‘Airplane Mode’ season finale: Flying with fish on Icelandair, behind the scenes in Singapore first-class and extra
A lot of you may have tuned in and loved our AvGeek adventures all world wide in our newest season of “Airplane Mode.”
This season’s closing episode takes an thrilling behind-the-scenes look at how Icelandair flies Icelandic fish to the U.S.
The Icelandic fish lands on plates at high-end eating places in Boston and New York Metropolis faster than fish from U.S. fishing boats can.
On this episode, we take to the seas to catch “Colin the Cod.” We discover the processing plant on the bottom, then fly on an Icelandair Boeing 767 with Colin within the stomach of the maintain. The story continues in Boston as Colin is ready on the restaurant Authorized Sea Meals.
You may try your entire episode proper right here:
In case you’re able to binge, here is a roundup of this season’s different episodes. You would possibly wish to block out a while as a result of — like Colin the Cod — it’s possible you’ll get, nicely, hooked.
Within the subsequent video, we take an interesting have a look at the way forward for air journey. California-based Wisk is growing the world’s first self-flying, four-seater, electric-powered air taxi with vertical takeoff and touchdown performance.
Subsequent up, we see if I can cross the brand new first-class coaching program check at British Airways’ International Studying Academy.
The video additionally exhibits a traditional British afternoon tea at Lodge Cafe Royal. It goes behind the scenes on the services of Do & Co — the caterers for British Airways — at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) and exhibits how they make the right scone to function a part of the first-class expertise.
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I obtained unique behind-the-scenes entry at one of many solely industrial runways on this planet that could be a public seashore.
The video exhibits how an airport operates in an surroundings the place the runway disappears twice each day because of the tide. We additionally meet the workers — a lot of whom double, triple, or quadruple up as air visitors controllers, baggage handlers, check-in brokers, dispatchers and extra.
This one was one among my favorites to movie. We go behind the scenes with Singapore Airways to learn the way and why it received “Finest Worldwide First Class” on the TPG Awards.
Final however not least, our viral video of the sequence pulls again the veil on Airbus’ Beluga XL.
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