by Olivia Beresford | Jun 30, 2023 | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space
At 8:30am MT, the Galactic 01 spaceflight took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, reaching an altitude of around 53 miles. The spaceflight evaluated and measured hypergravity to microgravity transition effects on the human body, including both biological and...
by Olivia Beresford | Jun 30, 2023 | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space
This mission represents a new era in government-funded commercial human-tended research missions. The crew will board VSS Unity for a 90-minute flight to conduct a series of suborbital science experiments. The mission’s two objectives are to conduct 13 human-tended...
by Olivia Beresford | Jun 30, 2023 | Flight
Supporting the efforts of the Threatened Species Conservation Programme, TAP has flown a Koala bear from Paris to its new home at Lisbon Zoo. Flying onboard flight TP0439 from the French capital, ‘Gowi Nee Bu’ was in a special transport cage, prepared with a log of...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 27, 2023 | Flight, Food
China Airlines has partnered with Le Palais, the only three-star Michelin restaurant in Taiwan, to launch the all new “Skyward 3-Stars Private Cuisine” in-flight menu. The new menu will be introduced on all long-haul flights to Europe and North America departing from...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 20, 2023 | Film and Television, Flight
Etihad Airways joined hands with Paramount Pictures to celebrate the theatrical release the next release in the Mission Impossible series. Among other locations, the movie was also shot in Abu Dhabi, with videos of Abu Dhabi’s upcoming new flagship airport terminal...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Jun 14, 2023 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Sustainability, Technology
Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and United Airlines have announced plans to bring Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to San Francisco by launching electric commuter flights throughout the Bay Area. Both companies say that they will be working with local and state officials,...
