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Arlene's Air Travel Blog July 2006 Archive

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

The Relaxing Airport Experience

Sunday July 30, 2006
How can you relax at an airport...what with the constant announcements flooding the gate areas, the buzz of baggage belts, and the beeping sounds of security. It isn't easy to ... Read More

Summer Travel with the Family

Friday July 28, 2006
Okay, so it may be the end of July, but that doesn't mean it is too late to plan a trip away with the family. The Guide to Travel with ... Read More

New Airfare Specials This Week

Wednesday July 26, 2006
Lots of great new airfare deals that are on sale now. They are all posted in the Air Travel Forum. This week's specials include: New York to Glasgow $458 ... Read More

Air Adventures

Tuesday July 25, 2006
Air Travel doesn't just have to be about flying. Skydiving, hot air balloon rides, and zip lines are all different methods of moving through the air. The Adventure Travel Guide has ... Read More

Capturing Your Travel Memories

Sunday July 23, 2006
The About Guide to Digital Cameras has great tips for traveling - camera ready - poised to take great shots. His advice covers all aspects of taking photos: from storage ... Read More

Escaping from Lebanon

Friday July 21, 2006
All of a sudden it seems like war has hit Lebanon. One of my colleagues at the airport I work at was caught in Lebanon until a few days ago, ... Read More

Fear of Flying

Friday July 21, 2006
, Aviophobia, the fear of flying, is a common phobia. It is difficult to pinpoint exact numbers in terms of how many people are afraid to fly and percentages run from ... Read More

Air Travel Sales on This Week

Wednesday July 19, 2006
There is a mix of different sales on this week. Travelocity is discounting its flight / hotel bookings by $200; Expedia has an airfare sale agreement with ATA with airfares ... Read More

Summer Travel Tips

Monday July 17, 2006
American Airlines have a list of summer air travel tips most of which can really apply for pretty much every airline. It is always useful to be armed with a ... Read More

Tuberculosis and Air Travel

Friday July 14, 2006
It has been a few years now, but there was a time when a small outbreak of tuberculosis meant that several hundreds of airline workers would be tested for TB. ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Wednesday July 12, 2006
It is Wednesday, and there are lots of airfare specials this week. A few of them include a Systemwide Sale on Southwest with airfares starting at $49 one way; JetBlue ... Read More

Signs Lost in Translation

Tuesday July 11, 2006
You travel to a foreign land, armed with your handy traveler phrase book. Sadly, not all signs confirm to phrases found in a book, or translated into English. Entertaining read ... Read More

Unsafe airports - plot twists, love, family, and violence

Monday July 10, 2006
Sometimes it just isn't worth it to travel. When you are risking your safety by going to an airport, you may think twice about heading there. This is the predicament that ... Read More

Airlines face prosecution

Saturday July 8, 2006
Say it isn't so! Airlines not being completely truthful about the additional costs of air travel. In New Zealand and Australia, consumers are fed up enough to sue, and New Zealand's ... Read More

Blast from the past - quick freeze airline food

Thursday July 6, 2006
It is hard not to see the charm in the earlier days of Air Travel. I came across this clip and story about the introduction of "quick freeze" airline food ... Read More

4th of July

Tuesday July 4, 2006
The Travel with Kids guide has lots of ideas for this holiday!

Singapore "girls" lacking lustre?

Tuesday July 4, 2006
Singapore Airlines is usually ranked as one of the top airlines in the world. Service, amenities, on time departures, these are all elements that contribute to Singapore Airlines' success. Now it ... Read More

Using the audio jacks in your armrest...

Sunday July 2, 2006
...for something useful. It is about time that we can start finding devices that use what is already at your seat to power things you will actually use. On long ... Read More

Superman can't quell fear of flying

Saturday July 1, 2006
Hollywood.com interviews Kate Bosworth about her fear of flying. As Lois Lane, flying in the arms of Superman may be safe, but in real life she is afraid to fly.

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