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Arlene's Air Travel Blog June 2009 Archive

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

Yemenia Crash - 153 on Board, 1 Survivor (so far) Plucked from the Indian Ocean

Tuesday June 30, 2009
Another sad day in air travel, with another crash involving bad weather, the ocean, and many passengers and crew. Early into June 30, 2009 a Yemeni jet with 153 people on ... Read More

Delta Airlines - Introductory Airfare for Australia

Saturday June 27, 2009
This special has a book by date of June 30 so it won't make it in for the Airfare Specials this Week on time. But it's a good deal, and ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday June 25, 2009
A few more airfare deals to add to the ongoing specials. Southwest Airlines has an introductory airfare sale on now for its new services out of Milwaukee. Book by July ... Read More

Ryanair Maintenance Online and You Still Pay

Wednesday June 24, 2009
Was given a heads up on this from About.com's Guide to Spain Travel, Damian Corrigan, who wrote: Passengers traveling on Thursday with Ryanair, the airline everyone loves to hate, should be ... Read More

Tips for Upcoming High Season Travel in the Coming Weeks

Monday June 22, 2009
If you are traveling over the next two weekends, in Canada you will hit the Canada Day rush (July 1), and in the United States, the 4th of July weekend. ... Read More

Airport Activities for Children - Kid Friendly Airports

Saturday June 20, 2009
Airports - often over or under air-conditioned, laden with security lineups, hard floors, and other less than fun attributes - not exactly the most family friendly of places. Couple that ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday June 18, 2009
Airfare deals for discounted summer airline tickets keep rolling in, in an unprecedented way. A few of the airfare specials on sale this week...Lufthansa has a great international airfare sale ... Read More

The Deepening Airline Depression

Monday June 15, 2009
It's interesting...the benchmark for the toughest times financially for airlines is generally the months following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Then at the end of 2007 and into spring of ... Read More

Flying for the Wedding or Honeymoon

Saturday June 13, 2009
June - a kick off to a popular time of year to get married. Weddings and honeymoons often have people thinking of large cash commitments. Airlines have not always catered ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday June 11, 2009
What I like about this week is not only are there lots of airfare specials originating out of the United States, the UK and Canada, but many of them have ... Read More

Air France 447 Crash - Heading to Paris From Rio de Janeiro - 228 On Board

Sunday June 7, 2009
Links continue to be updated... An Air France flight en route to Paris from Brazil went missing after experiencing thunderstorms and turbulence somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean in the late evening ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday June 4, 2009
A lot of great airfare specials ended this week, so the search was on for some decent replacements. Here's a sampling of what I found... Airfare Watchdog details and excellent airfare ... Read More

If You Think That Airlines in the United States Charge Crazy Fees...

Monday June 1, 2009
...then check out Ryanair! About's own Guide to Spain Travel has taken issue with Ryanair and their nickel-and-diming, punitive fees. Especially at risk are passengers who don't pay for their ... Read More
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