Airlines have canceled more than 1, 600 flights, leaving passengers like Alex Thompson, who had hoped to take a flight to San Francisco, with plenty of time on their hands.
In many cases airlines will try to find a passenger who is willing to take a later flight, often sweetening the pill with a free upgrade.
The UK driving licence has taken on more importance as an identity document and, in addition to driving, can be used to take a domestic flight, open a bank account, prove age or gain credit.
Given their penchant for boldly going where no airline has dared before, here's hoping Malaysia Airlines' next move will be to designate a special zone for drunks and passengers who forgot to take a shower before their flight.
"Request climb to FL360, " meaning the pilot wanted to take the flight from London to Minneapolis up a bit to 36, 000 feet above sea level.
According to Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) charter flight customers can refuse to take a seat on a plane that has been delayed more than 12 hours, claiming a full refund.
For people who are able to get on a flight, they will not be allowed to take on any carry-on items, and that includes purses, laptops and cell phones.
She decided to take the two girls without their fathers' permission on a flight back to England.
Some people were critical of Jessica's parents for encouraging their daughter to set the flying record and of the flight instructor's decision to take off in a storm that carried rain and snow.
"There's been a general flight to quality, so very few people want to take a chance on high-yield bonds right now, " said Cecilia L. Gondor, executive vice president of Thomas J.
Obie spread his arms like a gaunt bird ready to take flight.
"I want my team to focus on us carrying this through, not just doing a research flight and then waiting for someone to take it to the next step, " he said.
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Often clients are convinced a particular aircraft or service is the way to go because a friend tells them so or they take a demo flight and fall in love with the idea.
Maybe a reporter (EMPHATICALLY NOT ME) could take a bag of high-tech doodads on a cross-country flight to New Mexico or San Francisco and try them out.
If there can't be a new manned mission from Earth by then, administrators will have to decide whether to take extensive steps to extend the vehicle's certification for the return flight, proceed on a return flight without certification, or de-man the space station by flying back the remaining crew members within the certification period, he said.
The flight marked a milestone in Japan, but the plane wasn't the first Dreamliner to take flight since the problems first surfaced.
It was told I had to take the next flight back to my base in Senegal, which meant my stay at the lodge was only a brief one.
Over in the Netherlands we spotted Eindhoven's Evoluon Center, which looks like a massive flying saucer that's about to take flight.
"This round can't do me any harm, " said Dyson, who flew back from Chicago on Monday night, then caught another flight to Prague and after that had to take a train to Ostrava.
Virgin Galactic officials and Mr. Branson, a flamboyant entrepreneur who has pledged to take the first tourist flight along with members of his family, recently have declined to predict the date of the first powered flight or when paying passengers would take off.
On the back of a motor bike, With your arms outstretched trying to take flight, Leaving everything behind.
Next morning, my taxi came at 4 a.m. to take me back to Dum Dum for my return flight to Delhi.
The Gunners knew that with United away to Liverpool on Sunday they could take a potentially significant stride towards a first top-flight title since 2004.
If the base falls, there are few defences left to prevent the fall of Laiza, should the Burmese military decide to take it, he adds, and a Burmese military advance would certainly force the flight of many thousands of civilians.
SpaceShipII is expected to take passengers to an altitude of 68.3 miles in just a two-hour flight that includes a four-minute period of weightlessness.
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Since safety is playing a huge role regarding the use of the iPAD it is going to take a lot of training to get pilots comfortable using the device during critical phases of flight.
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U.S. airlines also require a flight attendant to be in the cockpit when the pilot or first officer take bathroom breaks, in case the person flying the aircraft becomes incapacitated.
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This marked a milestone in Japan, but the plane wasn't the first Dreamliner to take flight since the problems first surfaced.
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