Uncategorized

All the latest articles about Uncategorized

Flights we’d take on Alaska and United

05/13/25
Alaska Airlines’ 1st intercontinental route: SEA to Tokyo (Image courtesy Port of Seattle) On Monday, Alaska Airlines celebrated its first intercontinental flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT). The new daily flight, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, which Alaska Airlines acquired in September 2024, is on an A330 aircraft and is the first of 12 international →

JetBlue’s donut plane

05/13/25
JetBlue’s new “Brewing Altitude” livery JetBlue has been serving Dunkin’s Original Blend coffee to passengers since 2006. Now the Boston-based carrier is celebrating the perky partnership with a Dunkin’-themed livery. One of JetBlue’s Airbus A320 aircraft now sports the Brewing Altitude paint job in Dunkin’s iconic pink and orange branding, with a donut and coffee →

Travel tidbits from airports near you

04/23/25
Pittsburgh Int’l Airport’s new terminal is almost done (Image courtesy Gensler) Later this week, we’ll be doing a hard hat tour of Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal, visiting the airport’s in-terminal day care center (yes, they have one!) and checking in on some of our favorite art pieces at PIT. Stay tuned for pics. Fresh →

More places on our ‘go’ list

04/19/25
National Park Week. Free admission on Saturday Most national parks and monuments offer free entry year-round. But there are popular sites that charge visitors an entry fee. Except, that is, on the handful of days when park fees are waived nationwide. And Saturday, April 19 – the first day of National Park Week (April 19 →

PHX Sky Train birthday. Check out the terrazzo floors.

04/08/25
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) marked the birthday of its Sky Train, which started operating on April 8, 2013 with three stations. Today, the PHX Sky Train has 6 stations, each with wonderful terrazzo flooring commissioned by the city’s public art program. Two stations, the Rental Car Center Station and the 24th Street Station →

Emirates premium economy seats now fly from Seattle

04/03/25
Dubai-based Emirates has a reputation for swank and glamour. And since late 2022 the carrier has been working its way through interior refurbishement of 191 A380s and Boeing 777 aircraft. One piece of the project is adding a Premium Economy product – seats and service – to the planes. And Emirates now has retrofitted planes →

Three places we’d go

04/03/25
The weekend is coming up and, given all the stressful news, we could use a weekend away. Here are three places on our “We’d go there” list. Fly to Vancouver International Airport for the cherry blossoms Vancouver is always a treat, and landing at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) right about now comes with some bonus →

Airports & airlines celebrate April Fools Day

04/01/25
A therapy giraffe. The world’s shortest escalator. And in-flight sauna. Here’s a round-up of just some of the fun April Fools’ Day posts we spotted from airports and airlines, plus some bonus pranksters. Send us your faves and let us know what we’ve missed: Finnair introduces an in-flight sauna In a press release, Finnair announced →
5 / 345