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6 Top Transatlantic Cruises for 2024

Transatlantic cruises are unique when you compare them to traditional cruises most people book for family trips and romantic getaways. These voyages tend to be longer in general, and they have more built-in days at sea and offer a lot more time on board as a result. Repositioning cruises that include a transatlantic crossing tend to attract more retirees and travelers who just want to relax and enjoy their ships' amenities, especially since fewer days in port means fewer excursions and more time doing nothing at all.That said, the fact that transatlantic cruises can last as few as seven nights means they may fit in your plans more easily than you may think. There are also some benefits to transatlantic crossings that may not be obvious, including lower nightly rates, more onboard credit, ...

Virgin Atlantic to fly 100 per cent SAF transatlantic flight – Business Traveller

Virgin Atlantic is set to operate the first transatlantic flight powered by 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed London Heathrow for New York JFK International at 1130, under the label ‘Flight100’. Commercial aircraft are currently limited to a maximum blend of 50 per cent SAF and 50 per cent conventional jet fuel, but this flight will mark the first time that a commercial airline has operated a 100 per cent SAF-fuelled transatlantic flight. Virgin aims to prove that SAF is a “safe drop-in replacement for fossil derived jet fuel”, meaning that it can be used on the current engines and aircraft. The SAF used on this flight will be a blend of 88 per cent hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) and 12 per cent synthetic aromatic ker...

United will fly to 38 transatlantic cities in summer 2024 – Business Traveller

United Airlines says it will operate its largest ever transatlantic schedules next summer, with new routes, additional frequencies and an earlier start to the season. The US carrier will become the first and only airline to offer nonstop flights between the US and Faro, with a four-times-weekly service from New York’s Newark airport starting on 24 May, 2024. The Boeing 757-200 route will add to United’s existing Portguese services between Newark and Lisbon, Washington Dulles and Lisbon, Newark and Porto, and Newark and Ponta Delgada in the Azores. Meanwhile the carrier will resume seasonal flights between Newark and Reykjavik on 23 May next year, for the first time since summer 2022, and will add second daily frequencies between Newark and Brussels, and between Washington and Rome. Sever...