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		<title>Stewardesses in plane punchup cause flight cancellation</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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A war of words between two airline stewardesses resulted in the cancellation of a flight, just moments before it was due to take off.
The flight was due to take off from Rochester, New York bound for Atlanta when the two crew members became embroiled in a spat which resulted in the captain aborting [...]


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		<title>Ryanair passenger eats $10,000 scratchcard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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An angry Ryanair passenger who held a winning in-flight scratchcard couldn’t stomach it when informed he wouldn’t be able to claim his prize on the flight.  But as it turned out, he could stomach it afterall – when he ATE the scratchcard.
The man, who was flying from Krakow, Poland to East Midlands [...]


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		<title>Introducing Zugu.co.uk &#8211; A new flight search engine from Cheapflights Media</title>
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		<comments>http://digitalcrosstalk.com/introducing-zugu-co-uk-a-new-flight-search-engine-from-cheapflights-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheapflights Media has unveiled its new flight search engine, Zugu.co.uk.
The new tool crawls in real-time the best available fares from the likes of Expedia, Lastminute.com and Ryanair.  Fares can be filtered according to price, airline, date &#38; time of travel and duration of trip.
“With Zugu, we are recognising that there is a different segment [...]


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		<title>Lufthansa pilots&#8217; strike grounds flights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Almost 50% of German airline Lufthansa’s services were scrapped Monday as pilots at the airline began a four day strike over job security.
Travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers have been disrupted as some 800 flights have been grounded as a result of the strike with the airline’s long-haul routes [...]


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		<title>Which is the best airport in the world?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Incheon International Airport, Seoul has been named the best airport in the world for the fifth year in succession. The airport once again came out on top during the 2009 Airport Service Quality survey, conducted by the Airports International Council (AIC).
Based on passenger feedback garnered from regular monthly questionnaires, data was [...]


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		<title>Libellious Ryanair boss to be sued by Stelios</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Cheapflights report that Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannu is to sue Ryanair founder Michael O’Leary. The Ryanair boss has been named in a libel writ following his portrayal of Mr Haji-Ioannou as a Pinocchio figure who refuses to publish punctuality statistics for easyJet flights.
The Easyjet founder has roped in legal [...]


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		<title>Smith vows never to fly Southwest Airlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Jay &#38; Silent Bob director Kevin Smith has vowed never to fly with Southwest Airlines again, after the airline pulled the film director off a flight on Saturday because of his bulk.
Smith was removed from a flight at Oakland International Airport, California to Burbank, California after the flight captain deemed Smith’s ample [...]


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		<title>New Pay-as-you visit lounge serves Ryanair&#8217;s Stanstead service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Ryanair’s new business lounge at Stanstead Airport will operate on a pay-as-you-visit basis. No.1 Lounges has announced the opening of a new No. 1 Lounge in the airport, which is situated in satellite three opposite Ryanair’s departure gates.  Use of the lounge will set users back £17.50 per visit, although it will [...]


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		<title>Emirates named official Ryder Cup airline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Emirates, the international carrier of the United Arab Emirates has been named the Official Airline of the 2010 Ryder Cup.
The match, to be played at The Celtic Manor Resort, Wales will see Colin Montgomerie’s Europe team take on Corey Pavin’s United States team over three days in October.
Montgomerie, who has [...]


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		<title>&#8216;No Scan, No Fly&#8217; rules come into force today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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Under new rules some passengers at Manchester and Heathrow airports will have to undergo compulsory full body scanners before being allowed to board their flight.
Those who decline the scan will be refused clearance to fly under the new security rules brought through in the wake of the failed Christmas day bombing.
Concerns have been [...]


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