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Heathrow’s new terminal causes embarrassment

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Last Thursday Terminal 5 was opened at Heathrow Airport. British Airways may now wish that it never happened. Since the opening 245 flights have had to be canceled. British Airways are the sole tenant of Terminal 5. Things are so bad that the British transport secretary has offered support from the government to help resolve [...]

Wild ride for Lufthansa flight LH44 from Munich

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Video footage showing Lufthansa flight LH44 from Munich attempting to land at Hamburg tells a remarkable story about how powerful nature can be. In the video you can see that the plane is pushed off course by fierce winds as the pilot attempted to land the Airbus 320. The dramatic footage shows the plane approaching [...]

Virgin Blue back on Canberra Sydney route

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Today marked the return of Virgin Blue on the Canberra-Sydney air route. It has been two and a half years since Virgin Blue last flew between the two cities. The first flight from Canberra took off on a rainy morning at 6.25 am. A keen airline buff Peter, from Canberra, said he enjoyed his flight [...]

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