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CuriositiesMunich Airport's MyDutyFree shop reopens with new design
After a six-month makeover
A modern shopping experience at Munich Airport: After a six-month makeover, the Duty Free Shop in Terminal 2, Level 05 (H Gate Area) has reopened with the new MyDutyFree branding. The concept, idea and... more
CuriositiesRoscosmos. Two tourists on the ISS in 2021
It will allow to increase revenue for the Russian agency
A double project in Russia is ready to transport tourists in space, in order to obtain other important funding to continue the space exploration without having to depend solely on public ones. The first... more
CuriositiesKorean Air unveils special aircraft livery
To celebrate its 50th anniversary
Korean Air has announced that ten aircraft will display a special emblem and slogan to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.The special aircraft livery will depict the number 50 with a plane flying... more
CuriositiesBahrain: a B-747 aircraft will be sunk for a dive park
Critics from environmentalists to the project
A curious use in the future of a Boeing B-747 aircraft that will be made to sink into the Persian Gulf in the territorial waters of Bahrain, in such a way as to make it the central and main attraction... more
CuriositiesPhoto. First fully electric e-tron car on display at Munich Airport
Until mid-March passengers and visitors can see it at MAC between T1 and 2
Photo. Audi has yet to start shipping the first units to customers in Germany. But the new, fully electric Audi e-tron car has already landed at Munich Airport – in a multi-storey meteorite. From now u... more
CuriositiesGoogle Earth: is it a plane disappeared or is it an anomaly?
Identified an aircraft in the Yucatan Peninsula
A plane that disappeared on the Yucatan peninsula in the Ria Celestún reserve or an anomaly from Google Earth? A report that has come to us from one of our readers -Andrea Antonelli- that by carrying... more
CuriositiesBA for its centenary paints its airplanes
With designs from airlinr's history
As part of its 100-year birthday, British Airways (BA) has today announced it will be painting a B-747 aircraft in the much-admired design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The... more
CuriositiesChang'e 4: sprouted cotton seeds on the Moon
Successful first part of the experiment
The Chinese probe Chang'e 4 -the first to land on the Moon's hidden face- successfully completed one of the experiments for which it was designed, succeeding in sprouting some cotton seeds on the... more
CuriositiesUnited Kingdom: Ryanair the worst air carrier for consumers
Penalized by long times, uncomfortable seats and the quality of food
In a British consumer survey -reported by "BBC"- Ryanair turned out to be the worst low-cost airline operating in the UK, mainly due to the long boarding times, the inconvenience on board the aircraft... more
CuriositiesAirplanes and helicopters: there will be more parts in magnesium?
It would allow to reduce weight and consumption
In the near future magnesium could become a key component in the construction of airplanes and helicopters especially because thanks to its light weight (33% less than aluminum and 75% less than steel)... more
CuriositiesAustralia: heavy criticism for deliveries drones
The buzzing would make it impossible to be outdoors
If for companies the drones could revolutionize the concept of home delivery for the inhabitants of the areas where it is being tested would be more problems than the benefits. As reported by "The Wall... more
CuriositiesFirst ANA A-380 plane rolls-out of paintshop with particular livery
It took 21 days for its Airbus team to paint a surface of 3,600sm using 16 different shades of color
The first A-380 airplane for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery.ANA has firm orders f... more
CuriositiesE-190E2 "Shark" jet aircraft completes world tour
After five months
The Embraer E-190E2 aircraft with a shark livery completed its five-month global demonstration tour. With a kickoff at the "Farnborough Airshow" in the UK, in July of this year, the E-190E2 jet tour visited... more
CuriositiesMH390 Malaysia: research of the aircraft from satellite images continues
Are these conspiracy or real hypothesis?
The wreck of the Boeing B-777/200ER aircraft of Malaysia Airlines that took off from Kuala Lumpur and disappeared during the flight to Beijing in March 2014 may have been identified, in fact technology... more
CuriositiesNorwegian: aircraft tail dedicated to the Italian Marco Polo
It appears on B-737 MAX 8 aircraft, LN BKD registration
Norwegian announces that the aircraft dedicated to Marco Polo is already flying in the European skies. The image of the Venetian writer, ambassador and traveller is on a B-737 MAX 8 airplane, Norwegian... more
CuriositiesStratolaunch: new test for the double fuselage aircraft
The largest plane in the world has reached 145 km/h -VIDEO
Preliminary tests continue that will lead to the first flight of the double-fuselage aircraft of Stratolaunch Systems -the company founded by the recently deceased Paul Allen-, last week the US company... more
CuriositiesPlanes. Women travel more and alone
According to a survey whose results have been diffused by British Airways
With word on the runway from British Airways’ cabin crew that there had been a rise in the number of independent female passengers, the airline has released the "Global Solo Travel Study" into the who, w... more
CuriositiesMiami Airport: new therapy dog program to de-stress passengers
Five new volunteers
Miami International Airport’s new therapy dog program, the Miami Hound Machine, made its debut in the last days when the airport’s five new MIA volunteer K-9 ambassadors –"Abbey", "Belle", "Dash", "Dono... more
CuriositiesUSA: first B-777 aircraft ever made in a museum
The aircraft was used for 18 years by Cathay Pacific
The Boeing B-777 despite its 24 years is still one of the most sold and used aircraft in the world, but at the same time is becoming a historical piece so much so that the first aircraft that came out... more
CuriositiesTen years of the Frankfurt Animal Lounge
More than a billion animals already hosted at Lufthansa Cargo’s FAL
Europe’s largest animal station opened its gates and doors at Frankfurt Airport for the first time ten years ago. Since then, Lufthansa Cargo has operated one of the world’s largest and most advanced ani... more
CuriositiesAn international experiment on travel memories
Swiss carrier investigates the secret of unforgettable moments -VIDEO
Objective: to understand why people remember better, more intensely and for longer periods of travel rather than daily events more
CuriositiesPhoto. Sikorsky: North Sea Run
For the 19 participants a sight-seeing flight in an S-92(R) helicopter
Sikorsky hosted its first-ever North Sea Run ahead of the 2018 in Norway over the week-end. The event was enjoyed by customers and partners of Sikorsky and Air Contact Group. Following the conclusion of... more
CuriositiesSaudi Arabia: there will be early a copilot women on Flynas aircraft?
It would be an epochal change for Riyadh
For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia a carrier based in Riyadh -Flynas- would be willing to frame Saudi women among the employees, also taking them to play the role of co-pilot. It would be... more
CuriositiesTurkey: the B-747/800 plane of al-Thani gave to Erdogan
A gesture of friendship after nobody has made an offer for the purchase
To strengthen relations between Turkey and Qatar -isolated on the world scene by United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia- in addition to the fact that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly supported the Doha... more
CuriositiesAircraft. Air taxi: tested the eVtol of Vertical Aerospace
The hypothetical final aircraft would have the pilot on board
"Flying taxis" are a sector where more and more investments are made by historical companies -like Airbus and Boeing-, of recent companies -for example Uber- and startups. One of the last fate is the British... more
CuriositiesThe "Shark" E-190E2 airplane arrived in Europe
For the demonstration tour, after Africa and USA
Following a successful tour in Africa and in the US, Embraer is now beginning the European and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) part of the E-190E2 worldwide demonstration tour. The aircraft... more
CuriositiesFrom Japan the first space elevator
A ten meter model that will be sent to space on September 11th
A science fiction invention coming from Japan that will take the first step towards its possible creation thanks to the University of Shizuoka, which -as reported by the local press- will launch a small... more
CuriositiesMH390 Malaysia: identified the aircraft in the jungle of Cambodia?
On Google Maps found a wreck that would be compatible with the B-777
The place where the wreck of the Boeing B-777/200 plane of the MH370 flight of Malaysia Airlines disappeared from the radar on March 8, 2014 is one of the greatest mysteries of civil aviation, but a British... more
CuriositiesUber Air: in 2020 the first flights to the United States
The company's idea would be to expand the service in other states as well
The Uber experimentation on flying taxis will start in 2020 in Los Angeles and Dallas, but the US company -as announced during an event in Japan on air transport- would soon expand it in France, Brazil,... more
CuriositiesToday the 2016 NF23 asteroid will pass close to the Earth
It is bigger than the pyramid of Cheops, but it will remain at a safe distance
The asteroid 2016 NF23 is bigger than the pyramid of Cheops, which will pass near to the Earth today. NASA has classified it since its discovery as "potentially dangerous", but its trajectory does not... more