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Virgin Air To Create Supersonic Passenger Flight PDF Print E-mail


Virgin Galactic flights from London to New York in less than four hours could be offered as soon as 2023. CEO Sir Richard Branson announced his company is working with Denver-based U.S. aircraft developer Boom to create the prototype.

It’s estimated that the initial intercontinental supersonic flights will be expensive, probably as high as $5,000. However, as competition grows and many airlines develop advanced aircraft, costs are expected to drop to current ticket prices. www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/15/richard-branson-supersonic-flight-virgin-boom

 
Guest Call: Room Service? Send Up Your Shrink PDF Print E-mail


Luxury hotels offer all kinds of room service amenities to their guests. Champagne, fancy dinners, escorts and more. Now the upscale Corinthia Hotel in London UK provides a psychiatrist and all the trimming for guests who are in need of soothing mental ministrations.

An overnight package deal costs $770 per person for one of the hotel’s special Superior King rooms. It includes dinner, breakfast, massage, yoga and psychiatric consultation. For non-guests who visit for the two-hour version of the experience, the cost is a mere $350.

Consider the emotional distress that happened due to the recent presidential election. It shouldn’t be too long before some ritzy U.S. hotels offer the same mental recovery treatment to its guests. For more info, go to www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/corinthia-london-hotel-launches-worlds-first-neuroscientist-in-residence

 
Huh? Yahoo Suggests Vacation In Lovely Iran! PDF Print E-mail


In a recent article, the website pondered the idea of vacationing in the beautiful land of Iran. Of course, as soon as your flight lands, the first thing you should ask is where’s the nearest kosher restaurant.

Also, while donning your required burka head covering, you may enjoy watching the latest death to America march and flag-burning ceremony in downtown Tehran. If visiting Iran isn’t in your plans, how about booking some time in the deliriously happy land of North Korea.

 
Tokyo, Japan: Airport Info Robot A Sign Of The Future PDF Print E-mail


He’s three feet high, rolls around the passenger areas and communicates. He gives info and answers questions in English, Japanese and Chinese. He’ll list flight times, describe various airport services and generally make your Tokyo Haneda airport experience more relaxing.

 
Survey: USA Today Ranks Top 30 Airports In The USA PDF Print E-mail


We always appreciate the interesting travel articles we see daily in the prestigious news source. However, we must voice an opinion on the above pronouncement.

We find the list quite believable, but only under perfect conditions. There’s no such heavenly place as a top airport unless you’re a flight-bound pro athlete or crooked politician with unlimited millions of bucks.

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