04/22/18
Hotels, airlines, airports do their part for Earth Day. And some of those efforts involve deals for travelers. →
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10/10/17
Flying to, from - or over - France? Another strike by French air traffic controllers may put a crimp in your schedule. Plus: travel stats you can chat about. →
06/03/17
What do airlines owe you if you flight is delayed or canceled due to an IT issue, mechanical problem, weather or other issue? →
01/06/16
The airport yoga studio trend is continuing. Good thing, because travelers are still getting stuck at the airport - and in airplanes - for very long periods of time. →
07/17/15
Travel enough and you’ll have one of those days when a short flight delay turns into a long one. Then that long delay turns into an unreasonably long one. And then the airline informs you that, contrary to what the mechanics have been saying for the past three or four hours, the airplane you’ve been →
05/07/14
Makeover in the making for LAX →
10/09/13
On Monday, arriving U.S. passengers from international flights at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 4 began using automated passport machines to speed their trip through customs. Similar self-service machines already in use at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5, and at two airports in Canada (Vancouver and Montreal) are already helping to significantly cut down wait →
12/07/11
While I’ve had my share of long waits, I’ve thankfully never been one of those passengers held hostage for hours on end on a plane waiting to take off or deliver passengers at an airport So, last night, when the captain of my Lufthansa flight on a small plane heading from Munich Airport to Geneva →
05/22/10
(Strahov Monastery library, Prague. Photos courtesy Curious Expeditions , via Flickr) Over the years I’ve heard from one or two US airports that were toying with the idea of letting their local library have a cart somewhere in the terminal where travelers could check out and return library books. But so far, it seems nothing →
04/29/10
(Denver Airport – courtesy Gregory Thow) A new set of DOT rules go into effect today promising a wide variety of protections for airline travelers. As I outlined in an msnbc.com column, Something for everyone in the DOT rules, these regulations offer quite a bit more than just the assurance that passengers will be let →