Coronavirus UK: Britain’s air passenger numbers plunged from 247m in 2019 to 60m last year

Airports in Britain suffered an 76 per cent fall in traffic last year as international air travel plunged by 60 per cent – with the coronavirus pandemic bringing it back down to 2003 levels. Carriers in Britain are estimated to have lost nearly £20billion last year as the Civil Aviation Authority revealed just 59.5million passengers … Read more

Virgin Hyperloop shares step-by-step video of its passenger experience

The idea of hurtling down a vacuum tube in a levitating pod at speeds of over 670 miles an hour may sound like the plot of the latest science fiction blockbuster, but it could soon become a reality. Virgin Hyperloop is developing the futuristic technology, which it claims could transform the way we travel. At … Read more

Israel prepares to ban all incoming passenger flights for two weeks

Israel is preparing to suspend all incoming passenger flights for a two-week period in a bid to prevent the spread of highly-infectious Covid-19 variants.  The suspension is subject to Cabinet approval and would see all incoming and outgoing flights halted for 14 days.   The country, which has the world’s fastest vaccine distribution rate, has been under … Read more

London underground: Passenger casually ‘puffs on a CIGARETTE’

He should be ASH-amed! Moment Tube passenger casually ‘puffs on a CIGARETTE’ in the carriage leaving fellow travellers fuming Video footage appears to show the man brazenly smoking on the Piccadilly Line  Smoking has been banned on the London Underground since 1984 Another passenger filmed the man as he puffed on a cigarette in London  … Read more

Taxi driver hits out at passenger who paid £10 for rides to foodbank a 10-minute walk from his house

A taxi driver has scorned a passenger who paid £10 for cab rides to and from a food bank that was a 10 minute walk from his house – passing an Aldi on the way. Kev McCartney was on shift last week when he received a call to drop off a regular customer at a … Read more

Drunk passenger who gave Nazi salute in front of Holocaust victims’ family avoids jail 

Drunk airline passenger, 28, who gave Nazi salute and launched racist tirade in front of Holocaust victims’ ‘disgusted’ family on Wizz Air flight from Poland to Liverpool avoids jail ‘Clearly drunk’ Louis Mann, 28, gave a Nazi salute amid a tirade of racist abuse  A passenger, who lost family to the Holocaust, said he was … Read more

Drunk passenger who gave Nazi salute in front of Holocaust victims’ family avoids jail 

Drunk airline passenger, 28, who gave Nazi salute and launched racist tirade in front of Holocaust victims’ ‘disgusted’ family on Wizz Air flight from Poland to Liverpool avoids jail ‘Clearly drunk’ Louis Mann, 28, gave a Nazi salute amid a tirade of racist abuse  A passenger, who lost family to the Holocaust, said he was … Read more

Drunk Jet2 passenger avoids jail after leering at air hostess on flight from Manchester to Budapest

Kieran Jones, 27, binged on spirits, threw crisps across the plane and leered at flight attendant Beth Rose while she served drinks on a Jet 2 flight from Manchester to Budapest, Hungary, in September 2019 A ‘loutish’ Brit who brought misery to a holiday jet after he got drunk on gin and tonic, hurled crisps … Read more

Boeing 737 passenger jet VANISHES over sea after ‘falling 10,000ft’

Boeing 737 jet with 50 passengers onboard VANISHES over sea after ‘falling 10,000ft’ on takeoff from Indonesian capital Jakarta By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 10:56 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 11:00 GMT, 9 January 2021 A Boeing 737 passenger jet carrying 50 passengers has disappeared over the sea after plummeting 10,000 feet shortly after … Read more

21 years of airline passenger growth wiped out by Covid travel restrictions

A report by a global aviation data firm has revealed the ‘shocking’ impact of worldwide Covid-19 travel restrictions on aviation. The report, by Cirium, shows that the pandemic and its consequences wiped out 21 years of global aviation growth in a matter of months, reducing passenger numbers this year to levels last seen in 1999. … Read more