The Consumerist has this short story about a group of passengers being asked to stand during a 5 hour flight in Russia on Tatarstan Airlines.  The half dozen passengers boarded the 737 in Turkey and were flown to Ekaterinaburg, Russia. 

Let me caution that while some awfully odd things happen in Russia on aircraft, I’ve also found that a lot of things can get lost in translation when it comes to Russian news stories.  It might not have actually gone the way it was described.

See the story HERE.

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Here’s an odd one.  Singapore Airlines will be introducing its first flight to South America in 2011.   The new destination will be Sao Paolo in Brazil but the flight will be via Barcelona, Spain.   This seems to imply that there are liberal bi-lateral treaties between Singapore and Spain and/or Brazil that make this a worthwhile venture to attempt.

This marks Singapore Airlines’ 6th continent and when you consider just where and what Singapore is, that’s pretty impressive.  There is no official word on what equipment they’ll use but I feel certain this will *not* be an A380 flight.   Most likely this flight will start off as a 777-200ER.

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