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It’s 25 years today since the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up just 73 seconds after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 28, 1986. Read More…
If heights don’t make you lose your lunch, eating at At.mosphere will be one for the books. The restaurant sits at Level 122 – 442 metres up – on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, in Dubai.
The 210-seater will serve comtemporary European cuisine – prime cuts of beef, organic poultry and seafood. Sadly, no pigeon.
When you’re finished eating, you can head two floors up to the At The Top observation deck where you can round off dinner by buying gold bars. From a vending machine. And the experts said Dubai was done and dusted. Well, it ain’t over until the last vending machine is empty …
TAP Portugal will cease flights on the Lisbon-Johannesburg route from June 1, the airline said this week.
The carrier plans to focus on its direct route between Maputo and Lisbon. Travellers wishing to fly from Johannesburg will be accommodated on short-haul flights on Mozambican carrier LAM and South African Airways.
A connecting flight is, by definition, a poor substitute for a direct flight but it’s clear from the move that TAP sees more value in its Maputo connection. It also means much less competition: instead of scrapping with dozens of European and Gulf airlines over the same little pie, TAP and LAM will operate the Maputo-Lisbon route together under a codeshare agreement. Read More…
Today is summit day for the Kilimanjaro Coffee Climbers. It’s definitely not summer up where they are. And the air is thin. Read More…
1time airline says it is determined to find out what killed 751 African Grey parrots on one of the carrier’s flights from Johannesburg to Durban on Christmas Eve. Read More…
Freelance writer Sean O’Toole, well known to Sunday Times readers, has joined an Kilimanjaro expedition which hopes raise awareness of melting glaciers and the plight faced by coffee farmers on the mountain’s lower slopes. Read More…
If you’re afraid of flying, here’s something to chew on. Read More…
