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British Airways | BRITISH AIRWAYS BECOMES THE FIRST AIRLINE TO SERVE PRESTIGE CUVÉE ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE ON BOARD
27 Mar 2025
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British Airways | British Airways’ new-look Seattle lounge becomes the latest to open its doors as part of the airline’s global lounge refresh programme
21 Feb 2025
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British Airways | British Airways Holidays launches 2025 Travel Trends Report
18 Feb 2025
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British Airways | British Airways to acquire Boeing’s Gatwick MRO hangar facility, securing jobs and expanding its presence at the airport
17 Feb 2025
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British Airways | ‘The Club’ gets more rewarding as British Airways improves and extends its Bonus Tier Point offer and gives more detail on the many ways members can achieve Bronze, Silver and Gold status
05 Feb 2025
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30 Jan 2025
British Airways | Introducing The British Airways Club: More ways to earn Tier Points than ever before
30 Dec 2024
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British Airways | Introducing The British Airways Club: More ways to earn Tier Points than ever before
30 Dec 2024
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British Airways | 20 for ‘25: British Airways spotlights 20 destinations for 2025 as January sale launches
20 Dec 2024
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British Airways | Step into Christmas: British Airways decks the halls with festive celebrations for a truly British Original Christmas
02 Dec 2024
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
