NPR: Ryanair https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131390090 Ryanair en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 12:17:14 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Ryanair https://www.npr.org/tags/131390090/ryanair Ryanair imposes Afrikaans language test on South African passengers Citing the need to identify fraudulent passports, the European airliner says it wants South Africans to pass a test on a language spoken by only 13% of the country's travelers. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:32:15 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103441895/ryanair-requires-afrikaans-language-test-on-south-african-passengers https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103441895/ryanair-requires-afrikaans-language-test-on-south-african-passengers Citing the need to identify fraudulent passports, the European airliner says it wants South Africans to pass a test on a language spoken by only 13% of the country's travelers.

]]> Boeing Lands 1st 737 Max Order Since Troubled Plane Was Cleared To Fly Again Just two weeks ago, U.S. regulators cleared Boeing's 737 Max to fly following the deadly crashes of two of the planes in 2018 and 2019. Now Boeing is reporting an order for 75 of the aircraft. Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:34:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/942133229/boeing-lands-1st-737-max-order-since-troubled-plane-was-cleared-to-fly https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/942133229/boeing-lands-1st-737-max-order-since-troubled-plane-was-cleared-to-fly

Just two weeks ago, U.S. regulators cleared Boeing's 737 Max to fly following the deadly crashes of two of the planes in 2018 and 2019. Now Boeing is reporting an order for 75 of the aircraft.

]]> Avie Schneider Man Changes Name To 'Adam West' To Avoid Paying $336 Airline Fee On Facebook, Adam Armstrong playfully used the name Adam West, the actor who played Batman in the 1960s. But then his girlfriend's stepfather bought him a plane ticket in that name. Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:35:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/05/412295439/man-changes-name-to-adam-west-to-avoid-paying-336-airline-fee https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/05/412295439/man-changes-name-to-adam-west-to-avoid-paying-336-airline-fee

On Facebook, Adam Armstrong playfully used the name Adam West, the actor who played Batman in the 1960s. But then his girlfriend's stepfather bought him a plane ticket in that name.

]]> Bill Chappell Passengers On European Discount Airline Stage Hours-Long Sit-In After their plane was diverted because of fog, passengers on a Ryanair flight refused to disembark. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:32:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/11/17/131386623/passengers-on-european-discount-airline-stage-hours-long-sit-in https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/11/17/131386623/passengers-on-european-discount-airline-stage-hours-long-sit-in

After their plane was diverted because of fog, passengers on a Ryanair flight refused to disembark.

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