A CRAZY TRAIN WRECK Flight attendant charged

An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as “crazy” and a “train wreck” attacked fellow crew members and US marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court.

For eight of the last 10 years, my husband and I have flown from New York to France for a five-day getaway in late November. Our plans were in place this year long before the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, and we didn't really consider changing them.

EasyJet is investigating Arabic graffiti found on the fuel tank covers of four planes in France. Airline staff were informed after the discovery of 'four aircraft in France with written inscriptions on the inside of the fuel panel, and toilet door in Arabic script.'

TravelBrands Inc. announced yesterday that it has filed materials requesting an extension of the stay of proceedings from the Ontario Superior court of Justice under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) until February 29, 2016.

In what will surely be a blow to tourism, the US House of Representatives may move quickly to overhaul a programme that allows travel to the United States with no visa, something that has come under criticism following the Paris terror attacks. The overhaul appears unlikely to touch Canada.

At a time when migration, immigration and citizenship are foremost in people’s minds all over the world, the case of Dror Bar-Natan, who has been in Canada for 13 years and now wants to become a Canadian citizen, resonates strongly.

A Maine ski resort that's responsible for two of three chairlift mechanical failures that led to injuries in the past five years is working to make sure it doesn't happen again. Sugarloaf is spending $1.5 million to make improvements after a chairlift malfunction allowed it to move in reverse last March, injuring seven skiers.

Passengers who ran from a British Airways flight that caught fire in September before takeoff in Las Vegas are suing the plane's manufacturer and the maker of the engines.

After a five-day lockdown prompted by the maximum security alert, Brussels officials are attempting to entice back tourists who may have been scared away by images of soldiers armed with machine-guns in the capital's deserted streets. Their secret weapon? Cats.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its updated passenger growth forecast, projecting that passenger numbers are expected to reach 7 billion by 2034 with a 3.8 percent average annual growth in demand (2014 baseline year). That is more than double the 3.3 billion who flew in 2014 and exactly twice as many as the 3.5 billion expected in 2015.

Like all big ideas, this one started small. It was back in 2010 that sports marketing executive Lea Miller first approached government officials in the Bahamas with the brainstorm of bringing NCAA basketball outside the United States - to help lure visitors to the islands during what is an otherwise slow period.

The Federal Court of Appeal ordered the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) to decide how passengers bumped from Canada-bound British Airways flights can seek compensation in Canada.