United Airlines froze giant rabbit to death

Owners of a giant rabbit that mysteriously died on board of United Airlines flight from London to Chicago in April are seeking compensation from the airline. The owners say it was frozen to death after it was ‘literally’ frozen to death by United Airlines staff.
The airline has disagreed saying the 3ft (90cm) animal, which died on the plane in April, was frozen to death after it was mistakenly kept in a freezer by airline employees who also allegedly went on to cremate its corpse without the knowledge of the owners.

The Iowa group that owned Simon, a 10-month-old continental giant rabbit, sought compensation from the airline as they believe that ‘Simon’ would become the biggest rabbit on the planet, inheriting the trait from his 4ft 4 father, ‘Darius.’ As of 9 May the airline was given 7 days to respond before legal action could be taken.
“United Airline can issue any statement they like but their company’s credibility is under question when they immediately cremated the giant rabbit, Simon without anyone’s consent,” Cook said, according to Reuters. “They destroyed proof”.

Charles Hobart the airline’s spokesperson denied that Simon died in a freezer, adding that when Simon arrived in Chicago, he was apparently in good condition and was seen hoping around in his kernel 35 minutes after landing.

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Air Zimbabwe unfit to service international airlines

Air Zimbabwe last week appealed to the European aviation safety agency after its application for accreditation to service international airlines flying into Zimbabwe got denied as established.

The application had been to the Aviation Safety Authority (Easa) in a bid to broaden revenue sources through establishing a technical hub for the region.

The purported reason for the rejection was the airlines' inability to even service its own aircraft as revealed in an (Easa) audit.
With that, the airline can't qualify to maintain equipment from other airlines,

"During Edmund Makoni's tenure as acting CEO, the airline resolved to widen its revenue by setting up a maintenance hub for the region and beyond. They were basically imitating the likes of South African Airways whose technical department is profitable" a source said.

"After its application was turned down, the CE; quality assurance manager Onias Moyo and the director in charge of technical services Joseph Makonese flew to Brussels to make an appeal on this decision."

And the application had also been made just a after a month after all five of AirZim aircraft more grounded due to technical problems, forcing the airline to live a South African plane to cover scheduled flights.

Also, Air Zimbabwe is in a debt of US$330 million that has incapacitated the airlines' full performance. The company has since the start of the Zimbabwean cash-crisis struggled to procure its own crucial spare parts for its five planes.

Source: B24N

Zimbabwe: Top Airline Issued Handwritten Tickets

Air Zimbabwe last week resorted to handwritten boarding passes revealing the extent of rot the parastatal is on the verge. The whole of last of week was awash with bad jokes about the development.

The situation came against the standard electronic ticketing system used in the aviation industry approved by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a body that ensures airline safety, security and efficiency.

One passenger detailed that the issued documents do not have any security features such as a barcode, and appeared "very fake."

And Air Zimbabwe sales and marketing manager Christopher Kuenda confirmed that all flight details, including names and seat numbers, were written in ink for some passengers travelling to Johannesburg to Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.

"What is happening is that we're combining flights, Joburg - Bulawayo and Joburg - Victoria Falls. It becomes difficult to combine loads because of capacity.

"The printing pass system is programmed for one flight, so we print for the flight with more passengers. The rest is handwritten.

"It is not like the system is down or the airline is facing any problems and it's not like this is happening with all our flights, it's just one flight," he said to the Daily News.

Source: Daily News Zimbabwe