Billionaire stewardess

KUALA LUMPUR – British billionaire Richard Branson strutted his stuff as an AirAsia flight attendant Sunday – complete with fishnet stockings and figure-hugging red pencil skirt. His star turn on the flight from Australia’s Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier’s founder. Incoming search terms:billionaire... 

In-flight newborn

YEREVAN, Armenia ­ – A passenger has given birth aboard a plane flying to Armenia and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped with the delivery.  Read More »

Airborne death

Manila, Philippines – A Fil-American balikbayan who was flying for a vacation did not quite make it to the land of her birth after reportedly succumbing to hypertension barely four hours away from the country.  Read More »

U.S. airline flight diverted

WASHINGTON – US Airways Flight 787 airliner flying from Paris to Charlotte in the southeastern U.S. state of North Carolina was diverted Tuesday due to suspicious behavior of a woman passenger, American authorities confirmed.  Read More »

Transsexual Thai air hostesses: gimmick?

ABOARD FLIGHT GT210 (AFP) – With her crisp uniform, immaculate makeup, and hair swept up, Mew looks like any other air hostess, but she’s one of a handful of Thai transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies. Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicized recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in... 

Tyron Perez quitting showbiz to be with wife before death

Manila, Philippines – TYRON Perez, who was found dead in Valenzuela City on Thursday evening, wanted to quit showbiz to be with his wife. On Thursday night’s “Bandila,” co-anchor Boy Abunda said Perez told film director and Gerry Sineneng, who was his co-manager, of his plan to move to the United States to be with wife Liv, a flight attendant. “Sabi niya, ‘Direk,... 

Same-sex kiss triggers spat

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Less than a month after telling a rock star to pull up his saggy pants, a US airline on Tuesday found itself in another celebrity row — this time over a same-sex kiss. Cable TV star Leisha Hailey and partner Camila Grey say they were ordered off a Southwest Airlines flight after they disagreed with a flight attendant who told them to stop smooching on “a... 

French star Depardieu spills plane pee story

French film star Gerard Depardieu said he had no choice but to relieve himself into a bottle on a plane last month after a flight attendant blocked the bathroom door, insisting “I’m not a monster.” In a daytime talk show interview on Tuesday with Anderson Cooper — who had broken into a giggling fit over the incident on his prime-time CNN news show — France’s...