The Independent - 25.08.2019

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 UP IN THE AIR As British Airways turns 100, Simon Calder picks out seven key things that make the UK natio ...

aspiration of flight, and it soon began to appear on aircraft. The logo, but not the callsign, was retired in 1984, but made a r ...

To the 21st-century passenger watching their seatback TV or listening to music via their AirPods, the concept seems ridiculous: ...

Many of the pilots flying BA’s fleet of Airbus A380 “SuperJumbo” long-haul aircraft transferred from the short-haul fleet – curr ...

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 The unsung hero of aviation Heathrow may be celebrating the centenary of BA’s first commercial flight, but ...

now a treasure trove of aviation nerdery. After the First World War, when the commercial flying ban was finally lifted, the then ...

dinners and fabulous overnight stays. Flying became more glamorous over the years, with the invention of purpose-built airliner ...

guides from the Croydon Airport Society, who’ll show you around the old departures hall and take you up to the air traffic contr ...

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 Asia’s best-kept secret From grown-up backpacking to hot springs, Taiwan is the travel hotspot you never t ...

island’s loftiest – and climbing it is considered a rite of passage for many local people. But Xueshan – Snow Mountain – is argu ...

Taiwan has some stand-out bike trails (Getty/iStockphoto) The street food is seriously good Every Taiwanese city has (at least) ...

With their street-art-style murals, contemporary furniture and creative crowds, Taiwan’s hostels set the bar for budget digs. In ...

Don’t expect to pay more than NT$2,010 (£50) per night for a king-size room in a boutique hotel – and you can get a decent doubl ...

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 MARATHON FLYING Simon Calder on the nonstop London-Sydney Qantas link Qantas is working on ‘Project Sunris ...

But Qantas can minimise the environmental damage by restricting baggage (or charging a fortune for it) and by limiting choice of ...

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 What can we do now our flight has been cancelled? San Francisco: BA must get you to your destination on th ...

a full refund or rebook on another British Airways flight on the website, ba.com, for the vast majority of travellers neither of ...

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019 SANDS OF TIME Our travel correspondent Simon Calder is making the most of the UK in August by taking on a ...

Seek local guidance.” And if you Google “Across Morecambe Bay”, you learn that it is feasible to take a seabed stroll only in th ...

Mud larks: the surface looks lunar (Simon Calder) Sand sculpture: Morecambe Bay from Grange- over-Sands (Simon Calder) Timing is ...