UPDATED. A Russian airliner with 46 people on board disappeared from radar screens and crasched on Wednesday as it was participating in an air show south of Jakarta, Indonesia. A search team has found parts of the...

FLIGHTS. Berlin’s new major airport, the Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport, scheduled to open this summer, has been hit with a major setback as the new facilities have been deemed unsafe. Measures regarding fire protection have not been...

GREECE. Lower air fares and attractive rates at Greek destinations make for a moderate growth in Greek tourism during 2012, amid the country’s financial turmoil. Destinations like Crete, Mykonos and Corfu are believed at attract large crowds,...

SYRIAN CONFLICT. In the latest diplomatic attempt to stop the relentless killing in Syria, a group of U.N. monitors are on the ground to observe a “cease-fire” that appears to be violated daily, CNN reports. According to...

AIRLINES. On May first, Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner makes its premier landing at the Gardemoen in Oslo, Norway. In a unique move within the Nordic airline business earlier this year, Norwegian ordered six 787, thus increasing the...

GO OR NOT. Ranging from the Arctic to Syria, Pakistan and the Ivory Coast, here are the latest travel warnings issued by governments: • The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Canada has updated the...

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AIRLINES. Delta, second-biggest airline in the US, said it will reduce flying as much as 3 percent during the quarter that ends in June, in order to have travelers pay more for the remaining seats. So far,...

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AIRLINES. British Airways parent International Airlines Group (IAG) has completed the purchase of bmi from Lufthansa, Breakingtravelnews reports. Under the terms of the deal, bmi mainline will be integrated into British Airways. Consultation has begun with bmi...

SHARK ATTACK. Two sharks, one of which was 4 to 5 meters long according to witnesses, ripped a young surfer ‘apart’ in an attack on Thursday at Dappat se Gat, a surf spot near Gordon’s Bay also...

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  EDITOR’S BLOG. A search for ”Titanic” on Google generates over 70 million hits. That says something about the interest for the sunken ship, but it is harder to figure out what it really says. What drives people’s huge...

  TITANIC LITERATURE. Hundreds, if not thousands, of books have been written since 1912 on the sinking of the Titanic. James Cameron’s 1997 movie success, after the lost ship had been located on the bottom of the...

NORTH KOREA. Hours after North Korea’s criticized launch of a long distance rocket, that failed shortly after takeoff, a new mega-statue of the country’s former leader Kim Jong-il was unveiled. Korean scientists are investigatin what went wrong...