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A room with an airplane factory view

04/30/26

Some hotels would downplay the fact that there’s a factory next door operating 24/7. Not the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport in Renton, Washington. The resort-style hotel sits on the shore of Lake Washington and offers indoor and outdoor dining with views of the lake, dowtown Seattle and the Olympic Mountains. There’s a […]

Harriet Baskas

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Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

Wine flies free on these 2 airlines

Let’s talk about airline sizing restrictions

New American Airlines trading cards

New ways to sleep on long-haul flights in the economy cabin

Fuel costs rise. Airfares & bag fees rise too.

Icelandair’s job opening for a bad photographer

Cathay Pacific returns to SEA after 6 years

News from 1 airline, 1 airport + a hotel lobby

Alaska Airlines’ big, bold Boeing plane order

Airports offer free phone calls, free shoe shines, and more

04/10/08

Travelers may not be able to avoid escalating airfares and those pesky fuel surcharges, but those in the know can at least enjoy the freebies some airports still offer. Some examples: free shoe shines at Los Angeles International Airport. Free local phone calls at Sioux Gateway Airport and Reno-Tahoe International Airport. And free motorcycle parking […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tree-mendous airports

04/08/08

An airport is like the front door to a city. So a city that wants to impress visitors could start by fixing up its airport. At California’s Fresno Yosemite International Airport, that sprucing up will take the form of fake sequoia trees. According to a story from the Fresno Bee, a grove of six fake […]

Fresno Yosemite International Airport

A “moment of tranquility” before the phone rings

04/07/08

Air France-KLM is currently testing in-flight mobile phone services on some European routes. Today the European Union (EU) announced that other airlines may offer the service as well – as long as they comply with licensing and equipment regulations and keep a lid on the cost of those high-flying calls. Still, uh, up in the […]

Spam, popcorn, ice-cream and whiskey

04/04/08

If you’re lucky, you have more than one airport within driving range and have figured out how to use that to your advantage when shopping for airline tickets. But as long as you’re putting all your luggage into the car, why not just fill up the tank and keep going? To help you plan your […]