Hit the sun, straight from your doorstep: The new direct flight routes from local airports for summer 2020 Ryanair is launching flights from Liverpool to the port city of Zadar, Croatia Head to the Greek island of Skiathos on the new TUI flights from Bournemouth EasyJet has direct flights from Belfast to Turkey’s Dalaman airport … Read more
With his highly-anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick hitting theaters this summer, Glen Powell celebrated by getting his pilot’s license, with Tom Cruise’s help. The 31-year-old actor took to Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a brief video with him and his flight instructor, after he took his first solo flight. Powell, who plays the pilot dubbed Hangman … Read more
1919 The world’s first flight from London to Australia touches down in Darwin. It took 28 days. Hudson Fysh, one of the men who would go on to found Qantas was first to meet it – he’d just built the airfield, and with Paul McGinness had plotted an air route across Queensland and the Northern … Read more
Beware the perils at 35,000ft! How everything from eating to using the loo on a plane can put your health at risk Learn the cabin crew ABC of what to eat at altitude – ‘Anything But Chicken’ Fizzy drinks fill your system with gas and chewing gum makes you inhale stale air Don’t ignore the … Read more
British traveller is blocked from boarding a flight to Thailand and left £1,000 out of pocket because of novelty stamps on her passport Tina Sibley was halted at the boarding gate in Madrid by Qatar Airways officials She was told her passport was invalid due to Machu Picchu stamps inside it British Embassy rubbished these … Read more
Avengers Endgame sparks rush of online flight searches for Thor’s home of ‘New Asgard’ Movie shows Thor living in ‘New Asgard’ – five years after Avengers: Infinity War It is depicted as a quaint fishing village with a pretty harbour amid rolling hills New Asgard scenes were filmed in St Abbs in Scottish Borders and … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Rishi Sunak is on a tricky flight path as coronavirus picks his pocket before first budget By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 The collapse of Flybe into administration is a crisis for the airline’s millions of passengers and its … Read more
NASA’s uncertainty over Starliner astronaut capsule made clear as Boeing is told to take 61 ‘corrective actions’ after failed mission sent craft into wrong the wrong orbit Boeing will have to address 61 corrective actions outlined by NASA The mandate comes after a botched mission from Starliner late last year NASA has yet to say … Read more
The differences in price between British Airways’ classes are big – leaping up in hundreds then thousands of pounds – but what exactly does each fare jump get you? Four travel experts decided to find out and reviewed all four classes on a single BA Boeing 777 flight between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi in … Read more
Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week he finds out how to cut the cost of a holiday flight. What’s worse than being squeezed into a middle seat on a packed flight? Finding out that … Read more