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All the latest articles about travel

Airports making deals with Uber, Lyft etc.

09/28/15
My “At the Airport” column on USA TODAY this month is an update on what’s happening with ride-hailing services at airports. Here’s the story: After detours and disputes, many major airports are successfully hammering out deals with ride-hailing services such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. That means more and, often, less expensive ground transportation options […]

Healthy Airports

09/16/15
You can certainly spend you airport dwell time sitting in one place, eating junk food and being stressed out. But, as I detail in a story for the new Basil Health newsletter, you have better options. According to the 2014 Airport Food Review from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 75 percent of airport restaurants […]

Pets on planes

09/14/15
People fly first class, so why not pampered pets? That’s the idea behind the specially designed travel compartments designed for small dogs and cats on select transcontinental American Airlines flights popular with business travelers and entertainment industry VIPs. The pet cabins—two per plane—are at the front of the first-class section of the 17 Airbus 321 […]

Germs on a plane? More than you think.

09/11/15
Germs on a plane. They’re far likelier to get under your skin than snakes, screaming babies or smelly seatmates. And they’re most common on tray tables – a surface that is touched frequently during a typical flight, a new study found. Travelmath.com recently sent swab-carrying microbiologists to five airports and onto four airplanes and then […]

Fly on 9/11?

09/07/15
I had a plane ticket to buy and my choices were Friday, 9/11 or Saturday 9/12. “Don’t fly on 9/11,” a friend said, “Makes me nervous.” Not everyone feels that way: @hbaskas I flew into JFK on 9/11 two years ago. Seeing ground zero lights from plane as approaching airport was an experience i won’t […]
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