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Porter Airlines arrives at Chicago Midway

11/15/08
Greetings from Toronto, where travelers heading to Montreal, Newark, Chicago – and soon several other U.S. cities – are discovering they can skip the trek out to Toronto Pearson International Airport. Instead, an increasing number of folks are taking the short (really short; three minutes max) free ferry ride to Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA), →

Free wireless Internet access at new Indy airport

11/13/08
The new Indianapolis International Airport (IND) opened earlier this week, complete with a new terminal building, new parking facilities, new interstate access via I-70, new air traffic control tower, and $4 worth of original artwork. In addition to lots of new shopping and dining opportunities, the airport is also offering travelers free wireless Internet access. →

Free Wi-Fi and more at Oakland International Airport

11/10/08
Good news for laptop-toting travelers passing through Oakland International Airport (OAK). Starting today, (Monday, November 10th) there’s free Wi-Fi Internet service throughout the airport. The service is provided by FreeFi Networks, the same company that now provides the free Wireless Internet access at Denver International Airport. You’ll need to watch some advertising before you get →

American, Delta, and others, will filter in-flight Wi-Fi

10/16/08
(Illustration by Duane Hoffman, MSNBC.com) At first they demurred, saying the cabin crew could and should handle it. Then, following the lead of many libraries, schools and workplaces, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced that each will ask AirCell, the provider of their in-flight wireless service, to filter the content. The goal: to block →

Major league baseball – at the airport

10/07/08
Obsessed with baseball – or at least interested enough in the game to invest $4 in watching a game when you’re stuck at the airport? Boingo Wireless has inked a deal with MLB.TV to offer a four-hour, $4 pass for an “Airport Edition” of the games. Baseball fans who are Boingo subscribers can buy the →

Delta will filter in-flight Wi-Fi

10/03/08
According to this report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Delta Airlines will block some Web sites when the airline launches in-flight Wi-Fi later this year. I wrote a Well-Mannered Traveler column on this topic last week and, at that time, no one from Delta had the time (or the inclination?) to answer my inquiry on the →

Coffee, tea or laptop privacy screen?

09/26/08
It’s icky, irritating, rude — and relatively rare — at least for now. But as in-flight Wi-Fi becomes a reality, some flight attendants, passengers and parents are worried that passengers booting up pornography, violent content, and other potentially inappropriate content on their laptops at 35,000 feet will become a real problem. Find out what travelers, →

Free airport Wi-Fi. Here’s how to – try to – get it.

08/15/08
Here’s a link to a useful article from Joel Johnson at Popular Mechanics that rounds up useful tips on how to snag free wireless Internet access at airports. Johnson also offer a bonus tip: how to find a working airport power outlet when one of those newfangled advertiser-sponsored charging stations aren’t nearby: “…[S]imply seek out →
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