Flying Sure Is Scary These Days
So far, 2024 really hasn’t been the year for air travel. In January alone there was the Japan Airlines fire, the Boeing 737 Max 9 that lost its door plug …
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Supersonic Passenger Travel Is Back Thanks To Super Strong Winds
In a magical time called the 20th century, there were supersonic passenger jets that could fly rich people from New York to London in less than three hours. These days, …
Missing Bolts On Airbus A330
A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for New York City was canceled right before it was set to take off on January 15 after a passenger noticed that several screws were …
World’s Abandoned Airports Offer An Eerie Journey Through Bad Decisions And Worse Wars
A tiny airstrip on an atoll over 700 miles away from Hawaii doesn’t seem like it belongs with the city-wide international airports we’ve discussed so far, but the Johnston Atoll …
Extreme Turbulence Hospitalizes 11 Passengers On Flight
Photo: kickers (Getty Images) A flight carrying British cruise-goers from Barbados to Manchester was forced to divert to Bermuda after an incident of extreme turbulence two days before Christmas. There …
Steal Princess Diana’s style with Virgin Atlantic’s new jumper | Travel News | Travel
Princess Diana remains a style icon to this day, and now travellers can channel the royal’s 1990s style with a reimagining of a special jumper she was often photographed wearing. …
Here Are The Best Transportation Stories Of The Week Ending December 02, 2023
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in beyond cars. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Tesla’s Cybertruck …
Virgin to Make Historic Transatlantic Flight with ‘Sustainable’ Fuel
It’s no secret that we need to uncover ways to make air travel more sustainable. In the U.S. alone, air travel accounts for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and …