World’s first virtual airline takes off

Japan’s First Airlines has become the world’s first virtual airline – offering a flight experience using Virtual Reality technology without leaving the ground in Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The Airline uses A380 or A340 seats. Passengers, make reservations, check-in, are given a boarding pass, wear VR headsets and experience a simulated takeoff and landing. There are…

Air Italy: The Alitalia Killer?

Could this new airline spell the end for the failing flag carrier? Italian airline carrier Meridiana officially changed its name to Air Italy with support of its new shareholder, Qatar Airways. The airline formerly known as Meridiana, founded as Alisarda in the 1960s in an aim of promoting tourism in Sardinia, purchased Air Italy in late 2011,…