Trump and Israel’s War on Iran could ground the world’s airlines
Last Saturday, US-based low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines said it was shutting down due to the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks.
THE PLUCK OF THE IRISH
Many great literary figures, often regarded as English, are actually of Irish descent. Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker. Listening to Chopin’s nocturnes is one of life’s greatest reveries. However, Irishman John Field is the father of the piano nocturne.
YOU CAN’T UN-IRISH THE IRISH
Frustrated, O’Leary stands up, places his beer on the bar, and shouts, ‘This is ridiculous! I want to speak to the manager!’ ‘Ah, you’ve chosen the bar area,’ the bartender replies politely, ‘that’s two euros more, thank you.’
On a Wing and a Prayer
In airports, you are processed from one unsmiling robotic functionary to another. As in a penitentiary you are given a number, scrutinised, placed under constant surveillance and processed through the system. Typically, you’re in the airport longer than you are in the air.
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Another impractical ruse was to impose a €1 charge for using aircraft toilets. This was followed by the ‘fat tax’; a scheme to surcharge passengers considered overweight.
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