The Voice Australia finally gets a 2020 air date – after halting production

The Voice Australia finally gets a premiere date after production was halted on the new season amid the COVID-19 pandemic By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:04 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 15:28 BST, 3 May 2020 The Voice Australia finally has a 2020 air date.   The Channel Nine singing competition will premiere … Read more

Can Air New Zealand make a 24-hour flight bearable? Flying premium economy from London to Auckland

It said ‘premium economy’ on my ticket, but frankly it felt more like business class. I was flying with Air New Zealand from London to Auckland and from the get-go it was plain to see why the airline’s premium economy cabin has frequently nabbed the top spot at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. It slipped … Read more

Wizz Air becomes first airline to resume overseas flights to Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Spain

Budget carrier Wizz Air resumed some overseas flights today from Luton Airport with strict new safety rules for cabin crew and passengers.  The low-cost Hungarian airline is the first to restart routes from the UK to European destinations during the coronavirus pandemic, including Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Bulgaria. Bosses introduced strict new hygiene measures, such as compulsory face masks, … Read more

Loose Women release promo video ahead of their return to air

‘Boy, have we got a lot to talk about’: Loose Women release promo video ahead of their return to air following six-week absence due to coronavirus pandemic Loose Women was taken off-air in March in accordance with precautionary social distancing measures  The long-running panel show is traditionally filmed live in front of a packed studio … Read more

Cabin designer Ross Burns from Aim Altitude wants to revolutionise air travel

Plane cabins resembling a cross between a restaurant, sports bar, living room and a shop could be coming to a flight path near you in the near future. That’s if a certain British aircraft interior designer and his team get their way.    Ross Burns is the lead designer of cabin interiors at Bournemouth-based Aim … Read more

Residents of a remote island in Belize will use a machine to harvest drinking water from the air

Residents on a small island off the coast of Belize have begun harvesting fresh drinking water from the air after shipments from the mainland were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The residents of Caye Caulker Island, 20 miles off the coast of Belize City, are using 23 solar-powered hydropanels from Zero Mass Water to … Read more

More than 11,000 deaths have been avoided across Europe because of cleaner air under lockdown

Improved air quality recorded over a month-long period of coronavirus lockdown has seen 11,000 fewer deaths across Europe from pollution and more than 1,700 fewer in the UK, a study found. A drastic reduction in air travel and road traffic across Europe during the lockdown has contributed to thousands of lives being spared by harmful … Read more

Secretive Air Force X-37B space plane will take off in May and spend more than two years in space

Secretive Air Force X-37B space plane is launching its sixth mission in May that’s expected to break its previous record of 780 days in low orbit The X-37B space plane is set to go on its sixth mission on May 16 from Florida The craft is expected to again spend more than two years in … Read more

Big Brother Australia 2020 air date revealed

It’s coming! Channel Seven finally announces the air date for Big Brother Australia and it’s just weeks away… as trailer reveals the stunning interiors of the new house By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 22:32 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 29 April 2020 The air date for Big Brother Australia 2020 has … Read more

Air conditioning systems in Nightingale-style hospitals ‘could help spread coronavirus’

The ventilation systems installed in large, open-plan buildings — such as the coronavirus-specific Nightingale hospitals — may be helping the virus linger in the air for longer, posing an increased risk to the frontline NHS heroes working there.  University of Cambridge academics studied how pre-existing air conditioning systems in large buildings affect the distribution of … Read more