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Cabin crew will join doctors and nurses in staffing the new Nightingale hospitals built to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the NHS has said. Staff at Virgin Atlantic and EasyJet have been invited to volunteer at the new 4,000-bed clinic being built at the Excel centre in east London, and those planned in Birmingham and … Read more
Japan Airlines ditches compulsory high heels and skirts for its 6,000 female cabin crew after equality campaign by feminists Feminist campaigners gathered 32,000 signatures to change the uniform rules From next month, female cabin crew can wear trousers and flat shoes at work The airline said the new rules will promote a ‘diverse working environment’ … Read more
Kelly Clarkson has been in quarantine with her family in a ‘little cabin in Montana’ amid the coronavirus outbreak. But the 37-year-old singer took to Twitter on Sunday to reveal that the cabin’s ‘plumbing froze up,’ forcing her to use her three-year-old son Remington’s portable ‘potty.’ ‘And just like that I have no pride or … Read more
Kristen Stewart staves off cabin fever blues with a hike and a relaxing afternoon as she adheres to social distancing amid coronavirus By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 22:50 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:50 GMT, 21 March 2020 Nearly everyone across the world will be battling a case of cabin fever, at one … Read more
Michelle Pfeifer posted a photograph of her working out at home as she battled ‘cabin fever’ on her in-house personal treadmill This week millions of Britons have had to start working from home for the first time in their lives. Or at least the first time in their adult lives — certainly since they did … Read more
A mother-of-two who attacked three flight attendants after being denied six Bloody Marys on a while flying first class to check herself into rehab was spared jail today. Emma Langford, 47, had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat while on the British Airways flight following the rampage, which left cabin crew shocked and the aircraft … Read more
Plane cabins resembling a cross between a restaurant, sports bar, living room and a shop could be coming to a flight path near you in the near future. That’s if a certain British aircraft interior designer and his team get their way. Ross Burns is the lead designer of cabin interiors at Bournemouth-based Aim … Read more
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled the cabin for its new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft – and it has been transformed throughout. The business class section, which Virgin Atlantic calls ‘Upper Class’, features brand new suites and a ‘social space’ called ‘The Loft’. The carrier operates bars on all its long-haul aircraft, but said that this is ‘the … Read more
The best airline innovations for 2020 have been revealed and they include a coffee shop-style cabin, Virgin Atlantic’s swanky loft lounge and economy seats that allow passengers to face each other. A total of 105 concepts are in the running for gongs at the prestigious Crystal Cabin Awards, which are dubbed the Oscars of aircraft … Read more
A former British Airways chief steward has given a fascinating insight into what cabin crew are really thinking during service. In Journey Of A Reluctant Air Steward, Simon J Marton produces a Jumbo-sized volume of revelations from his time in the skies. He describes how he would analyse passengers as they boarded for potential trouble-makers, … Read more