Sentences with phrase «plane passengers for»

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They have these showers in the first - class suites on their A380 planes, and there's one shower for every seven passengers.

For the first time, researchers actually got on planes and carefully observed the behavior of more than 1,500 passengers.

Buckman also sees big advances already being implemented in load balancing, using new mathematical algorithms to figure out optimal distributions of passenger and cargo weight within the plane for a better flight trim and therefore a more efficient flight.

We also provide clean, comfortable planes for our passengers, but we try to surpass travellers» expectations by offering better entertainment, good food and more comfortable seats.

That record for avoiding fatalities — which had never been approached in the history of modern aviation — was splintered in an instant Tuesday when an engine on a Southwest Airlines (luv) plane exploded mid-air, spewing shrapnel into a window and killing a passenger.

«For passengers sitting near the back of the plane, however, it's much easier to slip in that second mini bottle of wine.»

Within a week of the debacle, two Air Canada flights to Mexico imprisoned passengers on their planes for more than eight hours.

In 2009, the average private plane was flying only 200 hours a year — and empty - leg flights with no passengers accounted for one - third of that time.

Sunwing couldn't serve its grounded passengers hot meals because regulations prohibit operating a plane's ovens until it's airborne; ditto for the on - board entertainment system.

As we've seen in previous incidents, passengers who try to make a jump for it while the plane is in the air usually wind up restrained during the flight and in handcuffs once the plane lands.

Flight - tracking website FlightRadar24.com saw the plane land for one last departure in the U.S. territory located squarely in the path of Irma's landfall, fill with passengers, and make its successful flight back to New York on Wednesday.

When Dao refused, United sent in Chicago Aviation police officers to remove him from the plane and the resulting cellphone video of the struggle shot by another passenger has turned into a PR nightmare for United.

A Delta - operated flight from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and back, made headlines for narrowly avoiding the storm in a mission to evacuate another plane - full of passengers from the area ahead of Irma's landfall.

Austrian and SWISS are using larger planes to carry passengers during the strike, while Lufthansa has reserved almost 4,000 hotel rooms in Frankfurt and Munich for stranded passengers.

Passenger Christopher De Vries was among those waiting early Friday with his daughters for the new plane.

Airbus plans to put sleeping facilities for passengers in the cargo holds of its A330 planes.

Screens would be triggered not just by passengers» movements but by flight data, representing the cities the planes were bound for.

Not only are planes flying fuller, but passengers are willing to shell out more for higher fares.

The wide - body planes, for example, will be fitted with 20 per cent more seats, raising the number of passengers to 275 per aircraft.

But if you're ever at the Las Vegas airport, keep an eye out for some small, unmarked, passenger planes in a fenced - off area.

The plane shook heavily for two hours during the return to Perth, one passenger told CNN.

As we've seen in previous incidents, passengers who try to make a jump for it while the plane is in the air usually wind up restrained mid-flight and in handcuffs once the plane lands.

Oscar Munoz, United's CEO has repeatedly apologized for the incident and assured customers that law enforcement removing passengers from United planes for reasons other than safety or security would «never happen again.»

Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines (ual) plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related to the incident.

Munoz initially apologized for having to «re-accommodate» passengers who were asked to leave the plane to make room for a flight crew.

WestJet recently received approval from Ottawa to have one flight attendant for every 50 passengers on its planes, instead of the one to 40 ratio that was required previously.

That's adding to pressure on Munoz, who has been under fire this year for fighting a fare war with discounters, bobbling the rollout of a new no - frills product and mishandling the furor when a passenger was dragged off a plane in April.

The latter includes asking flight attendants to no longer bother checking passengers» tickets for a second time as they board the plane, and a requirement that all passengers checking luggage arrive at the airport 45 minutes before their flights, instead of the usual 30 minutes.

CEO Oscar Munoz drew scorn for his response last April when a passenger was forcibly dragged from a plane.

We offer escort assistance to and from the plane and between gates, as well as assistance onboard and with carry - on items for passengers who are blind or have low vision.

Boeing hands over the first 787 Dreamliner to end more than three years of delays for a plane that the company says will become a benchmark for decades for technology and passenger amenities.

After no passengers voluntarily gave up their seats in the overbooked flight for $ 1,000, the airline randomly selected customers who would be booted out of the plane.

The fact that the passengers and crew of Flight 1549 were terrorized and the plane destroyed, that 11 innocent people are dead in Aurora, that the girl was held for seven days, ra.ped and sod.omized and will be traumatized for the rest of her life, or that a number of innocent civilians were killed by the missile.

There are difficult moral choices for the pilots of passenger planes (or cruise ships), for capital punishment, for terminating certain kinds or road rage, involving burning propane trucks (BLEVE)..

Just for the mere fact that a few of you blogged back a few articles back about ejecting out of a plane full of passengers, while piloting it when the plane got into trouble.

Ushuaia is also a jumping - off point; Russian cargo / passenger hybrid ships take off for Antarctica, planes and helicopters ferry folks to the back - country, and some people arrive with the express purpose of disappearing.

(this was confirmed by three different passengers on twitter, who were aboard the same plane) Even though Mahrez had a team mate with him on board the plane and the real reasons for the trip to London were not confirmed, this hasn't stopped the Arsenal fan's sending Twitter into meltdown.

(a) get off my train, find a private place (in the train station???) to nurse, then after finishing nursing, wait for another train to come (b) out of consideration for other passengers, let my baby scream for half an hour until we get to our destination (c) out of consideration for other people, wean baby off the breast before ever getting on a train, plane or bus Is there some other option I'm missing?

Probably what's going to end up having to happen for you is that you'll probably have to pump prior to boarding, in one of the lounges or maybe pump on the plane prior to when the passengers start filling the plane in.

Passengers are permitted to bring these items on planes in reasonable amounts — what you would need for use during the flight.

But probably what's going to end up having to happen for you is that, you'll probably have to pump prior to boarding in one of the lounges or maybe pump on the plane prior to when the passengers start filling the plane in, may be in the back of the galley or maybe the pilots will allow you to use the cockpit to pump in prior to them getting in, something like that.

Which agreements with other countries do we need to independently replicate in order for passengers to still board planes or access products?

The taxi company with exclusive rights to pick up fares at Buffalo Niagara International Airport pays the airport's operator a fee for every passenger who gets off a plane there, regardless of whether they take a taxi.

Astorino is slamming Cuomo for what he says is a lack of preparation in the lead up to the case coming here, and for not closing off the city's international airports to planes with passengers coming from Ebola - stricken countries.

For working passengers, the plane will incorporate video and data links to the outside world.

Most of the 6 billion pounds of commercial cargo that fly with U.S. passengers each year is never checked for explosives, and airline personnel may also load explosives directly onto a plane.

On the morning of Thursday, August 10, 2006, Steven Lancaster woke to the breaking news of arrests: British terrorists had allegedly planned to explode up to 10 passenger planes bound for the United States over the mid-Atlantic using liquid bombs, hiding the components of each bomb inside their carry - on luggage.

During the hottest parts of the day, 10 to 30 percent of fully loaded planes may have to remove some fuel, cargo or passengers, or else wait for cooler hours to fly, the study concludes.

For example, $ 2,000 is riding on the prediction «By 2030, commercial passengers will routinely fly in pilotless planes.»

Exposure to radiation (although considered minute), cramped spaces, and potential infections (from other passengers on the plane), and the stress of changing time zones (forcing your circadian hormone levels to adjust) can all add up to quite a stress, especially for frequent fliers.