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Customer Appreciation Week at DFW

03/01/09
If you’re at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport (DFW) this week, don’t be too alarmed if an airport employee comes up to you and shakes your hand. It’s all part of customer appreciation week at the airport and to celebrate they’ll be handing out discounted coupons for parking (the valet parking coupon also offers food and […]

Anniversary of Beatles touch-down at JFK

02/07/09
On this day, February 7, back in 1964 the world changed dramatically: The Beatles, those adorable  moptops, came to New York. (Photo: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey) The History.com newsletter describes the momentous day this way: On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at […]

Happy Inauguration Day!

01/20/09
Millions of people have traveled to D.C. and are braving the cold and the crowds just so they can be part of the buzz and the festivities surrounding the inauguration of Barack Obama as the president of the United States. For those of us who couldn’t get a plane ticket, bleacher tickets, or a place […]

Happy Birthday, Alaska

01/03/09
The state of Alaska turns 50 today and to celebrate Alaska Airlines has announced the winner of its “Paint a Plane” contest. Sitka high school student Hannah Hamberg won the airline’s “Paint the Plane” contest with the above artwork, which will soon be seen on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-400.   The design includes a musher, […]

Planning your inauguration day trip

11/09/08
Planning to be in D.C. for the festivities surrounding the January 20th swearing-in of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States? Getting plane tickets is going to be the least of your problems. Hotels rates will be outrageous. Streets will be crowded. Restaurants will be full. Getting tickets to anything official […]

Customer appreciation day at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int’l Airport

10/17/08
Here’s unusual and welcome news from an airport: Today, Friday, Oct. 17, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is having an appreciation celebration for passengers. No joke! South Atlanta High School’s 20-member Drum Line kicks-off today’s event, which will include a costumed Buckingham Palace Guard, face painters, musical performances, an African storyteller and traditional dance from […]

Beatniks from Outer Space

09/14/08
I was all hopped last week when an episode our family remembers as “the Beatniks from Outer Space” finally showed up on Twilight Zone re-runs. It’s as wacky and far out as I remembered. Now comes word from the Museum of Flight that the Association of Space Explorers is having its 21st annual Planetary Congress […]

Air France Pope-plane

09/12/08
The Pope has popped over to France to commemorate the 150th anniversary of St. Bernadette’s vision of the Virgin Mary. Lots of folks are pretty excited about this trip, including the folks at Air France. That’s because on Saturday and Monday (September 13th and 15th, 2008) Air France will be transporting Pope Benedict XVI to […]

9/11 commemorated at Boston Logan Airport and at LAX

09/11/08
It’s the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 tragedy. In addition to our individual remembrances and those taking place in various communities, airports around the country are marking the date. Earlier this week, Boston Logan International Airport 9/11 Memorial was unveiled. The 2.5 acre “Place of Remembrance” honors the crew and passengers of the […]
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