Boeing is investing $20 million in Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated human spaceflight company.The companies will work together to broaden commercial space access and transform global travel technologies.“Boeing’s strategic investment facilitates our effort to drive the commercialisation of space and…
PortAventura World is installing a photovoltaic power plant covering 100,000 metres squared, which will comprise of 22,000 modules that will supply energy to the whole resort.The project will launch in spring 2020 and will be the largest self-consumption photovoltaic plant…
Hays Travel has reached an agreement with receivers working on the liquidation of Thomas Cook to acquire the entire retail estate of the collapsed travel agent.The deal will see Hays Travel acquire a total of 555 stores around the UK.It…
Latvian airline airBaltic will launch scheduled flights between Manchester and Riga, capital of Latvia on March 29th.The new route will offer convenient connections to passengers travelling from Manchester to the Latvian capital and over 70 destinations served from Riga to…
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency has announced that the entry gates to the Swadini section of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve will be closed on selected dates between October 2019 and February 2020 due to filming that will…
As a full-time travel writer, I’m frequently asked to participate in panel discussions, presentations, conferences and roundups of “best of” lists. Most recently, I served as a judge for The World’s 50 Most Beautiful campaign, which is organized by Flight…
The global pilot shortage is well documented by commercial airlines who are feeling the pressures of recruitment, but it is the super-wealthy who could soon be grounded.As a bottleneck of trainee pilots approaches, airlines are trying to woo private jet…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company nears its goal of launching passengers on suborbital flights.The companies announced the investment Tuesday, saying they will work together on broadening commercial…
Vietnam Airlines will launch Wi-Fi connections on a number of flights from October 10th.Passengers will be able to access the new services on selected A350 flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, and Osaka.Flights from Ho Chi Minh…
Finnair is doubling its flights to Tokyo with new services to the city’s Haneda Airport now available.The extra daily flights to Tokyo’s second major international airport, are in addition to the Finnish carrier’s existing daily service to Tokyo Narita Airport.Haneda…
