Coney Island is relevant again, well it has been for a while now. This weekend, the theme park will feature its annual Mermaid Parade and thousands of people dressed up as sea creatures and in sea-related costumes. People will turn out in droves to the parade which some people say reminds them of Mardi Gras. Each year, a King Neptune and a Queen Mermaid are crowned and rule over the festivities. The... 

Everyday we mingle with people we do not know. I trip to the grocery store, or the office will force us to pass a stranger in route. If we ride the bus or take a plane, we make ourselves more vulnerable. The only thing that can be hoped for is that those strangers do not have ill intentions. Unfortunately, a woman had a brush from an ill intentioned stranger. The incident occurred on a flight from... 

The people at JetBlue have caught themselves in another situation. They have been accused of overcharging for luggage fees in the past. That situation can not be worse than the concept of a pilot bringing a gun on board of a plane without that weapon being properly authorized. There is now a question as to whether the pilot may have been wanting to hurt himself. The federal marshals that were called... 

Low-cost US airline Spirit announced on Tuesday that it will begin to charge passengers a fee for certain carry-on bags. The announcement brought immediate condemnation from several Democratic senators. The airline would charge up to $45 dollars for each carry-on bag a passenger had to store in the overhead compartment. Spirit said the new fees would encourage passengers not to bring unnecessary luggage... 

The FAA on Thursday fined Continental Airlines the sum of $325,000 for a maintenance lapse on one of its 737′s back in 2008. The 737 in question was flown on at least 12 flights with a landing gear problem. The first problem happened on December 20, 2008 when the 737 was enroute to Los Angeles from Houston when a right landing gear indicator light came on. The crew made an erroe when it decided... 

The 9 year old boy who was the lone survivor of the recent airliner crash near Tripoli, Libya has reunited with relatives. The boy was the lone survivor of the horriffic crash which claimed 103 other lives. Also killed in the crash was the boy’s mother, father, and older brother. Word is that the boy has been told that they had perished in the crash due to his groggy condition. His legs were... 

Less than a year after Delta Airlines merged with Northwest, two more prominent U.S. air carriers have agreed to combine to become the world’s largest airline. Continental, based in Houston, and Chicago’s United Airlines have reached a merger deal that will see United purchasing Continental for as much as $3 billion. The combined airlines will operate under the United Airlines brand name. The... 

A man who was on active duty in the U.S. Air Force until last year claimed he had explosives on a Delta flight from Paris to Atlanta causing the plane to be diverted to Maine yesterday. 26-year old Derek Stansberry was detained when federal air marshals had to intervene. The man also claimed he had a fake passport which was later found to be untrue. Delta Air Line flight 273 had 235 passengers and... 

Sixty passengers and one crew member were injured when Carnival Cruise Liner, Ecstasy, was forced to make a sharp turn off the coast of Mexico to avoid collision with a partially submerged buoy. A few unsecured items aboard the ship were also damaged. The ship was on its way home to Galveston when the buoy was spotted in the water. The captain was forced to make the sharp turn immediately with no warning... 

We’re beginning to realize how Ryanair, one of Europe’s biggest “affordable” airlines, is able to charge so little for tickets. In a day and age when many carriers are charging extra for carry-on luggage and for reserving a particular seat in addition to the usual surcharges for in-flight snacks and beverages, Ryanair may have pushed the boundaries a bit too far. The airline’s...