Flight

The ultra-low-cost airline employed around 17,000 people A major airline has closed down and has cancelled all its flights after plunging into financial difficulty. Spirit Airlines announced it was ceasing operations after 34 years, with the Florida-based carrier employing approximately 17,000 people. The ultra-low cost airline, which employed about 17,000 people, said it had “started […]

2 months ago

“There were nightmares too overnight.” A Kilkenny couple have described the nightmare scenes on board the Singapore Airlines flight that experienced severe turbulence on Monday. A 73-year-old man died on the London to Singapore flight and multiple other were injured following the turbulent event, which caused the plane to divert to Bangkok. The plane reportedly […]

2 years ago

Rules are set to be lifted. Passengers coming into Ireland will no longer need a negative antigen or PCR test. The requirement for these tests for air passengers is set to be removed as Cabinet has signed off on it this morning. The measure was initially put in place to slow the arrival of the […]

4 years ago

This must have been pretty scary for the people on board. On Monday evening, United Airlines flight UA1175 departed San Francisco heading towards Honolulu. Everything was business as usual, until about 40 minutes before landing, when passengers on board claimed that one of the engines ‘exploded’, with debris flying off and the wing casing disappearing, […]

9 years ago

For anyone that likes their peace and quiet while flying. It’s very likely that you’ll be flying off on your summer holidays very soon – if you’re not then don’t worry because everyone knows that Trabolgan is better than Tenerife – but if you are about to be travelling on an airplane, this useful tip might come […]

10 years ago

You couldn’t make it up

11 years ago