Members of the air-cabin-crew union UFO voted for a strike, with talks between the body and Lufthansa set to resume Aug. 16.

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Michael Farr, a leading British 'Tintinologist', says Herge actually did a "lot of research" for Tintin's Indian journey: he secured catalogues of all the aircraft Air India used and uniforms the cabin crew wore at that time.

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Kingfisher Airlines is so broke it cannot pay its gorgeous cabin crew, for instance, and Air India is also manifestly in deep distress.

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Air Wales had hit the headlines last year by appealing for cabin crew under 5ft 3 inches - a height restriction it insists on because of tight space on the aircraft.

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