Airport Technology • 8th August 2024

Archer aiming to “hit the ground running” with Los Angeles eVTOL network

Archer Aviation, one of the leading electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturers, has revealed plans for a Los Angeles air mobility network in Southern California, US with hopes to launch services by 2026. 


The ambitious plan includes vertiports at a range of high-profile locations around the city and its surrounding areas including Los Angeles International Airport, Hollywood Burbank, and Santa Monica. Bryan Bernhard, Archer’s chief growth & infrastructure officer (CG...

Airport Technology • 30th May 2024

"This airport offers a memorable experience" – Abu Dhabi Airports CEO on Zayed International

The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing regions in the aviation market, thanks to its strategic position for international connections and the significant push by local governments to highlight the area as a prime tourist destination. 


This has led to billions of dollars being invested into aviation infrastructure in the region, with much of the investment coming from the United Arab Emirates, which has already managed to make Dubai International Airport the second busiest in the world....

Ship Technology • 30th October 2023

“Technologically dense”: on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough

When asked what makes the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) different from most ships, Captain Will Whately immediately starts listing off the vessel’s many capabilities, “We’ve got aircraft capability, we’ve got icebreaking, we’ve got dynamic positioning” He says. 


Captain Whately goes on to name the quietness of the engine, enabling the use of acoustic equipment, the ship’s cargo capabilities, the scientific winch systems, and sensors under the waterline as he describes the vessel he has bee...

Gef - Isle of Man • 23rd July 2021

Manx Talent Behind Olympics Advert

Isle of Man born Rachel Miles was one of the creatives to work on the BBC’s ‘Let’s Go There’ Tokyo 2020 ad campaign which was launched earlier this month during the Euros.


The main campaign video features a tour of Tokyo’s bright cityscape intertwined with the names and faces of Team GB.


Rachel said: ‘My role as a Creative is to come up with the big idea with my creative partner, Michael Tsim and follow the campaign through from start to finish. Being a creative in advertising means writin...

Railway Technology • 15th April 2024

The future is now for the Channel Tunnel

Though there are hundreds of new rail infrastructure projects each year in Europe, few have perhaps retained the public’s interest as much as the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France, which will celebrate thirty years of operation this year. 


Despite being almost three decades old, the 50.45km tunnel is still the third longest rail tunnel in the world and the longest subsea rail tunnel, carrying an average of 20 million passengers a year across Le Shuttle, the rail operator owned by Eurot...

Isle of Man • 29th September 2022

Isle of Pride charity to wind up but efforts for new group begin

Isle of Pride, which has been running since 2019 and ran the island’s first two major pride events, will be dissolved with directors stating a hope for future endeavours ‘steered by the LGBTQIA+ community.’The charity said: ‘Our decision comes after having delivered two successful Pride festivals and supported Youth Pride, along with diversity and inclusion educational and training sessions in the workplace, schools and healthcare settings.‘All of which is thanks to the vision and hard work of o...

Ship Technology • 12th April 2024

The search for maritime's sustainable future in Copenhagen

Denmark might be small but its impact on the global shipping industry is outsized and with some of Europe’s (if not the world’s) largest firms based in its capital city, Copenhagen has become one of the focal points for sustainable-focussed innovation as the industry looks for answers to its decarbonisation problems. 


To find out more about what’s being done to support the future of maritime and the environment, Ship Technology took a tour of the city and spoke to some of its leading business...

Gef - Isle of Man • 22nd August 2021

The Island’s Hidden Homeless

Though many of us are quick to point out a perceived flaw in the island’s society, one issue that often doesn’t get the attention it perhaps deserves is the Isle of Man’s homelessness problem. 



In the wake of the Tynwald Select Committee’s report on poverty from July, Gef spoke to homeless charities Graih and Housing Matters (HM) about how big the problem is on the Isle of Man, what the main issues are and why attitudes need to change. 



Graih is a homeless charity based in The Alph...

Isle of Man • 6th September 2022

Walking the coast for mental health

A man who set out to walk around the whole coast of the UK and its islands has included the Isle of Man as part of his attempt to raise awareness of mental health issues and the importance that walking can play in getting better.52 year old Clive Brown left everything behind in Cornwall this May to begin the challenge after talking with a friend about the particularly bad time he had been having following a series of difficult events in his personal life.Clive explained that he just wanted to go...

Airport Technology • 7th December 2023

“Flight attendants are very angry”:  United MEC President

The past year has been full of contract disputes and striking workers across many sectors and countries, so it’s perhaps no surprise that the aviation industry has also been impacted, with airport and airline staff alike carrying out industrial action against their employers – including flight attendants at United Airlines.  


In the US, the two powerhouse airlines – American Airlines and United – have both failed to come to an agreement with their respective flight attendants’ unions. Meanwhi...