Ted Thornhill

‘Oscars for airports’ names Doha’s Hamad International best airport in the world for 2024, Newark Liberty snares the gong for best new terminal… and the UK (yet again) fails to win a single award in any category

By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 13:00 EDT, 17 April 2024 | Updated: 13:04 EDT, 17 April 2024 Doha's…

2 weeks ago

How hard is it to land an airliner in a crosswind – and take off in fog… with an engine failure? The Mail finds out in a thrilling Boeing 777 flight-simulator lesson with a BA captain

Ted Thornhill visits BA's impressive Flight Training Centre near HeathrowThere he has a 777 flight-sim lesson from senior training captain…

2 months ago

Inside Obertauern, the ski resort made famous by The Beatles that gets so much snow it’s ‘climate-change-proof’ – and a stay at a VERY seductive hotel there with a heavenly pool and rooms with bedside condoms

MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill checked in to the newly opened Obertauern Places Hotel Obertauern – which lies 1,740m above sea level…

4 months ago