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AA teases West Texas with 787 dry runs

When an airline gets a new type of plane for the first time, its pilots need to learn to fly it. And no matter how many hours go into work on a simulator, there’s no substitute for the real experience.   Case in point: American Airlines got its…

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Another “not a good day” for travel

After days of stress on the U.S. air transporation system due to weather, a new wave of flight cancellations is hitting Monday travelers for February 23rd. By noon Sunday, nearly a thousand Monday flights had been cancelled, with more expected by…

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Air Travel Gets Even More Digital…

Just a few of the recent steps taking air travel further into the 21st century.   American Airlines, which recently traded in its 40-lb pilot books for iPad-based and rapidly updated files, is now doing the same with its flight attendant…

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DFW Gets Rail Link to Downtown Dallas

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is now a one-seat rail ride away from downtown with the opening of a 5-mile extension of the area’s DART Orange Line to a new station at Terminal A, with elevators direct to arrival and departure areas….

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Biggest Jet for Longest Route (DFW to Sydney)

Starting in September, Qantas Airways will begin using an A380 double-decker on its service to Sydney, Australia—the world’s longest scheduled non-stop route. Before that happens, modifications at DFW’s terminal will be completed; the plane uses…

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Eat ‘Healthy’ at DFW ?

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, named #5 in the U.S. for healthy eating choices at airport restaurants by the Physicians’ Committee for Healthy Eating, is aiming higher and publicizing the availability of high-fiber cholesterol-free choices. Here’s the…

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AA teases West Texas with 787 dry runs

When an airline gets a new type of plane for the first time, its pilots need to learn to fly it. And no matter how many hours go into work on a simulator, there’s no substitute for the real experience.   Case in point: American Airlines got its…

Read More

Another “not a good day” for travel

After days of stress on the U.S. air transporation system due to weather, a new wave of flight cancellations is hitting Monday travelers for February 23rd. By noon Sunday, nearly a thousand Monday flights had been cancelled, with more expected by…

Read More

Air Travel Gets Even More Digital…

Just a few of the recent steps taking air travel further into the 21st century.   American Airlines, which recently traded in its 40-lb pilot books for iPad-based and rapidly updated files, is now doing the same with its flight attendant…

Read More

DFW Gets Rail Link to Downtown Dallas

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is now a one-seat rail ride away from downtown with the opening of a 5-mile extension of the area’s DART Orange Line to a new station at Terminal A, with elevators direct to arrival and departure areas….

Read More

Biggest Jet for Longest Route (DFW to Sydney)

Starting in September, Qantas Airways will begin using an A380 double-decker on its service to Sydney, Australia—the world’s longest scheduled non-stop route. Before that happens, modifications at DFW’s terminal will be completed; the plane uses…

Read More

Eat ‘Healthy’ at DFW ?

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, named #5 in the U.S. for healthy eating choices at airport restaurants by the Physicians’ Committee for Healthy Eating, is aiming higher and publicizing the availability of high-fiber cholesterol-free choices. Here’s the…

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