Passengers have had their travel plans changed after a Jetstar plane flying to Melbourne from Singapore became damaged during the flight. The flight departed Singapore’s Changi Airport with 242 people on board. The pilots became aware that a tyre “delamination” …
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The diehard cruisers among us could easily spend months at a time on a cruise. But, while a long cruise has its perks, there are a lot of benefits of taking a short cruise holiday, too, and here are just …
Croatia is an increasingly popular travel destination due to the country’s natural beauty and charming old towns seemingly untouched by modern life, but a spike in tourism is causing problems in the idyllic nation. Often referred to as the “Pearl …
Image: Arab News / YouTube A huge fire has broken out at Dubai’s Torch Tower, one of the world’s tallest residential buildings, in a frightening reminder of London’s Grenfell Tower disaster. Video on social media shows the 86-floor tower at …
A husband and wife travelling through Alaska are thought to have crashed their light plane on purpose in an act of suicide. Both in their early 60s, Mark and Cecilia Matter took to the skies in their light plane, before …
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There are a lot of things we travellers can do to keep safe while on holiday, but sometimes it’s hard to know we’re unsafe even if it’s staring us right in the face. That’s what a couple have found while …
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If you consider yourself a bit squeamish or superstitious, you’ll appreciate the intricacies of the airline industry. An unfortunate part of life is that people die far away from home and it’s sometimes a difficult process to return their body …
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Image: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock The one thing you might expect to do while on an island getaway is roam around in your swimmers or perhaps without a shirt for the gentleman. But in Hvar, a popular party island in Croatia, the mayor …
I’d never heard of the island of Delos before but it cropped up when I was researching Mykonos. It’s a small island just half-hour via ferry from Mykonos and it turned out to be a fascinating place. I’d bought a Greek …
Image: Sorbis/Shutterstock.com Being a flight attendant isn’t an easy job – you have to ensure the safety of hundreds of people while they’re travelling nearly 40,000 feet in the air in less than comfortable conditions. When the refreshments cart comes around, there are …
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