A crafty teen snuck off on a lads holiday to Magaluf after his protective mum banned him from going – and only admitted his whereabouts with a cheeky plane selfie. Keiran Lindsay, 18, from Saltcoats, Scotland, had booked onto the trip just four days before his eight pals were due to jet off to the raucous … Read more
Keeping the middle seat empty on airplanes halves the risk of passengers getting infected with the coronavirus, a study has suggested. Professor Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, estimated the risk of transmission on an Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 – two of the most commonly used planes. He found the … Read more
Plane passengers could soon face swab tests at Heathrow and other airports, says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps Air passengers may face Covid-19 swab tests on arrival at UK airports in weeks Transport Secretary is preparing trial scheme to swab travellers after customs The tests provide results in hours those testing positive will be asked to … Read more
Critics have claimed the £900,000 red, white and blue paint job on the Prime Minister’s RAF Voyager plane has been bungled. Enthusiasts said they thought the Union Flag on its tailfin had been done upside down as Boris Johnson‘s official aircraft took off from Cambridgeshire yesterday. Social media users were quick to vent their anger … Read more
Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane took off for the first time today after receiving a £900,000 red, white and blue paintjob. The jet’s tail fin had previously been spotted inside a hangar at an airfield in Cambridgeshire, where underwent a new Brexit paint job to help the PM fly the flag for the UK when … Read more
A Burnley fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium shared a series of racist slurs on social media, it emerged today, as his girlfriend was suspended from her beauty job for her own bigoted posts. Jake Hepple ranted about ‘P***s’ while his partner, Megan Rambadt, tweeted that her … Read more
Beyoncé and Jay-Z got away from it all on Friday with a family trip to the Hamptons. The 38-year-old singer and actress and the 50-year-old rap mogul deplaned from their private jet on Long Island’s East Hampton with their oldest daughter Blue Ivy, eight, and their twins Rumi and Sir, both three. Family trip: Beyoncé, … Read more
The red, white and blue makeover for Boris Johnson’s RAF plane will cost the taxpayer close to a million pounds, it was revealed today. The Voyager aircraft used by the PM on foreign trips is to get ‘national branding’, rather than the standard grey that makes it less visible in the sky. The idea has … Read more
The 3D-printed ‘AirShield’ device that bolts on to plane cabin ventilation nozzles and directs passenger breathe droplets downwards to prevent the spread of coronavirus The U.S firm behind it, Teague, says AirShield is ‘a germ isolation system’ The component turns the air from seat nozzles into ‘engineered air-blades’ AirShield is entering its development phase in … Read more
‘What’s your problem?’: War of words erupts between Lord Sugar and Jason Manford after the businessman boasts about buying a new plane By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 13:26 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 12 June 2020 A war of words has broken out between Lord Sugar and Jason Manford after the … Read more