Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Thursday, May 29, 2008

A giant "telescope" connects New York and London

An extraordinary optical device called a “telectroscope” has been installed at both ends of the Atlantic Ocean which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from New York City to London and vice versa.

In May-June, artist Paul St George is exhibiting outdoor interactive video installations in a fanciful simulated Telectroscope. This original piece of art involves two giant copper and wood lenses pushing their way out of the earth at the Brooklyn Bridge and at the London City Hall. The artist claims a giant tunnel connects them ... and the excited crowds peering and waving at each other across the Atlantic.







Tuesday, May 6, 2008

A closer look at London..

Big Ben

The London Eye

London City

Hyde Park

Friday, November 16, 2007

Continental to launch Heathrow flights

Continental Airlines is to make Heathrow debut by launching twice-daily nonstop service from both its Newark and Houston hubs on March 29. The world's fifth largest airline revealed plans to begin services to London’s Heathrow Airport under the new US-European open skies rules. The airline will operate at Terminal 4, which will be the future base for all SkyTeam group carriers operating at the airport. Continental’s Heathrow flights will be flown on the 283-seat Boeing 777-200 and the 174-seat Boeing 767-200ER. The airline said it will continue to offer its existing flights from Newark, Houston and Cleveland to London/Gatwick.

Continental had been prevented from operating from Heathrow by the restrictive US-UK bilateral air services agreement. The Houston-based airline has served Gatwick since 1985.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Singapore Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A380

This morning, Singapore Airlines took delivery of the world’s first A380 at a special ceremony at Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. The 'super-jumbo' aircraft will make its debut on October 25 with an inaugural flight between Singapore and Sydney, with the majority of seats sold for charity on eBay. Then, on October 28, the A380 will commence scheduled service on the Singapore-Sydney route on one of the three daily flights in each direction.

Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it will operate an A380 aircraft on one of its daily flights between Singapore and London’s Heathrow Airport from the first quarter of 2008.