JetBlue announced Tuesday that it will be launching its first-ever transatlantic route to London from two US airports despite COVID-19 restrictions still in place for international travel. According to a press release from the airline, the 7-hour flights will take off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Boston Logan International Airport … Read more
British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld have launched a Covid-19 testing trial on selected flights from the U.S to London Heathrow in a combined effort to scientifically demonstrate how testing for the virus can reopen international travel and quash quarantine requirements. The new British Airways CEO, Sean Doyle, explained that at the end of the … Read more
First ‘Covid-free’ transatlantic flight lands at Heathrow after United Airlines passengers are swabbed at Newark airport in New York – with one who tested positive forced to stay behind United Airlines will run the scheme over the month and will report findings Rapid testing will take place at New York’s Newark airport during the scheme … Read more
United Airlines will run first Covid free transatlantic flight from London to New York this week in pilot scheme that raises hopes of travel corridor between the two cities United Airlines will run the scheme over the month and will report findings Rapid testing will take place at New York’s Newark airport during the scheme … Read more
US and UK officials ‘begin talks over a transatlantic “air bridge” to allow travel between NYC and London without 14-day quarantine in a bid to boost business and tourism in time for winter’ Due to the coronavirus pandemic, British tourists are currently prohibited from entering the US, while Americans visiting the UK must quarantine for … Read more
Google announces plan to build 3,915-mile transatlantic subsea cable between the US, the UK and Spain to meet growing connectivity demands The link will be Google’s first privately-owned cable linking the US and the UK Laying of the cable — containing 16 fibre optic pairs —will be completed in 2022 It will support key Google … Read more
A new DNA study published Thursday sheds fresh light on the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, from the legacy of rape that can be seen in today’s genetics to how disease likely decimated some groups forced to work in deadly conditions. For example, DNA from one African region may be under-represented in the US … Read more