1. Plan for your vacation a minimum of two weeks beforehand.
The more time you can spend preparing for your holiday the better, you have a lot of things to take account for. Airfare shopping, locating hotels at discounted rates, car rental arrangements and more can all be extremely time-consuming.
Two colliding Boeing 747s is probably the biggest catastrophe one could think of! On March 27, 1977, the Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife North Airport) was the scene of such a nightmare: one KLM 747-260B and one Pan Am 747-121 collided on the runway of the airport. There were 583 fatalities and just 61 survivors. Here’s the story of the deadliest crash in aviation history.
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The first UK carrier to operate Boeing 777-300ER is British Airways. UK’s national airline just has taken delivery of first of the six planes on order.
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You know those old commercials when a couple of girls are passionately washing a car under the hot summer sun?
The history of aircraft design has taken some strange turns over the years, with some of these turns resulting in spectacular successes — others, in catastrophe. However, with failure sometimes comes success, just at a later date and with better technology. As you peruse the following aircraft, though some might at first seem comical in design, be sure to consider the time at which they were constructed and how extraordinarily innovative and creative the theories behind their designs must have seemed to their colleagues. In a few of these aircraft, you may even notice traits similar to modern day aircraft.
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The war between Lufthansa and Emirates continues with the newest accusations form Dubai’s airline. Emirates claim that Lufthansa is blocking their access in Germany by distributing a document that contains misleading facts about them, such as: false facts about Emirates business model, an inaccurate number of flights that Emirates makes to the country and the carrier’s rights to land in Germany.
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Blizzard Entertainment and Korean Air signed a historical pact for the gaming industry and aviation. The release of Starcraft II will now be promoted through two special liveries on a 747 and a 737NG.
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