[This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News] When the pandemic hit, Vanessa Mumford-Minshull of Campbell, CA scrambled to cancel a multi-leg, multi-airline European trip for four people. She asked for refunds. Airlines automatically issued vouchers. “I sent email saying, ‘I don’t want this,’ but got no answer,” says […]
Like many other carriers, Frontier Airlines recently changed its policy regarding emotional support animals flying inside the plane: they are no longer welcome. But a growing menagerie of animals continues to adorn the tails of all Frontier Airlines planes. There are land animals, such as Al the Roadrunner. Endangered species, such as Hugh the Manatee. […]
Food not included… Are you a fan of British Airways? The airline knows that many people are yearning for something – anything – to remind them of the excitement of flying somewhere on a plane. So the airline is feeding that hunger by putting some of its unneeded in-flight service items on sale. Just in […]
The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc worldwide with health, business and travel. The health part is head-spinning, as more people are being diagnosed with the virus and the reported death toll is rising. If you’re not sick and need to travel somewhere for work, to be with family or for a long-planned vacation, you may […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has a new, easier to understand gate numbering system. Previously, there was a continuous numbering system across all terminals and concourses, from 1 to 102. The new gate numbering system breaks it down to specific concourses within each terminal. Here’s a handy video to help explain how it works: […]
The next time you feel antsy on a long flight, think about how much longer your flight could be. Qantas just took a big step closer to creating a regular non-stop commercial flight that will last 20 hours. Over the weekend, Qantas operated a special flight from New York to Sydney that spent 19 hours […]
[This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News] When the pandemic hit, Vanessa Mumford-Minshull of Campbell, CA scrambled to cancel a multi-leg, multi-airline European trip for four people. She asked for refunds. Airlines automatically issued vouchers. “I sent email saying, ‘I don’t want this,’ but got no answer,” says […]
Like many other carriers, Frontier Airlines recently changed its policy regarding emotional support animals flying inside the plane: they are no longer welcome. But a growing menagerie of animals continues to adorn the tails of all Frontier Airlines planes. There are land animals, such as Al the Roadrunner. Endangered species, such as Hugh the Manatee. […]
Food not included… Are you a fan of British Airways? The airline knows that many people are yearning for something – anything – to remind them of the excitement of flying somewhere on a plane. So the airline is feeding that hunger by putting some of its unneeded in-flight service items on sale. Just in […]
The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc worldwide with health, business and travel. The health part is head-spinning, as more people are being diagnosed with the virus and the reported death toll is rising. If you’re not sick and need to travel somewhere for work, to be with family or for a long-planned vacation, you may […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has a new, easier to understand gate numbering system. Previously, there was a continuous numbering system across all terminals and concourses, from 1 to 102. The new gate numbering system breaks it down to specific concourses within each terminal. Here’s a handy video to help explain how it works: […]
The next time you feel antsy on a long flight, think about how much longer your flight could be. Qantas just took a big step closer to creating a regular non-stop commercial flight that will last 20 hours. Over the weekend, Qantas operated a special flight from New York to Sydney that spent 19 hours […]
Dutch flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of the world’s oldest airlines and the oldest airline still flying under its original name. The airline celebrated its centenary on Monday, October 7 with more than 3500 friends, frequent flyers and supporters at a party inside an airplane hangar at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. At the […]
KLM, Royal Dutch Airways, turns 100 on October 7 and celebrations marking the milestone event are already underway. A great exhibit drawing from KLM’s extensive collection of more the 250,000 images has been on view at the Amsterdam City Archives. And on October 7, a hoopla event will take place in a KLM hangar at […]
