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Topic: Long flights

Qantas Airways long-haul flights are not meant for cattle class

David Fickling - October 20, 2019

The only way airlines can make decent money flying to the far side of the world is by letting business class subsidise the rest of the cabin.

Spicy food, bright lights — how the world’s longest flight aims to beat jet lag

Angus Whitley - October 18, 2019

It’s a key test run as Qantas Airways prepares to start direct commercial services connecting Sydney with New York and London as soon as 2022.

Human guinea pigs about to embark on world’s first 20-hour airline flight

Angus Whitley - October 15, 2019

Researchers will screen the brains of pilots in Qantas’ Dreamliner for alertness, while monitoring the food, sleep and activity of few dozen passengers.

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Opinion

Goa residents are anxious about Dabolim airport shutdown talk. It’s a lifeline

Karanjeet Kaur - February 24, 2026

Mopa serves Maharashtra more than Goa. 'Mopa is an economic engine, but 75% of the tourists who land there go to Sindhudurg,' South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes said

Boong director has a spine of steel. Her BAFTA speech exposed Manipur’s truth to the world

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What a viral monkey, an IKEA plush toy, and a US Supreme Court ruling reveal about tariffs

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Economy

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

Udit Bubna - February 24, 2026

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

Defence

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

Snehesh Alex Philip - February 23, 2026

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta - February 21, 2026

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

Topic: Long flights

Qantas Airways long-haul flights are not meant for cattle class

Spicy food, bright lights — how the world’s longest flight aims to beat jet lag

Human guinea pigs about to embark on world’s first 20-hour airline flight

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Goa residents are anxious about Dabolim airport shutdown talk. It’s a lifeline

Boong director has a spine of steel. Her BAFTA speech exposed Manipur’s truth to the world

What a viral monkey, an IKEA plush toy, and a US Supreme Court ruling reveal about tariffs

Economy

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

Defence

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

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