Home » airline industry

Tag: airline industry

Post
The difference between the world’s best airport and Britain’s ‘worst’? Everything works

The difference between the world’s best airport and Britain’s ‘worst’? Everything works

There are reading rooms (where no one is reading because they’re all playing with their phones), there are art installations (same), there are children’s play areas (where parents are paying attention, because the climby stuff is, perhaps unwisely, made of hard, bruise-inducing bronze). And, of course, there are shops. Hermès and the rest, it turns...

Post
Air passengers face a summer of confusion over the 100ml liquids rule

Air passengers face a summer of confusion over the 100ml liquids rule

Compounding any possible confusion, the majority of the airports that have not yet rolled out the new tech do, in fact, have one or more of the new scanners in operation. This means there is a chance that you will travel through Gatwick or Heathrow this summer with a see-through bag full of 100ml liquids,...

Post
British-built ‘unhackable’ navigational system flown in world first

British-built ‘unhackable’ navigational system flown in world first

A team of on-board physicists and aeronautic engineers tended to the quantum navigation system, as well as an onboard quantum clock, which is the size of a record player. The first few tests of the quantum navigation equipment failed to work as the vibrations from the aircraft’s engines, as well as a host of other...