Billionaire Branson returns to Earth after a space voyage
Billionaire Branson returns to Earth after a space voyage
AFP / Updated: Jul 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
Swashbuckling entrepreneur
Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The nearly 71-year-old
Branson and five crewmates from his
Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles (88 km) over the New Mexico desert enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth and then safely glided home to a runway landing.
“Seventeen years of hard work to get us this far,’’ a jubilant Branson said as he congratulated his team on the trip back aboard the sleek white space plane, named Unity.
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The lucky fourteen winners of the first International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM London, have been revealed this evening (Tuesday 6 November) at a glittering awards ceremony in London.
The award winners were honored in front of an audience of more than 500 senior industry professionals at the Grade I-listed Tobacco Dock, near WTM London’s ExCeL venue.
Judged by an independent panel of experts from around the world, the 14 awards showcase the best in class of the global travel and tourism industry.
Nick Pilbeam, Divisional Director at WTM London’s parent company, Reed Exhibitions led the judging panel alongside UNWTO’s Director of Communications, Marcelo Risi.
The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic, will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October 28, 2014; Washington from December 17, 2014; Newark
The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic, will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October 28, 2014; Washington from December 17, 2014; Newark from January 19, 2015; and New York from February 28, 2015.
Virgin Atlantic Airways will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its launch by introducing the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its ‘Old England to New England’ route between London and Boston this winter, the carrier confirmed earlier this year. The airline’s first 787-9 is currently in assembly and is due to roll-out and fly this month and will be delivered to the airline in October 2014.