Well, sort of. Hawaiian Airlines is training its pilots, and some from other airlines, on a full-size, full-control simulator in Honolulu that’s so realistic it left a Skift reporter who went along stunned that he was still in Hawaii when the “ride”…
Eurostar—the Channel Tunnel train operator has had a good year with reviving economies, and is adding new trains and new routes as it rounds out its 20th year in service.
Airlines barely beat out the IRS to avoid the bottom spot in customer satisfaction last year, according to this report from the Chicago Tribune . Even top-rated JetBlue and Southwest slipped in their rankings. Surprising to some, American/USAir…
New York City hit a record high of over 54 million visitors last year—but it wasn’t enough to keep Mickey’s hometown of Orlando from becoming the No. 1-visited U.S. city with 4 million more. New York has a lot of attractions, but lacks…
U.S. airlines have been pushing a so-called “Transparent Airfares Act” that would restore the old ways: quote a low fare, and hide the taxes and (ever-increasing) fees until after you click on “buy.” They say that’s transparent because you’ll see…
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring “trekker” to France for the first time. Trekker uses a…
Thanks to Norwegian Air Shuttle’s great prices to Scandinavia, other airlines such as United,Delta,KLM and Air France are still offering bargains up to compete. Fares from Newark to Oslo are still as low as $409 round trip total and can be bought…
Out of ten airports in the UK monitored by the Civil Aviation Authority, Heathrow came in last place for flight punctuality. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…for-punctuality.html
WiFi has become as necessary to travelers as a toothbrush and passport—although the question of how fast and how expensive continues to develop. Airlines are finding the need for more bandwidth and more speed (see Gumbo newslinks of the past few…
Paris Zoo will reopen on Saturday after a six-year remodel. They are trying to create as real natural habitats as they can and shed the image of a traditional zoo. Animals will live together and be able to retreat from viewing areas…
Well, sort of. Hawaiian Airlines is training its pilots, and some from other airlines, on a full-size, full-control simulator in Honolulu that’s so realistic it left a Skift reporter who went along stunned that he was still in Hawaii when the “ride”…
Eurostar—the Channel Tunnel train operator has had a good year with reviving economies, and is adding new trains and new routes as it rounds out its 20th year in service.
Airlines barely beat out the IRS to avoid the bottom spot in customer satisfaction last year, according to this report from the Chicago Tribune . Even top-rated JetBlue and Southwest slipped in their rankings. Surprising to some, American/USAir…
New York City hit a record high of over 54 million visitors last year—but it wasn’t enough to keep Mickey’s hometown of Orlando from becoming the No. 1-visited U.S. city with 4 million more. New York has a lot of attractions, but lacks…
U.S. airlines have been pushing a so-called “Transparent Airfares Act” that would restore the old ways: quote a low fare, and hide the taxes and (ever-increasing) fees until after you click on “buy.” They say that’s transparent because you’ll see…
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring “trekker” to France for the first time. Trekker uses a…
Thanks to Norwegian Air Shuttle’s great prices to Scandinavia, other airlines such as United,Delta,KLM and Air France are still offering bargains up to compete. Fares from Newark to Oslo are still as low as $409 round trip total and can be bought…
Out of ten airports in the UK monitored by the Civil Aviation Authority, Heathrow came in last place for flight punctuality. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…for-punctuality.html
WiFi has become as necessary to travelers as a toothbrush and passport—although the question of how fast and how expensive continues to develop. Airlines are finding the need for more bandwidth and more speed (see Gumbo newslinks of the past few…
Paris Zoo will reopen on Saturday after a six-year remodel. They are trying to create as real natural habitats as they can and shed the image of a traditional zoo. Animals will live together and be able to retreat from viewing areas…
