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Being stuck at the airport: no day at the beach

04/12/08

The travel news this week has been all about American Airlines, all those canceled flights, and all those travelers left stuck at the airport. Today – Saturday – was supposed to be better. But then the airline scrapped yet another 200 flights. That means that a lot of folks will stay stuck at the airport. […]

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Party on?

04/09/08

Bad news for travelers booked on American Airlines flights today. Yesterday the airline canceled 500 flights to check on the wiring in its fleet of MD-80 aircraft. Today, the airline is canceling another 850 flights. At Dallas-Fort Worth International airport, that means another 251 flights have been scrapped. To make matters worse: severe weather is […]

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Sleep-over at DFW! You bring the s’mores.

04/08/08

American Airlines canceled another 500 flights on Tuesday to check a wiring issue on their fleet of MD-80 airplanes. 193 of those canceled flights were scheduled to depart from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Some displaced travelers have been put up at hotels. Others got out of there on non-MD-80 flights. Still, a lot of people […]

What’s worse? Delta Airlines or the dentist?

03/27/08

Ever play that game, “What’s worse…”? While I spent an hour stuck in a dentist’s chair today in Seattle, my friend Sheila was stuck in a slow-moving customer service line at the Atlanta airport. Her connecting flight between D.C. and Memphis was one of the 275 flights Delta Airlines scrubbed today so it could perform […]

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