Passenger Qantas accuses the Australian airline, claiming that her dog named Duke, 6-year-old boxer, died from heat stroke as a result of the negligence of employees of the company. Kay Newman flew from Sydney to Brisbane (Australia) December 19 – it was a hot summer day in the southern hemisphere, the temperature rose to 102 degrees. «I was worried, but the staff of Qantas said that the Duke will be…

Hong Kong airline apologized once demanded that the passenger undergo a pregnancy test before boarding the flight to the Pacific island of Saipan, a us territory. The low-cost carrier Hong Kong Express was criticized after the 25-year-old Japanese woman was told that the airline staff demanded that she passed the evaluation of «fit to fly», including a pregnancy test when she checked in for the flight at Hong Kong airport….

On Tuesday, the index of passports Passport Henley Index published a list of countries whose citizens have the greatest freedom of movement around the world. According to the list, leading Asia: the first place is Japan, which continues to hold the palm. The citizens of this country available free entry in 191. Singapore ranked second with access to 190 States, followed by South Korea, which shares the third place with…

Is it Netherlands or Holland? Too long to think about the answer now don’t have: the country has officially withdrawn from the second name. According to the authorities, the main goal of this decision — redesign of the international reputation of the state in which immigrants of today often attracts famous Amsterdam. Technically, Holland is the name of two provinces — North and South Holland. Until now, many brands, travel…

Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted the flight through the middle East to avoid any possible danger against the backdrop of escalating tensions between the US and Iran. It is expected that the modified flight plans will inconvenience some 15,000 passengers a day, will increase the flight time on average 30-90 minutes and will cause serious damage to the aviation industry. «In war the first casualties are always air transportation», —…

When traveling, often you encounter a fellow with a rather irritating habits — but one left all the others far behind. Recently, social networks were extremely unpleasant to live: it is the passenger of Delta flight uses an in-wall touch tablet… with his feet. At the 36-second clip, which on Wednesday shared in the user named Eric Olvera, a woman with no shoes on and toe flips through the pages…

Safety airlines is one of those things that’s a little concerned any passenger aircraft, even the most «seasoned». Last year ‘s TOP safest airlines led the Australian company Qantas, which ranked first in fact, for the seventh year in a row. The rating was created AirlineRatings.com the web site for security review, which monitors 405 airlines worldwide and makes annual list of most secure. Qantas holds the title of most…