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Arlene's Air Travel Blog February 2006 Archive

By Arlene Fleming, About.com Guide to Air Travel since 2002

Dusty delays

Tuesday February 28, 2006
In Greece, sometimes winter delays have nothing to do with snow, but rather dust. This past week has seen cancellations of flights due to dust clouds that impaired visibility and ... Read More

A direct link to Africa?

Monday February 27, 2006
Delta Airlines has been rapidly working to expand its international network of destinations. In their latest move, they are trying to secure a direct link from Atlanta to Africa. The flight, ... Read More

Amputee because of missed flight?

Saturday February 25, 2006
Sad story from China. It appears that a young teen lost her chance to save her foot at least partly because she was refused boarding for a flight. The girl was ... Read More

Did you book with Easy Fly?

Thursday February 23, 2006
If so, then Bulgarian police may be trying to get in contact with you. It appears that what would have been another low cost European airline has ripped off thousands of ... Read More

Barefoot and arrested

Tuesday February 21, 2006
Running barefoot with powder dripping from your pant leg is not a good thing. Even worse, at an airport it will get you on the fast track to getting arrested. This ... Read More

Flush with accolades...airport restrooms

Sunday February 19, 2006
One doesn't often consider the attributes of a restroom at an airport. But a website devoted to bestowing the honor of America's best restroom does seem to have a thing ... Read More

The airplane pose

Thursday February 16, 2006
Okay, this is only air travel related by name only. The airplane pose, a move in yoga, is a great stretch, particularly for the low back. As you bend forward and ... Read More

A whole lotta snow

Tuesday February 14, 2006
If you weren't traveling to or from the Eastern seaboard of the United States, and a small part of Atlantic Canada in the past few days, you may not be ... Read More

Head found in luggage

Sunday February 12, 2006
...not a joke. A woman was arrested for transporting a human head without proper authorization. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International was the site of the arrest of a U.S. resident who was ... Read More

Keep your tats to yourself

Friday February 10, 2006
That seems to be the message emerging from an airline if one is to look at how they treated a passenger with tattoos. The female passenger in her mid-30's was told ... Read More

Joyride in the skies

Wednesday February 8, 2006
A teenager took stealing a vehicle to a whole new altitude when he stole away in a small aircraft. Allegedly, in order to get to the airport to steal the ... Read More

Huge sale for students

Tuesday February 7, 2006
There is a brief, huge airfare sale that is being offered by STA travel for students under 26 years old. With airfares such as New York to London from $99 roundtrip, ... Read More

Giving the gift of weightlessness

Friday February 3, 2006
Does the thought of Valentines Day have you floating on air? You could experience the real thing with zero gravity flights. You have probably seen images of people donned in ... Read More

Expiry date?

Wednesday February 1, 2006
If you haven't used your US Airways frequent flyer account for a while then your miles might have an expiry date coming up soon. Although not unusual for miles to expire ... Read More

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