http://www.terminalu.com Air Travel News Service Wed, 16 May 2012 16:14:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-volcano-new-tour-opens-for-thrill-seekers-in-iceland/26351/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-volcano-new-tour-opens-for-thrill-seekers-in-iceland/26351/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:47:17 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26351 Feeling adventurous? For the first time, tourists will be able to venture inside a volcano and discover a whole new side to one of Iceland's natural wonders - for a limited time only. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-volcano-new-tour-opens-for-thrill-seekers-in-iceland/26351/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-first-uk-airline-to-offer-in-flight-mobile-phone-calls/26324/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-first-uk-airline-to-offer-in-flight-mobile-phone-calls/26324/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:53:51 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26324 Many airlines have long offered in-flight Wi-Fi access - but now Virgin Atlantic has taken the next step by allowing mobile voice calls above the clouds. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-first-uk-airline-to-offer-in-flight-mobile-phone-calls/26324/feed/ 2 http://www.terminalu.com/asia/illusion-art-at-singapore-airport-lets-you-step-into-a-different-world/26296/ http://www.terminalu.com/asia/illusion-art-at-singapore-airport-lets-you-step-into-a-different-world/26296/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:36 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26296 No, it's not a portal peering into an alternate dimension, but an optical illusion that is making the journey through Singapore Changi Airport a little more interesting. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/asia/illusion-art-at-singapore-airport-lets-you-step-into-a-different-world/26296/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/editors-column/are-plane-seats-keeping-heavier-passengers-safe/26166/ http://www.terminalu.com/editors-column/are-plane-seats-keeping-heavier-passengers-safe/26166/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:14:24 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26166 Scientists are concerned that plane seats may not be able to safely restrain people of average weight and size in an emergency, as populations get heavier. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/editors-column/are-plane-seats-keeping-heavier-passengers-safe/26166/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/where-not-to-order-a-club-sandwich-in-a-paris-hotel-room/26181/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/where-not-to-order-a-club-sandwich-in-a-paris-hotel-room/26181/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:47:02 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26181 The price of a hotel club sandwich is the benchmark for how affordable a city is for tourists, according to hotels.com. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/where-not-to-order-a-club-sandwich-in-a-paris-hotel-room/26181/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/cafe-neko-viennas-first-cat-cafe-opens-where-you-can-pet-a-cat-over-a-cuppa/26138/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/cafe-neko-viennas-first-cat-cafe-opens-where-you-can-pet-a-cat-over-a-cuppa/26138/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 11:26:02 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26138 Free Wi-Fi isn't the main attraction at this new café in Vienna - it's pet cats. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/cafe-neko-viennas-first-cat-cafe-opens-where-you-can-pet-a-cat-over-a-cuppa/26138/feed/ 6 http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/how-green-is-your-airline-virgin-america-and-air-france-top-eco-friendly-ranking/26107/ http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/how-green-is-your-airline-virgin-america-and-air-france-top-eco-friendly-ranking/26107/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:41:17 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26107 Feeling guilty about your carbon footprint in the skies? Greenopia has released its latest annual ranking the top most eco-conscious airlines. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/how-green-is-your-airline-virgin-america-and-air-france-top-eco-friendly-ranking/26107/feed/ 2 http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/boeings-new-jumbo-the-747-8i-hits-the-tarmac/26060/ http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/boeings-new-jumbo-the-747-8i-hits-the-tarmac/26060/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:52 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26060 The new 747-8I offers plenty of improvements under the hood, while improvements in the cabin are more cosmetic. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/boeings-new-jumbo-the-747-8i-hits-the-tarmac/26060/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/ufo-shaped-underwater-hotel-dubbed-water-discus-planned-in-dubai/26025/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/ufo-shaped-underwater-hotel-dubbed-water-discus-planned-in-dubai/26025/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:48:19 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=26025 The sky’s no limit for developers in Dubai. Plans for a spaceship-shaped underwater hotel have been unveiled. But will the plans remain blueprints? [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/ufo-shaped-underwater-hotel-dubbed-water-discus-planned-in-dubai/26025/feed/ 1 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/british-airways-cabin-crew-double-up-as-in-flight-travel-advisors/25856/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/british-airways-cabin-crew-double-up-as-in-flight-travel-advisors/25856/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:03:48 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25856 BA cabin crew members are now offering local travel tips and advice to passengers on select long-haul flights - via iPads. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/british-airways-cabin-crew-double-up-as-in-flight-travel-advisors/25856/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/new-racial-profiling-app-flyrights-helps-travellers-report-harassment-at-airports/25991/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/new-racial-profiling-app-flyrights-helps-travellers-report-harassment-at-airports/25991/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:48:07 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25991 A mobile app designed to make it easier for travellers to complain about racial profiling at airports has been launched. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/new-racial-profiling-app-flyrights-helps-travellers-report-harassment-at-airports/25991/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/delta-air-lines-buys-an-oil-refinery-to-cut-its-fuel-bill/25891/ http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/delta-air-lines-buys-an-oil-refinery-to-cut-its-fuel-bill/25891/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:05:14 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25891 In a bid to cut its sky high fuel bill, Delta is taking measures into its own hands by agreeing to buy an oil refinery. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/delta-air-lines-buys-an-oil-refinery-to-cut-its-fuel-bill/25891/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/video-boeing-plane-crash-lands-in-mexico-on-purpose/25814/ http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/video-boeing-plane-crash-lands-in-mexico-on-purpose/25814/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:09:49 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25814 How can we make plane crashes more survivable? It’s a question that documentary makers have put to the test– by recreating a crash, with test dummies. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/video-boeing-plane-crash-lands-in-mexico-on-purpose/25814/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/prison-break-sleep-inside-a-converted-prison-and-courthouse/25803/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/prison-break-sleep-inside-a-converted-prison-and-courthouse/25803/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 11:10:31 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25803 Staff at an old jail in Oxford are taking no prisoners. Instead, they’re taking paying guests. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/prison-break-sleep-inside-a-converted-prison-and-courthouse/25803/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/gallery-virgin-atlantics-new-upper-class-dream-suite/25783/ http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/gallery-virgin-atlantics-new-upper-class-dream-suite/25783/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:47:33 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25783 With Swarovski crystal studded curtains, has Virgin gone a bit overboard with its new Upper Class Suite? [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/gallery-virgin-atlantics-new-upper-class-dream-suite/25783/feed/ 1 http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/revealed-worlds-best-airports-for-food-shopping-and-things-to-do-by-skytrax/25729/ http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/revealed-worlds-best-airports-for-food-shopping-and-things-to-do-by-skytrax/25729/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:38:36 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25729 The winners of the 2012 Skytrax World Airport Awards included the usual suspects - Asian Airports - but there were a few surprise winners too. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/revealed-worlds-best-airports-for-food-shopping-and-things-to-do-by-skytrax/25729/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/italys-new-high-speed-train-italo-takes-design-cues-from-plane-cabins/25709/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/italys-new-high-speed-train-italo-takes-design-cues-from-plane-cabins/25709/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:16:51 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25709 The 'Ferrari' train seems to have taken a few pointers from its airborne competitors. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/italys-new-high-speed-train-italo-takes-design-cues-from-plane-cabins/25709/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/the-787-dreamliner-a-sardine-tin-with-frills-or-a-revolution-in-long-haul-travel/25664/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/the-787-dreamliner-a-sardine-tin-with-frills-or-a-revolution-in-long-haul-travel/25664/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:17:19 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25664 Boeing has taken its Dreamliner on a world tour to promote its new 'green' plane. But what about the passenger experience? [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-blog/the-787-dreamliner-a-sardine-tin-with-frills-or-a-revolution-in-long-haul-travel/25664/feed/ 3 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/round-world-trips-in-6-hours-proposed-using-high-speed-human-tube-network/25596/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/round-world-trips-in-6-hours-proposed-using-high-speed-human-tube-network/25596/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:58:42 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25596 It's being touted as ‘space travel on Earth’ and a faster alternative to jet travel. Vacuum tube travel is being developed in the hope that it could zip us around the world in just six hours. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/round-world-trips-in-6-hours-proposed-using-high-speed-human-tube-network/25596/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/lego-forest-sprouts-up-in-sydney-cbd/25561/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/lego-forest-sprouts-up-in-sydney-cbd/25561/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:30:54 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25561 4 metre high pine trees and flowers all made of LEGO have taken centre stage this week at Sydney's Martin Place. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/lego-forest-sprouts-up-in-sydney-cbd/25561/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/asia/end-of-long-airport-queues-garuda-indonesia-offers-in-flight-immigration-service/25490/ http://www.terminalu.com/asia/end-of-long-airport-queues-garuda-indonesia-offers-in-flight-immigration-service/25490/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:27:04 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25490 Forget free drinks on your flight - Garuda's free fast-track immigration service is where other airlines are falling short. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/asia/end-of-long-airport-queues-garuda-indonesia-offers-in-flight-immigration-service/25490/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/australia-pacific/australia/jetstar-pilots-abort-landing-after-being-distracted-by-mobile-phone/25474/ http://www.terminalu.com/australia-pacific/australia/jetstar-pilots-abort-landing-after-being-distracted-by-mobile-phone/25474/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:05:47 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25474 The pilots of a Jetstar flight from Darwin in Australia to Singapore were distracted by the captain's mobile phone and forgot to lower the wheels for landing, investigators said. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/australia-pacific/australia/jetstar-pilots-abort-landing-after-being-distracted-by-mobile-phone/25474/feed/ 1 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/parachutes-on-planes-concept-designed-to-prevent-air-crashes/25413/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/parachutes-on-planes-concept-designed-to-prevent-air-crashes/25413/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:20:18 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25413 The idea of having parachutes on planes is nothing new, but fitting them to larger aircraft is one of the radical new ideas being suggested in Geneva this year. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/parachutes-on-planes-concept-designed-to-prevent-air-crashes/25413/feed/ 2 http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/pilot-sends-air-canada-plane-into-dive-thinking-he-would-hit-planet-venus/25403/ http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/pilot-sends-air-canada-plane-into-dive-thinking-he-would-hit-planet-venus/25403/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:04:41 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25403 The disorientated Air Canada first officer woke up from a rest break and forced his plane into a 400ft dive after mistaking the planet Venus for an approaching plane. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/pilot-sends-air-canada-plane-into-dive-thinking-he-would-hit-planet-venus/25403/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/yotels-robot-concierge-can-now-send-your-luggage-to-the-airport-automatically/25376/ http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/yotels-robot-concierge-can-now-send-your-luggage-to-the-airport-automatically/25376/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:27:52 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25376 The 'Yobot' can now transport luggage from the hotel to New York's airports via an underground tunnel system. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/yotels-robot-concierge-can-now-send-your-luggage-to-the-airport-automatically/25376/feed/ 1 http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/used-cooking-oil-powers-dreamliners-first-biofuel-flight/25357/ http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/used-cooking-oil-powers-dreamliners-first-biofuel-flight/25357/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:03:19 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25357 The first Dreamliner to be partially powered by biofuels took to the skies on Tuesday. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/air-travel-news/used-cooking-oil-powers-dreamliners-first-biofuel-flight/25357/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/the-netflix-of-airlines-new-start-up-promises-unlimited-flying-for-800pm/25289/ http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/the-netflix-of-airlines-new-start-up-promises-unlimited-flying-for-800pm/25289/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:25 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25289 The Californian start-up airline hopes its subscription model will be a big hit with frequent flyers. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/n-america/the-netflix-of-airlines-new-start-up-promises-unlimited-flying-for-800pm/25289/feed/ 3 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-plane-returns-to-gatwick-after-smoke-seen-on-board-delays-continue/25297/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-plane-returns-to-gatwick-after-smoke-seen-on-board-delays-continue/25297/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:25:17 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25297 Delays at London Gatwick airport are expected after a Virgin Atlantic plane returned to the airport with smoke in the cabin. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/virgin-atlantic-plane-returns-to-gatwick-after-smoke-seen-on-board-delays-continue/25297/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/air-frances-new-china-route-puts-heathrow-third-runway-back-in-spotlight/25212/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/air-frances-new-china-route-puts-heathrow-third-runway-back-in-spotlight/25212/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:26:31 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25212 Heathrow continues to fall behind its rival European airports for lucrative routes to China because of its lack of slots. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/air-frances-new-china-route-puts-heathrow-third-runway-back-in-spotlight/25212/feed/ 0 http://www.terminalu.com/europe/amsterdam-schiphol-to-offer-new-behind-the-scenes-airport-sightseeing-tour/25199/ http://www.terminalu.com/europe/amsterdam-schiphol-to-offer-new-behind-the-scenes-airport-sightseeing-tour/25199/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:29:26 +0000 TERMINAL U staff http://www.terminalu.com/?p=25199 The European hub airport is offering travellers behind the scenes access to its operations on a new coach tour. [Read more]]]> http://www.terminalu.com/europe/amsterdam-schiphol-to-offer-new-behind-the-scenes-airport-sightseeing-tour/25199/feed/ 0