Two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appear to HUG each other

Even whales need a cuddle! Two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appear to HUG each other with their flippers in adorable drone footage captured in Cape Cod Bay Wildlife photographers captured the moment on February 28 Behaviour is rarely observed and may be first time it’s been caught on camera  The North Atlantic right … Read more

JetBlue reveals the cabin that will ‘reinvent what it’s like to fly economy across the Atlantic’ 

Earlier this year, JetBlue revealed the business and first-class cabins that will feature on its new transatlantic flights – and now it’s unveiled the cabin it claims will ‘reinvent what it’s like to fly economy across the Atlantic’. The low-cost American airline is launching services to London for the first time this summer on a … Read more

Virgin Atlantic to trial vaccine passport app trial on Heathrow to Barbados flights

Virgin Atlantic has become the latest airline to announce a trial of so-called vaccine passports. Customers on flights to Barbados from April 16 will be invited to use the Travel Pass app to verify they meet the Caribbean island’s entry requirements for pre-departure coronavirus testing. Future versions of the app – developed by airline trade … Read more

Virgin Atlantic announces vaccine passport app trial for passengers flying from Heathrow to Barbados

Virgin Atlantic has become the latest airline to announce a trial of so-called vaccine passports. Customers on flights to Barbados from April 16 will be invited to use the Travel Pass app to verify they meet the Caribbean island’s entry requirements for pre-departure coronavirus testing. Future versions of the app – developed by airline trade … Read more

Drunk first class Virgin Atlantic passenger, 41, admits attacking cabin crew

Drunk first class Virgin Atlantic passenger, 41, admits attacking cabin crew and shouting ‘I hope this plane crashes and we all die’ during flight from Barbados to Heathrow Rachel Street, 41, was travelling back to Heathrow from Barbados on January 5  She was moved into a bed after acting ‘inappropriately’ toward others on board Court … Read more

AI ‘Mayflower’ will attempt to cross the Atlantic autonomously next month

An autonomous version of the historical Mayflower ship that’s powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is set to make is maiden voyage across the Atlantic next month. On April 19, Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) will depart from Plymouth, England and arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts about 3,000 miles and two weeks later.  The original ship, which transported 102 passengers known … Read more

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 15, will attend £67K course at her father’s alumni UWC Atlantic

Princess Alexia of The Netherlands is the latest royal to enrol at UWC Atlantic in Wales, a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ that’s popular with European royals. The 15-year-old second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will join Spain ‘s future Queen, Princess Leonor, also 15, at the specialist education … Read more

North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction with fewer than 366 are left

The number of endangered North Atlantic right whales remains dangerously low. There are fewer than 366 surviving specimens, according to a new assessment. Vessel strikes and entanglements in fishing nets remain the biggest threat to the massive marine mammals, but climate change is leading to rising ocean temperatures that endanger the krill the whales eat … Read more

Original Monopoly game prices were based on segregated 1930s Atlantic City, author says 

The original Monopoly board game was inspired by segregated Atlantic City in the 1930s with property prices reflecting deep racial disparities between white and black residents, an author has claimed.   Mary Pilon, who wrote her book The Monopolists about the hidden history of the beloved board game in 2015, argued that it’s property values ‘reflect … Read more

Virgin Atlantic stewardess Ellie Hosgood reveals what life is like in the skies in the Covid era

Flight Service Manager Ellie Hosgood during normal times The signature Vivienne Westwood look is out, dressing like a surgeon is in. MailOnline Travel caught up with a stewardess from Virgin Atlantic for some insight into how different life in the skies is at the moment, and she revealed that at times it feels ‘like something … Read more