Armchair Traveller

Armchair Traveller

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Russian air hostess fired for tweeting 'Hahaha' about plane crash We're always told to be careful about what we post about work on social media. Well, one Russian flight attendant has become another walking example of what not to do.
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Flight attendant falls out of plane An air hostess on low-cost Irish carrier Ryan Air suffered head injuries after falling 10ft out of a plane door in Sweden.
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Plane passengers are getting too fat for seat belts: Experts warn airlines to take action The recurring debate about overweight passengers on airlines has reignited. Some scientists and engineers have claimed that airline seat belts aren't strong enough to contain increasingly obese travellers.
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SLIDESHOW: World's best airports for 2012 named What's the world's best airport for 2012? It's not in Australia, that's for sure. Sydney Airport gets plenty of complainers, but it's managed to crack the top 20 in the annual international Skytrax World Airport Awards.
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Weeded out: Netherlands introduces ban on selling cannabis to tourists The day many travellers feared would come has finally arrived. As of today, The Netherlands will enforce a controversial new ban on the sale of cannabis to foreign tourists.
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SLIDESHOW: TripAdvisor travellers pick top 25 destinations in the world The people have spoken, and the results are in for global travel site TripAdvisor's annual poll of the Top 25 Travellers' Choice World Destinations.
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Free travel for hot people - paid for by rich people! If you're hot, cash-strapped and dying to see the world, give some thought to a new travel service where beauty is pocket deep.
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Victoria Beckham pretends to be a flight attendant It seems all those years of first-class travel have finally got to Victoria Beckham. Why be waited on when you can do the waiting yourself?
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Sleepy pilot went into nosedive after mistaking Venus for another aircraft An Air Canada pilot had just woken from a mid-air nap when he sent his plane diving towards the sea in an effort to avoid an oncoming light — which turned out to be the planet Venus.
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UK poll: Most travellers want child-free flights Children are one of the most complained-about groups of air travellers, and it seems a large portion of people would prefer flights without kids.
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