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Airports ARE open but it’s total chaos across Britain as thousands of flights are cancelled today and backlog will take WEEKS to clear

Tens of thousands of passengers are still facing travel disruption as thousands of flights were cancelled today despite the reopening of all British airports after they were shut by the volcanic ash cloud for six days.British Airways is operating long-haul flights from Heathrow and Gatwick but all short-haul flights remain cancelled until 1pm this afternoon. Six flights have so far ...

Airmont spent $450G on yeshiva student housing lawsuits

Village officials spent $450,863 fending off a congregation’s plans to build a school with housing and in a failed attempt to beat a civil rights lawsuit brought by federal prosecutors for the second time in the village’s 20-year history.After 10 years of legal battles and fees, Airmont officials agreed last week to a federal order forcing them to amend the ...

Airlines Spend over $300 Per Person on Fuel to Fly NYC-LA-NYC

To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these days – just on fuel.That’s a 48 percent increase from last year and the main reason vacationers face record costs to fly this summer. To offset their single biggest expense, airlines have hiked fares seven times this year and raised fees for checking ...

Airline to Jewish rumor: ‘Delta does not discriminate.’

Earlier today some Jewish and Christian readers in the blogosphere were fired up about stories that Delta Air Lines, in its new alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines, might wind up enforcing a Saudi policy of not admitting Israelis and non-Islamic religious items like Bibles on their flights.Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter responded with its non-discrimination policy and posted on their blog:We’ve ...

Airline stop rabbi for ’suspicious’ shofar

An Israeli rabbi narrowly escaped arrest after being stopped by security officers at Munich airport for carrying a shofar.Airport officials pulled aside the man, in his late 50s, and asked him to explain the religious article while arriving on a flight from Tel-Aviv on Monday night. He was visiting his daughter who lives in Nuremberg and works as an Israeli ...

Airline Food Fails To Meet Health Standards

Many Americans fear for their safety while flying, scared of the possibility of something going wrong with the plane’s maintenance. It turns out, however, the biggest safety issue you face while flying could be the food served by the airlines.Read More: @ wcbstv.comVisitors found this page by searching for: www alljewishlinks com/airline-food-fails-to-meet-health-standards/ (1) You might also like: Rockland Bans Trans Fats at Food EstablishmentsCracks found ...

Airline Apologizes for ‘Tefflin’ Scare

Alaska Airlines has apologized for a weekend incident in which three Orthodox Jewish businessmen triggered security concerns by conducting a prayer ritual on board a flight to Los Angeles.The men began praying out loud in Hebrew shortly after takeoff on Flight 241 from Mexico City. Flight attendants alerted the flight deck, which then called the tower and alerted law enforcement. ...

Aircraft completes first solar-powered night flight

Solar Impulse, whose wingspan is the same as an Airbus A340, flew 26 hours and 9 minutes, powered only by solar energy stored during the day. It was also the longest and highest flight in the history of solar aviation, organizers said. Bertrand Piccard, the Swiss president of the project, best known for completing the first round-the-world flight in a ...

Ahmadinejad taunts Israel from border with Lebanon

BINT JBEIL, Lebanon — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad taunted archenemy Israel Thursday from just across the tense border in southern Lebanon where he rallied tens of thousands of supporters of ally Hezbollah as Israeli attack helicopters buzzed in the skies nearby.Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly said Israel should be wiped off the map and denied the Holocaust, vowed that “resistance” forces ...

Ahead of Easter, thousands mark holy fire rite in Jerusalem

The small doorway to the traditional site of Jesus’ tomb cracked open to reveal a bright flame and tens of thousands of worshippers cheered ecstatically, marking the pinnacle of Easter Week’s holy fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.The annual ritual has been practiced for at least the last 1,200 years on the day before Easter, which celebrates ...

Agreement Reached on NJ Jewish burials

Cemetery operators, rabbis and lawmakers have signed an agreement on several aspects of a years-long dispute surrounding burials in New Jersey’s largest Jewish cemeteries.The cemeteries have agreed to try to allow off-hour burials, including on Sundays and secular holidays.The rabbis say such limitations affect Jews more because of religious restrictions on certain burial days and an obligation to bury people ...

After Theft, Auschwitz Sign Won’t Go Back To Gate

An international council that oversees Auschwitz-Birkenau has decided that the notorious sign that once spanned the main gate at Auschwitz will not return to its original spot after being repaired from the damage it suffered during a 2009 theft.The sign bearing the Nazis’ cynical slogan “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) will instead be housed in a planned exhibition ...