Tagged With "seat pitch"
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 23, 2015: The 1903 Wright Flyer, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
I heard a joke once that said "Y'know the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.? They actually have stuff in there!" Case-in-point, the 1903 Wright Flyer. Many reproductions of the Wright Flyer have been made, but this is...
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Finding Nature in England: Holkham National Reserve
Kirsten Hines continues her voyage of natural discovery in England, this week with a stop at Holkham National Nature Reserve.
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Star Alliance contest with million-mile prize
Your favorite cultural experiences could earn you a bonanza in frequent flier points.
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United exec: You don't REALLY want more legroom
United's president tells employees customers want the space, but don't want to pay higher ticket prices for it.
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House panel votes big changes for FAA
The House Transportation Committee is working on the FAA appropriation bill, and is proposing a slew of new rules to go with it.
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AA's new slogan? "LESS Room in Coach"
AA's new 737MAX planes will clip economy passengers' legroom to make room for 10 more seats.
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Airlines: 'Squeeze a little closer, please'
A move to 'densify' planes in the face of low prices and high demand may put your neighber 'just a little bit closer.'
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Primera's plan: Low-low fares and high fees
A Latvian carrier enters the North American market with attractive prices and highly unattractive fees and features.
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Best Ways To Save Money During Your Travels
It’s definitely very possible to live life to the fullest. You can travel the world while you are young – don’t wait for you pension. You can see everywhere and everything you want to, following some intuitive money-saving tips. This article gives you the best advice, including some tips from experts! Talk to locals Locals have the best advice on what the best and most affordable attractions are in town. Making friends with locals is even better, as it secures connections across borders.
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Sun Country has a new flight plan
Sun Country doesn't want to be a one-note Minneapolis-to-warm-weather airline anymore. It's hoping its several innovations add up to a win.
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The Many Lives of Brooklyn's Industry City
PHeymont visits a Brooklyn phoenix. After 125 years, the the world's first integrated industrial park and transport park lives on.
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Now Norwegian adds carry-on fees
Another airline gets ready to charge another fee, this one for carry-on luggage that was formerly free.
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Are you ready for drone jetliners?
Airbus has tested a series of automated take-offs and will soon work on landings as well. But no passengers...yet.
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The Original Inca Trail
DrFumblefinger recalls hiking the Inca Trail, especially the last two days when you trek on the stone trail created by the Incas hundreds of years ago, characterized by stairs built of hand-laid rocks.
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Best Ways to Explore Canada
Some of the amazing things you can see and do in Canada (sponsored content)
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Boeing's next seat squeeze...in the lavatory!
Say goodbye to this much space as Boeing plans to squeeze the toilet to install more seats. Photo: Kristoferb / Wikimedia If you thought seating in economy is getting too tight, get ready for this one: Boeing has...
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The squeeze goes on: more plans for more seats
When the New York Times printed this cartoon a few years ago, the trend was just beginning. Squeeze in more has become the order of the day, with extra space to be had only at a premium price. And the squeeze goes in both directions. Not only...
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Drones to travel for armchair tourists?
Imagine sitting in your armchair with a virtual-reality helmet and a remote control and "visiting" the streets of your favorite city, an art gallery, the Grand Canyon, or...? There have long been travel documentaries and the like for armchair...
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British Air to WIDEN seats
Going against the current Zeitgeist, British Airways has announced plans to widen seats on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. As we all know, plane seats are getting narrower and the pitch (distance between rows) is also shrinking,...
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Watch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in flight
Most of us still have not flow on the Dreamliner, including me (my first flight is scheduled for Feb 2016). I'm really looking forward to the experience. Boeing has released a YouTube video that shows a Dreamliner going through it's...
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Twin Falls, Yoho National Park
(Twin Falls, Yoho NP) In a region of dramatic scenery and jaw-dropping beauty, the Yoho Valley more than holds its own. Situated in Canada's Rocky Mountains, it's one of the most amazing places I've ever visited. The...
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Mandatory Seat Belts for Children traveling by Plane?
Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) wants airlines to implement specially designed seat belts for infants and small children, to be mandatory for all commercial air travel. The idea is to prevent them from becoming "projectiles"...
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WestJet Scraps TV's on Back of Seats for New Routes to London Gatwick
WestJet Boeing 767-300ERW on YouTube WestJet, which launches the transatlantic flights out of London's Gatwick Airport next year on 767's will be among the first airlines to remove entertainment systems from the back of airline...
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Emirates A380 gets 615 seats, keeps legroom
That's a whole lot of seats, there, in Emirates new configuration that makes room for 98 more coach passengers by eliminating first class altogether, and shrinking business class by 18 seats. The good news is that while the seats will not...
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JetBlue: New interiors, less footroom
JetBlue is refreshing its interior decor—and squeezing in more seats—on its older planes.
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House FAA bill: Plus and Minus for consumers
A new 5-year authorization bill comes to the floor of the House, laden with a wide variety of new and revised rules.
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Taking a tour to Chichén Itzá
Jonathan L takes us along on a tour of Chichén Itzá, with a bonus swim in an underground lake.
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Delta Shrinking Front Cabin, Adding Coach Seats
Delta is replacing hard-to-sell premium seats on some international flights with in-demand coach seats. MORE
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La Dolce Vita (Part 6) Murano and Burano
(The canals of Murano) Venice is just an “island community” (actually it’s an amalgamation of 100 smaller islands) in the shallow brackish waters of the Laguna Veneta. There are several other island communities in this...
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Seat Wars break out in the air...
At least three U.S. planes have been diverted for unscheduled landings recently due to fights between passengers over an increasingly scarce commodity: seat space. Full planes and airline moves to add more seats have intensified the issue. Most...
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The shrinking economy class cabin
Do things seem more crowded at the back of the plane where most of us fly? If yes, there's lots of reason for this. Airlines are crowding more seats into the economy cabin, reducing seat width and pitch (the space between rows)....
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Luftahansa's premium economy class -- worth giving a second look
Many travelers are willing to pay a small premium for a little more comfort when traveling long distances, such as on a TransAtlantic or TransPacific route. But business class is just too expensive for most, so emergence of "premium economy"...
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Coming soon: Adjustable-width airline seats?
Boeing has been granted a patent on what's possibly the answer to several questions: It's an airline seat with movable armrests that could turn 3 economy seats into 2 business-class, or could allow a thin person and a fat person to make a better...
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Is it time to regulate airplane seats? Chris Elliott thinks so!
In a column written for USA Today, travel consumer advocate Chris Elliott suggests that the only solution to the increasing air-rage incidents and fights over seat space is for the airlines to stop squeezing everyone closer and closer—and he's...
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A Winter Visit to Dresden and Leipzig
When we first started including a week-long February school break in our travel plans, our goal was to go somewhere significantly warmer than New York City. We still try for that, but once in a while something else calls, and we found ourselves...
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Spanish vintner feeling blue over color wine ban
Tradition and government regulations prove a stumbling block for young Spaniards' plans to sell blue wine.
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Italy turns to China to fund historic restoration
Italy is offering big tax breaks to Chinese companies doing business in Italy if they will invest in preservation and renovation of Italy's cultural heritage.
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Ryanair's O'Leary: I have a way to make flying free
Ryanair's chief wants a chunk of airport revenue so he can 'sell' free tickets...and he thinks everyone will come out ahead.
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Langtang Views, Part 1
Bob Cranwell, the Amateur Emigrant, shares memories of an exhausting but rewarding visit to a remote area of Nepal.
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Parks and Gardens: 5 Amazing Green Areas of Hawaii
Lily B picks five terrifically beautiful spots for you to enjoy when visiting Hawaii (sponsored content)
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United CEO: No more squeezing
Oscar Munoz says air travelers are unhappy, and the airlines will have to win their hearts by competing on service. One hopes...
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AA Plans to Squeeeeeze More Seats into 737s and MD80s
American Airlines will go into its new merger with a plan that may merge your knees with the seatback...it's announced to its flight attendants that it will begin squeezing more rows into its narrow-body MD-80 and 737 fleets. The FAs got the word...
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Paris-Barcelona Now Linked by High-Speed Train
Paris to Barcelona has been a difficult trip by train, requiring at least one change and some slow trains. Now, the two cities have been linked by a direct French TGV train that makes the trip in 6h25m, challenging the airlines, when you count out the...
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Montana's National Bison Refuge
The National Bison Refuge provides an excellent opportunity to see bison in their natural setting — the hilly grasslands of Montana. The Refuge is located about an hour’s drive northwest of Missoula and is...
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Canadian Start-Up ZiNG Airlines Plans on Using Bombardier Jets to Compete
ZiNG Airlines, a start-up airline out of Moncton, Canada, plans on using the locally manufactured Bombardier CS100 jets to compete with Air Canada and WestJet. ZiNG Founders, Wayne Fernandes and Ben de Mendonca, are planning to...
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Take your seat...while you still have one!
Aircraft designers are always busy trying to figure out the best way to get the most passengers in without actually provoking revolt or suffocation...and the past few days bring fearsome news on that front. Included in the roundup are dead-serious proposals to stack seats in the main cabin, to sell passenger space in the hold below the cabin, and even to squeeze business-class seats into a 12-across configuration. Not even the rich, it seems, are immune to the trend. The stacked-seat idea...
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No joke, Ryanair launches private jet service
Ryanair launches a chartered private jet service.
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Airlines free to squeeze some more, Congress won't act
Congress has turned down an opportunity to require at least a minimum amount of seat space for airline passengers. Expect more squeezing!
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An airline seat that twists to match your best position
A new idea for airline seats: Imitate the human spine and make the seat fit the passenger instead of forcing the passenger into the seat. Read more within...
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FAA funding bill: battleground of amendments
As Congress begins work on the FAA funding bill, consumer advocates and industry lobbyists go to work to get their favorite amendments included.