07/17/16
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport welcomed many of the 50,000 people who will be attending the Republican National Convention this week. Now CLE is ready for all those people to leave. →
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01/15/15
French flag carrier Air France purchased 20,000 copies of the first edition of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published since the January 7 terrorist attack on its offices. The cover features a representation of Mohammed holding a placard that reads ‘Je Suis Charlie.’ The initial press run of five million copies sold out →
08/16/12
It doesn’t matter who you plan to vote for in the next local, state or national election. (Well, it does. But that’s not the point here right now…) The point is that you vote. And if you’ve been too busy to register to vote because you’ve flying around the country on Virgin America and using →
04/06/09
You wouldn’t think the folks at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) would spend much time thinking about what goes on at airports, but it seems they do. And they’ve awarded Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) a Proggy Award (Proggy, as in “progress”) for being the Most Progressive Airport. Why SEA? PETA likes the →
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 →
05/07/08
A while back I wrote a column for USATODAY.com about airports that use celebrity voices to welcome visitors and remind them of security regulations. Now it seems that Colorado’s Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is considering pulling one of its celebrity announcements – at least until the presidential campaign is over. According to the Associated Press, someone →