and blaming LGBTQ people for 'cooking' him

Politics

4 d. ago Shocking moment British woman forces plane to divert to Crete after shoving stewardess and screaming at passengers after row sparked by someone kicking the back of her seat

Witnesses have described how the 38-year-old scratched the brave cabin crew worker, leaving her bleeding, while hurling abuse and threatening other travellers.

Events

4 d. ago Trump to meet with Project 2025 architect on cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ amid government shutdown – live

Trump touts meeting with Russ Vought ‘of Project 2025 fame’ to determine where cuts can be made as the federal government remains shut for second dayHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingSince the US government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, tens of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed (told not to work), while others must work without pay until Congress passes a budget. The shutdown will have a wide range of effects on government services and programs as well as the US economy, from national parks to travel and housing.My colleague Marina Dunbar explains what it means for everyday people:This isn’t the way to have a discussion, shutting down the government and lowering the GDP. We could see a hit to the GDP, a hit to growth and a hit to working America. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Delta passenger plane wing ripped off in collision with another jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport

Video shows the wing on one of the planes was ripped off in the crash

Politics

5 d. ago Underpaid hospital workers 'betrayed' as health board pulls out of pay deal 'without explanation'

'Many staff had been relying on that pay for Christmas', one anonymous staff member told WalesOnline

Economics

6 d. ago Plane passenger reveals how he got 'petty' revenge on teen who continuously kicked and elbowed him on nine

On a long-haul flight, the last thing travellers want to deal with is annoying passengers sat next to them.

Politics

6 d. ago Emirates becomes first airline to BAN power banks completely

Plane passengers are being urged to think twice before packing power banks as major airlines clamp down on their use - while a number of popular carriers opt to ban them entirely.

Politics

6 d. ago Households facing expected £100 rise to energy price cap from April

Cornwall Insight has forecast that rising charges and levies will push the price cap approximately £100 higher in April compared with January.

Economics

7 d. ago Plane passenger kicked off flight for repeatedly going to the toilet

A plane passenger found herself being asked to disembark from a flight after she repeatedly went to the toilet.

Politics

7 d. ago Stag do faces 5 years in prison after trying to open plane door mid

The Ryanair flight had to diverted to France because a drunk yob attempted to open the plane door mid flight before fighting with fellow passengers several times

Events

7 d. ago Drunken passenger who forced plane to turn back after proposing to air stewardess is jailed

30-year-old Matthew Taylor pleaded guilty to entering a Jet 2 flight to Alicante while drunk at Leeds-Bradford Airport, West Yorkshire on August 18th.

Events

1 week ago Watch moment ‘disruptive’ passenger clutching vodka is dragged off EasyJet flight to Greece after ‘emergency landing’

THIS is the moment a disruptive passenger was "dragged off" a plane after pilots were forced to make an unscheduled landing. The Corfu-bound easyJet plane took off from Manchester, but was forced to land in Milan, Italy, where Italian police removed the "disruptive" passenger. The video footage - filmed by a fellow passenger - shows...

Politics

1 week ago If you’re not using an eSIM when you travel, you’re getting ripped off

Say goodbye to extortionate roaming fees – new companies like Airalo, Holafly and Saily offer cheap, easy coverage for your next international tripOn a week-long trip to Paris last year, I racked up nearly $100 in data charges on my iPhone, with taxes and fees. Ditto for a separate, eight-day trip to Spain, which was even more pricey. And, in what I now jokingly call an act of piracy, my three-week trip to seven countries – including a seven-day cruise – cost me over $300 for data.I (eventually) learned my lesson, and a little research yielded a simple solution that can make life a lot easier: Switching to a local carrier for your travels. This used to entail a visit to an airport kiosk or a mobile store to get a fingernail-sized plastic SIM chip installed in your phone, but a new feature called an eSIM lets you handle it all from your phone before you even leave. My eSim for Paris cost $11 for 5GB of data, plenty for checking emails, using Google Maps, and browsing social media (al...

Politics

1 week ago Plane passenger adopts 'ridiculous' position to stop seats in front reclining on eight

One passenger took things into his own hands during an overnight flight and apparently adopted a 'ridiculous' position to stop the seats in front of him from reclining. 

Politics

1 week ago 'Entitled woman snapped at me after I asked for simple request on plane'

A woman has sparked a debate on plane etiquette after being pushed to her limits when a passenger started resting her feet on her chair - and people say she handled the situation perfectly

Politics

1 week ago Moment man is dragged off UK easyJet flight by police as passengers cheer after it was diverted to Milan due to his behaviour

This is the moment plane passengers cheered as a man was 'dragged off' an easyJet plane after he forced the pilot to make an unscheduled landing on the way to Corfu.

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