Aug 3rd, 2011 at 7:30AM:
A BBC sports presenter claims to have seen a UFO near Stansted Airport early this morning, the BBC reports.
Radio 5 presenter Mike Sewell says he was driving early this morning about 15 miles from Stansted Airport in Hertfordshire, England, when a bright light descended towards the road before banking to the left and then circling over a field. It was disc shaped with several lights flashing ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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BBC presenter spots UFO near Stansted airport
Aug 3rd, 2011 at 7:30AM:
A BBC sports presenter claims to have seen a UFO near Stansted Airport early this morning, the BBC reports.
Radio 5 presenter Mike Sewell says he was driving early this morning about 15 miles from Stansted Airport in Hertfordshire, England, when a bright light descended towards the road before banking to the left and then circling over a field. It was disc shaped with several lights flashing ...Heathrow up, other UK airports see traffic fall
Sep 11th, 2009 at 1:00PM:
Vacationers compensated for business travelers at Heathrow last month, helping the airport realize its busiest August in history. Airport operator BAA Ltd. noted that its total traffic, though, had fallen 3.1 percent for the month. Heathrow is Europe's busiest airport, and 6.4 million passengers passed through, a slight increase of 0.3 percent compared to August 2008.
The other London airports ...Ryanair fumbles check-in, hundreds delayed
Aug 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Hundreds of Ryanair passengers were left behind on Sunday, when a shortage of check-in desks caused them to miss their flights out of London's Stansted Airport. The airline, which encourages passengers to check in online, only opened 11 check-in desks on one of the UK's busiest travel weekends of the year, when 255 flights were scheduled to depart. 23 desks were open the previous weekend.
Over ...EasyJet tells six year old girl that her teddy bear has to travel as excess baggage
May 14th, 2009 at 10:30AM: It's amazing what a total lack of common sense can do for your company. Take for example the story of a check-in agent at Glasgow airport responsible for helping Easy Jet passengers. When 6 year old Amparo Peris-Bordes approched the desk with her mother, this EasyJet staffer told her that she'd have to pay 9 pounds, and send her teddy bear onto the conveyor belt, and into the hold as excess ...Ryanair flight attendant moonlights in porn
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 11:00AM: When the crew yells, "Brace!" one Ryanair flight attendant probably looks for the cameras. London tabloid The Sun (NSFW) alleges that flight attendant Edita Schindlerova (hopefully under a shorter name) moonlights in porn – on video and the web. The sexy 22-year-old also makes an appearance in the airline's 2009 calendar. The sultry stewardess wore a bikini and a smear of grease in the ...Protesters disrupt service at Stansted Airport
Dec 8th, 2008 at 3:00PM: 50 protesters from the environmentalist group Plane Stupid forced England's Stansted Airport to close this morning after they cut their way through security fences and chained themselves to railings and fences near the runway. The airport is heavily used by budget carrier Ryanair, which had to cancel more than 50 flights as a result of the demonstration. The protest began at three in the morning ...London Airports Still Slow
Sep 18th, 2006 at 8:03PM: Beware that London airport security is still very tight.
I was flying back from a weekend trip in London today and waited in line--or should I say "queue"--for almost 2 hours. (In a situation like this, one really appreciates the ability of the British to form lines and wait patiently). Flying into London was fine, but any flights from London are closely monitored.
In terms of the current ...
