by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Trending
Almost as soon as the teams had traipsed off the pitches in what were effectively the semi-finals of the American Football season, Southwest Airlines had added extra flights to its home city of Phoenix, which on February 12 will host the 2023 Superbowl, the showpiece...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Technology
The US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boeing to lead the development and test-flying of a “full-scale transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) demonstrator airplane”. The belief is that the technologies will “inform...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Sustainability
Plastic is out and inflight beverages on Alaska Airlines flights are to be served in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper cups or, if a passenger shells out for first class, in reusable glassware. “We began the process of eliminating our five largest...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Editorial Comment, Flight
The Queen’s Cup, usually stored at the Royal Air Force Museum, is the oldest and most prestigious sporting trophy in the UK, dating back to 1719. In 2010 it was entrusted to the Royal Aero Club by its patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who originally received the...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Inspiration
Virgin Atlantic has named its newest aircraft “Queen of the Skies” in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. The aircraft, an Airbus A330 neo , is to be receive the royal registration G-VEII, which Virgin said is a tribute to the late monarch. The jet will enter...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight
In 2026, Lufthansa will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding: On January 6, 1926, Deutsche Luft Hansa was launched in Berlin through the merger of Deutscher Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr. The first flight of the new airline followed on April 6, 1926....
