Airport

Auto-connect to airport WiFi with FLIO app

“There’s an app for that” was the big tagline not long ago, but for some things there just wasn’t—and FLIO neatly fills one of those gaps. If you have an iPhone; no Android version for a couple more months. And it’s free. FLIO is “all-things-airport,” with the kind of information you could otherwise find only by searching airport websites, or at best, by downloading individual airport apps. The publisher has worked with over 180 airports, and is adding more, to allow app-users to…

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San Diego-Tijuana: Like a bridge over troubled borders…

At a time when border crossings are getting harder in many places, they just got easier at a pair of airports, right across the border and road from each other on the U.S.-Mexico border. By a happy accident, San Diego and Tijuana have twin airports facing each other, and now they have a bridge connecting them, allowing U.S. passengers to fly to many Mexican destinations by crossing the road; at the same time, Mexicans heading for U.S. cities can change planes to fly from San Diego. The key…

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Ka-ching! Pennsylvania airports could go Vegas

Airport slots at Las Vegas McCarran International Pennsylvania is considering licensing slot machines at its airports to generate funds that could help balance the state budget…or who knows? pay for some airport improvements,   At a hearing…

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London Gatwick Airport Has Busiest Month Ever

    Photo of Gatwick Car Parking: Wikimedia Commons, Author Mary and Angus Hogg London Gatwick announced the busiest month in its history with more than 4.53 million passengers traveling through the airport in August. This was an…

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Auto-connect to airport WiFi with FLIO app

“There’s an app for that” was the big tagline not long ago, but for some things there just wasn’t—and FLIO neatly fills one of those gaps. If you have an iPhone; no Android version for a couple more months. And it’s free. FLIO is “all-things-airport,” with the kind of information you could otherwise find only by searching airport websites, or at best, by downloading individual airport apps. The publisher has worked with over 180 airports, and is adding more, to allow app-users to…

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San Diego-Tijuana: Like a bridge over troubled borders…

At a time when border crossings are getting harder in many places, they just got easier at a pair of airports, right across the border and road from each other on the U.S.-Mexico border. By a happy accident, San Diego and Tijuana have twin airports facing each other, and now they have a bridge connecting them, allowing U.S. passengers to fly to many Mexican destinations by crossing the road; at the same time, Mexicans heading for U.S. cities can change planes to fly from San Diego. The key…

Read More

Ka-ching! Pennsylvania airports could go Vegas

Airport slots at Las Vegas McCarran International Pennsylvania is considering licensing slot machines at its airports to generate funds that could help balance the state budget…or who knows? pay for some airport improvements,   At a hearing…

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