EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic ban alcohol on all flights to limit contact amid coronavirus Some major airlines will not alcohol on certain flights due to coronavirus EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic say no alcohol will be sold on all flights this summer British Airways will keep selling it on long-haul flights but not on short-haul ones … Read more
Pregnant great white shark weighing 2,000-pound swims more than 700 miles away from the northeast US coast to avoid males that want to mate A great white, named Unama’ki, swam 700 miles deep into the Atlantic Ocean Experts believe she is pregnant and made the trip to avoid mating from males They also say the … Read more
‘Buy airline tickets like you bought toilet paper.’ That’s the plea from the most senior A350 training captain at Virgin Atlantic, Chris Pohl. And his request has gone viral. Captain Pohl, 56, who has been flying for 38 years, posted a picture of himself holding up a piece of cardboard carrying the message to his … Read more
North Atlantic right whales ‘could be extinct within 20 years’ as krill they eat migrate away due to climate change and commercial fishing impacts their habitat A new study used drones to photograph right whales in the south and north Researchers found North Atlantic right whales were much smaller than whales in the southern hemisphere … Read more
‘Summer is cancelled’, health secretary Matt Hancock suggested last week, and it is likely most will be looking to recoup their money from cancelled flights rather than spend it on new ones. But those with thousands of air miles might be considering alternate uses for them rather than wait for life to return to normality. … Read more
Former owner of failed airline Monarch among handful of investors set to enter advanced talks to bail out Virgin Atlantic By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 16 May 2020 Greybull Capital, the former owner of failed airline Monarch, is among a handful of investors … Read more
Giant 18-tonne piece of a Chinese rocket crash-lands in the Atlantic after successfully lifting a prototype spacecraft into orbit in the ‘largest uncontrolled reentry in decades’ The debris that crashed was from the core of the Chinese Long March 5B rocket This was used to launch a prototype crew spaceship and a cargo ship into … Read more
Virgin Atlantic has said it will fly to 24 destinations in 2021 after Sir Richard Branson sold £405million of shares in Virgin Galactic to save the under-pressure airline. The aviation industry has suffered severe financial issues due to travel restrictions imposed by countries’ trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. But many airlines … Read more
Gatwick future under threat as Virgin Atlantic ends operations and axes 3,000 jobs By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:55 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 5 May 2020 Gatwick Airport is facing a crisis after Virgin Atlantic ended its operations there. The airline is axing 3,000 jobs and will now … Read more
As one of the world’s wealthiest men, Sir Richard Branson is used to travelling by private jet, holidaying with politicians and hobnobbing with A-listers. But neither his estimated £4 billion fortune nor his audacious networking skills could save the Australian arm of his airline from going into administration yesterday. Virgin Australia, the country’s second biggest … Read more