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Frontier’s Colorado Winter Weather Alert

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Colorado Winter Weather Alert (Last updated 10:25 pm MT 2/1/2012)
Due to the expected impact of a winter storm, Frontier Airlines has enacted the following guidelines for travel to/from or through Aspen, Colorado Springs, Denver and/or Steamboat (Hayden).
For all customers scheduled to travel February 2-3, 2012 who purchased tickets on or before February 1, 2012:
For [...]

Photo: Southwest Airlines plane takes out light pole on the runway

Monday, January 30th, 2012

A Southwest Airlines plane runs into a light pole on the runway:

Pending government action, Japan may give away 10,000 flights

Friday, January 27th, 2012

We’ll be hearing about this in March if it actually happens (“The giveaway is set to start in April if it receives final government approval in March.”): Japan may give away 10,000 flights.

How’s this for blackout dates on air travel?

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

February 2, 6, 9-13, 16-26, 27; March 19, 26; April 2, 9, 12, 16, 30, and May 7, 10, and 14.

The busiest airspaces in the United States:

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Some bloggers think all they have to do is come up with a list of something, dear god, anything and people will link to them. Some bloggers are right.

Cheap Flight Roundup, 2012

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Finding cheap flights online changes every year. We’ve been documenting these changes over the years here. And, now, to add to the list, here’s one blogger’s cheap flight strategy for 2012.

Southwest Airlines to shave an inch of legroom off its planes

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Southwest Airlines is reducing the amount of legroom on its planes from 32 inches to 31, Gizmodo writes:
Your legroom will decrease from 32 to 31 inches, and the pitch of the recline will decrease from 3 to 2 inches. The company is also outfitting its seats with thinner cushions cloaked in a fancy-sounding pleather.
But don’t [...]

[PIC] United Airlines in Denver, trolling Steelers fans #tebow

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

United Airlines in Denver, trolling Steelers fans

TSA will now test airport scanner operators for radiation

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

File this under “If it weren’t an issue before, why are you doing this now?” The L.A. Times has the story, TSA to test its airport scanner operators for radiation exposure:
After years of rebuffing health concerns over airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration plans to conduct new tests on the potential radiation exposure from the [...]

TSA’s statement about the cupcake they confisfacted:

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

This will be short and “sweet.” Like many of you, when I think of a cupcake, I don’t think of it being in a jar. However, the photo below shows the “cupcake” that was prohibited from being taken into the cabin of a plane last month.

Cupcake Jar Photo Courtesy of Consumertraveler.com
I wanted to make it [...]