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The Best and Worst U.S. Airlines of 2020
Business, Published on 29/01/2021
» Airline customers didn't do much flying last year, but they sure had plenty to complain about.
What a tail: whale sculpture saves runaway Dutch train
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» SPIJKENISSE (NETHERLANDS) - A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail.
Station artwork won't burnish tawdry service
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/10/2019
» When Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over the official opening of the Blue Line extension at Wat Mangkon station earlier this week, he may have had the urge to take selfies with the Sino-Portuguese style-art in the background. Such behaviour is a big trend among netizens these days.
THAI pilots told to keep mum about Zurich delay
Online Reporters, Published on 20/10/2018
» Thai Airways International has ordered four pilots involved in a flight delay in Zurich last week not to discuss the matter in public.
Future learning
News, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2018
» I read the Sept 29 article, "Thailand's education stands at a crossroads", with interest.
Hollow promises
News, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2018
» Most Thais see the ubiquitous rampant graft, but say that they have to accept this plague because they cannot improve things -- and so do nothing.
Unequal eyes of the law
News, Postbag, Published on 10/03/2018
» Re: "Law is an ass when dealing with the elite", (Opinion, March 9).
United to offer bumped flyers up to $10K
Business, Associated Press, Published on 28/04/2017
» DALLAS, Texas - United Airlines says it will raise the limit on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights to US$10,000 and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat.
Dark skies for passengers
Spectrum, Published on 23/04/2017
» Saranyu Winaipanit, a pop idol and movie star better known as "Ice", almost did not make it to his concert. Earlier this year, he was denied boarding on a return flight from Ethiopia because it was overbooked.
Planes overbooked since 1940s
News, Stephen Mihm, Published on 17/04/2017
» The revelations that airlines overbook as a policy and that they can forcibly remove passengers when their calculations go awry has shocked millions from Chicago to China. But it's a problem as old as the airline industry itself.