Vancouver Airport Authority has installed new thermoplastic markings to one of its main taxiways (Taxiway Lima), which will replace the paint used in the past. Thermoplastic might sound futuristic and complex, but it’s essentially surface markings that are pre-cut and pre-coloured signs that form a strong bond with the concrete upon application to the taxiway. […]
Future Travel Experience: What Apple Watch could mean for airports and airlines
Story courtesy Future Travel Experience Apple has launched its long-awaited smartwatch, named the Apple Watch (not the iWatch as many expected), and the consumer tech world has since been going crazy, with many asking if this is the product that will send wearable technology into the mainstream. The sheer level of interest, the largely positive […]
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Virgin Galactic and Land Rover launch Trip to Space competition
Four aspiring astronauts will have the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to space in Land Rover’s Galactic Discovery competition. The winners will be among the first pioneering travellers to view the earth from space and experience out-of-seat zero gravity. The Virgin Galactic space flight prize was announced to audiences around the world through a […]
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Upcycling airplane leather into shoes and soccer balls
After a recent large-scale redesign of many of its 737 aircraft, U.S.-based Southwest Airlines found itself with an excess of 80,000 leather seat covers—enough to fill the Empire State Building. The replacement of leather seat coverings with a durable lightweight material was done in order to reduce aircraft weight—272 kilograms per plane—and thus fuel consumption. […]
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Virgin Atlantic flights to Vancouver ended October 11, 2014
Virgin Atlantic’s summer seasonal direct service from Vancouver to London Heathrow service ended on October 11, 2014. Virgin previously operated five flights per week from Vancouver, its only Canadian destination. Virgin is also ending service between London and Tokyo’s Narita airport; between London and Mumbai, India, on February 1; and winter seasonal service to Cape […]
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Canada Post opens state-of-the-art facility on Sea Island
Canada Post’s brand new state-of-the-art 65,000-square-metre Pacific Processing Centre (PPC) Sea Island facility is now open. As part of a nationwide postal transformation effort, which began in 2008, Canada Post relocated its operations from both the Vancouver Mail Processing Plant at West Georgia Street and the Vancouver Parcel Distribution Centre at No. 6 Road, Richmond, […]
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Two private pilots accept challenge to land in 49 U.S. state capitals in two weeks
The challenge of flying a private, general aviation airplane to all 49 state capitals in the Lower 48 plus Alaska in just two weeks is one that most private pilots would never accept. It is, however, the flight plan for a journey being attempted by two veteran pilots to raise public awareness about smaller, municipal […]
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