Cyprus Tourism arrivals down by 10% in 2009

Greetings from the Island of Love where we are just coming out of another heatwave with temperatures crossing the 30 degrees (yes three zero you read it right) mark on some occasions. Yet despite such spectacular so called autumn weather and the fact that Cyprus is literally the hottest...

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November Worldwide Events

Remember the 5th of November? The fascinating story centered around Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606) often referred to by our overseas friends as Guido Fawkes, who was a member of a group of EnglishRoman Catholic revolutionaries that famously planned to carry out the great Gunpowder Plot. Although...

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BA to charge a seat booking tax

In a bid to stop the rot on losses, British Airways is set to start charging passengers who want to choose their seats in advance as they book flights.These Ryanair styled seat taxes will impact on people that desire to secure a seat next to each other on a...

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Stray Pilots Say They Were Using Their Laptops

The pilots of the Northwest Airlines flight, that overflew its destination last week by more than 150 miles, say they were using their laptops during the time period that air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. The pilots say they were using their personal computers, against company regulations,...

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Scottish Investigators Still Looking at Lockerbie Bombing

The UK press reports that Scottish authorities are still investigating the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Furthermore reporters from The Scotsman have found that investigators originally wanted to interview 8 other "high-level" suspects but the Libyan government refused to cooperate with Scottish police.Read MoreBy...

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Fourteen Americans Die in Two Afghan Helicopter Crashes

There were two deadly helicopter crashes in Afghanistan Monday (10/26). In the first accident, a NATO chopper went down after leaving the scene of a raid on Afghan militants. According to NATO, in this crash seven U.S. troops and three U.S. civilians were killed, and among those injured were...

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Temporary FAA Flight Restriction Over Puerto Rico Gas Fire

Very early this morning two explosions set off a massive fire at Caribbean Petroleum's tank farm and refinery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. As of this morning firefighters were battling the blaze that has engulfed at least 11 of the more than 30 tanks. More than 300 people have been...

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Russian Aircraft Conglomerate Buys MiG Corp.

Russia's United Aircraft Corporation has bought a 100% interest in the MiG aircraft making corporation, UAC said on Friday."Read MoreBy Planet Data...

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Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Air Force Facility

A suicide bomber attacked the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra this morning killing himself and seven others. The complex is Pakistan's primary air force maintenance and research facility.Read MoreBy Planet Data...

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Air India Passenger Goes Crazy Mid-Flight

This past Sunday (10/11) a passenger went, by most media accounts, "berserk" and tried to open the door on an Air India Express flight between Dubai and Mangalore. After two outbursts the belligerent male passenger was subdued by flight crew members and other passengers, and then tied to his...

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Pentagon Fast Tracks Newest Non-Nuke Mega-Bomb

 There were reports back in August that the Pentagon was trying to expedite delivery of its newest non-nuclear mega-bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP. Now the DoD has awarded a contract worth nearly $52 million to speed up placement of the bomb on the Air Force's B-2 Stealth...

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Russia Testing 5 ICBMs Before 2010

"Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will launch five intercontinental ballistic missiles by the end of 2009, the SMF commander said Monday.Read  more By Planet Data...

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N. Korea Tests Missiles, Issues Maritime Navigation Ban

North Korea issued a ban on maritime activity off its east and west coasts between October 10 and 20, and then test-launched five short-range missiles into the East Sea on Monday (10/12). Presumably with the navigation ban in place for 8 more days, the North plans to conduct additional...

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Alleged Hijacker Surrenders to U.S. Authorities After 4 Decades

Luis Pena Soltren, 66, who is accused of taking part in the 1968 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 281 surrendered to American authorities this past weekend after living in Cuba for nearly 41 years. Soltren allegedly was one of the armed men who seized control of the New York...

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New Head of Security for Reagan Washington National Airport

 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that Robert Allison has been named the Federal Security Director (FSD) for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which serves Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas. Allison had been serving as the acting FSD at DCA since December 2008.Read more By Planet...

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October Worldwide Events

Autumn has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere and those dark nights are creeping in to haunt us; it will only get worse soon when the clocks go back too! The southern Hemisphere however is starting to smile in contrast as spring is in the air!The Perpetual Traveller world events...

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Olympic Airlines to become Olympic Air with a new face change

After years of a failed aviation business strategy, which clearly impacted on operations, the Greek carrier Olympic Airlines has finally and effectively ceased to exist (as from the 29th of September 2009).The loss-making state carrier was purchased by the Marfin Investment Group (MIG) powerhouse. A new era is born...

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British Airways launches flights from London City (LCY) to New York (JFK)

As the UK officially and tentatively climbs out of a nasty economic recession, British Airways (BA) recently launched an all-business class flight between London City Airport and New York JFK on the 29th of September 2009.The 2 daily flights served with an Airbus (A318) aircraft (largest aircraft type presently...

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