Despite all the rainy days, Portland, Oregon is known as one of the most bike-friendly and bike-able cities around. Stenciled bike-riders with personality are everywhere – And the city makes it easy to take a bike on the MAX light rail train that runs to and from Portland International Airport, where there’s bicycle parking and […]
Besides the story about the Charlotte-bound US Airways plane that had to return to the gate in Atlanta because maggots started dropping from an overhead bin (watch video at your own risk…) …the best aviation-related story making the rounds today was about yet another FAA-approved flying car. The Christian Science Monitor’s story about the Terrafugia […]
(Photo courtesy Jeff Wells) It may a bit off-putting to learn that the giant sculpture outside Denver International Airport right now is Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead. But keep in mind that this 26-foot tall, 7-ton statue is merely there to promote an exhibit opening later this month at the Denver Art Museum. […]
We all knew this was coming – someday – right? Spirit Airlines announced that, come August 1st, you’ll need to pay a fee (up to $45 if you wait until the last minute) to stow a bag, a box, or that container holding our uncle’s cremains in the overhead bin. The alternatives? Check your bags […]
For my At the Airport column on USAToday.com this month, Airport wars escalate with attack ads aimed at rivals, I wrote about a new YouTube video about San Francisco International Airport, that features cameo appearances by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Marion & Vivian Brown, the kooky 83-year-old identical twins who have become beloved San […]
Earlier this week, while waiting for Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger’s presentation at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, I spent some time in the Amelia Earhart exhibit. And while I don’t think I’ll take up flying my own plane anytime soon, I keep thinking about getting some new luggage. Amelia Earhart endorsed a long […]
Despite all the rainy days, Portland, Oregon is known as one of the most bike-friendly and bike-able cities around. Stenciled bike-riders with personality are everywhere – And the city makes it easy to take a bike on the MAX light rail train that runs to and from Portland International Airport, where there’s bicycle parking and […]
Besides the story about the Charlotte-bound US Airways plane that had to return to the gate in Atlanta because maggots started dropping from an overhead bin (watch video at your own risk…) …the best aviation-related story making the rounds today was about yet another FAA-approved flying car. The Christian Science Monitor’s story about the Terrafugia […]
(Photo courtesy Jeff Wells) It may a bit off-putting to learn that the giant sculpture outside Denver International Airport right now is Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead. But keep in mind that this 26-foot tall, 7-ton statue is merely there to promote an exhibit opening later this month at the Denver Art Museum. […]
We all knew this was coming – someday – right? Spirit Airlines announced that, come August 1st, you’ll need to pay a fee (up to $45 if you wait until the last minute) to stow a bag, a box, or that container holding our uncle’s cremains in the overhead bin. The alternatives? Check your bags […]
For my At the Airport column on USAToday.com this month, Airport wars escalate with attack ads aimed at rivals, I wrote about a new YouTube video about San Francisco International Airport, that features cameo appearances by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Marion & Vivian Brown, the kooky 83-year-old identical twins who have become beloved San […]
Earlier this week, while waiting for Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger’s presentation at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, I spent some time in the Amelia Earhart exhibit. And while I don’t think I’ll take up flying my own plane anytime soon, I keep thinking about getting some new luggage. Amelia Earhart endorsed a long […]
Here’s a nice story I found in this month’s PDXaminer, a newsletter for the people who work at Portland International Airport (PDX) Two employees from Portland Habilitation Center (PHC), the company that provides the janitorial services at the airport, came up with an idea that does something nice for kids going into foster care while […]
My Well Mannered Traveler column – Mishandled baggage: Mission Accomplished? – on MSNBC.com this week is all about the odds of having your checked baggage arrive at your destination airport when you do – and the airlines’ efforts to improve those odds. The good news is that those odds have been improving. According to statistics […]
According to recently released statistics from the Department of Transportation (DOT), airlines appear to be getting better at keeping track of checked bags. Plenty of bags still go missing. And some bags do get stolen. But according to the Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), in 2009 the mishandled bag rate was […]