Qantas suspends plans to launch 19-and-a-half-hour direct flights from London and New York to Sydney and shelves order for 12 Airbus A350s for the services CEO Alan Joyce said it was not the right time to pursue the order due to Covid-19 Last year, Qantas carried out test flights from New York and London to … Read more
Since we can’t go on holiday – here’s how to bring a bit of holiday into your home. MailOnline Travel asked staff members from some of Britain’s poshest hotels – including The Landmark London and The Lowry in Manchester, as well as a designer and etiquette expert William Hanson – for advice on adding five-star-hotel … Read more
These photographs are a tonic for troubled times. They’re MailOnline Travel’s pick of the 50 images shortlisted in a contest called #Spring2020, run by photo app Agora. It asked photographers around the world to send in their best shots of the season that breathes new life into the world. In total 14,596 photos were submitted … Read more
Social distancing on aircraft would lead to airfares rising to between 43 and 54 per cent, just for carriers to break even, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned. It explains that social distancing measures on aircraft would fundamentally shift the economics of aviation by slashing the maximum load factor to 62 per cent, … Read more
Revealed: Britons are set to holiday like never before with a third saying they will travel ‘more than ever’ once coronavirus restrictions are lifted In a poll of UK adults, 75% said they are now more appreciative of free travel However, 25% said they would be more cautious when travelling in future Meanwhile, 23% said … Read more
Pictured: The incredible 24-person submarine with vast panoramic windows that will take tourists to depths of up to 328ft in air-conditioned comfort The Triton DeepView 24 affords passengers amazing views from the comfort of a 50ft-long interior It has been made by Florida-based Triton Submarines, which made the record-breaking Limiting Factor The Limiting Factor vessel … Read more
The European flag quiz that only 10% of Britons could score full marks on (with millennials performing worst) – see how many YOU can match to the correct country Generation Z (18-25) performed the best, followed by Baby Boomers Generation X did slightly better than the worst performers, the Millennials The fastest time that the … Read more
Edinburgh to London at over 3,000mph: Mesmerising speeded-up driver’s-eye footage of a train completing the capital-to-capital journey in SIX MINUTES LNER has released fascinating footage of the trip down the east coast of the UK During the six-minute clip, the train travels at the equivalent speed of 3,274mph Places it passes along the way include Newcastle, … Read more
There are few places in all of France as forbidding as this abandoned 19th-century prison – as these eerie pictures show. They were taken by French photographer Romain Veillon inside the city of Autun jail, which has a design much-dreaded among prisoners – panopticon, a word derived from panoptes, the Greek for ‘all-seeing’. The cylindrical … Read more
The Clash’s hit song Should I Stay Or Should I Go feels eerily appropriate for holidaymakers right now. But with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advising against all non-essential overseas travel, things do not look promising. So is the idea of a trip in July, August or the autumn just wishful thinking? Here are … Read more