Good morning We have an interesting new reader survey this week, so keep reading down past the introduction, please. It has been another week with occasional weather challenges, alas. Now, I know what you're thinking. […]
There was a great headline grabbing story early this week about how a group of Belgian student passengers 'mutinied' on a Ryanair flight scheduled to fly from the Canary Islands up to Charleroi airport in
You read it here first. Starting on 3 December last year, I wrote a five part series on how airport security needs to be improved, and wrote not just about the problems but also about
What a wild ride we've all enjoyed over the last decade and a half or so, but – and as earlier predicted – this looks likely to soon end. You might have read recently about
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The good news? The TSA is assuring Congress that over 15 million x-ray body scans have now been performed on passengers without any malfunctions putting the screened passengers at risk of an excessive dose of
TSA’s ‘Inexcusable Delay’ in Providing Body-Scanner Radiation Data Read More »
As is invariably the case, all sorts of companies try to climb onto the coattails of all sorts of events to sell their products (need I say 'Superbowl'?). Valentine's Day is no exception, and the
This year’s cheesiest (but yet sensible) Valentine’s promotion? Read More »
Reader P writes Recently, I have been asked to teach a course in San Francisco (I am in LA) flying up one day a week. I flew up Sunday, taught early Monday morning and have
A Reader Asks : What are my rights if my flight is cancelled? Read More »
Good morning Thanks for everyone who participated in last week's survey about whether or not you own any types of tablets and/or ereaders. Fortunately, we got a good set of responses, which hopefully provides some
If the previous week was dismal, what term can we use for the last few days? More than ten thousand of flights canceled, to say nothing of poor Queensland Australia – the half of the
This Week's Security Horror Story : Two Canadians were flying back home from Gatwick Airport, only to run into problems at security. They were caught trying to 'smuggle' a tiny toy soldier in their carry-on
Maybe you've been to Britain and to Scotland before. But have you been to the islands off Scotland's west coast? Have you ventured up into the wilds of the highlands, way north of Inverness?
Come Join The Travel Insider Scotland’s Islands and Highlands Tour June 2011 Read More »
I checked, and the date on their press release was February 1, not April 1, but that is not to say the following stories should be accepted as the gospel truth…. However, Virgin Atlantic –
Possibly True? Virgin Atlantic reveals unusual passenger requests Read More »
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