Chip Ainsworth writes a sports column for the Recorder in Greenfield, MA. He still manages to avoid the high price of parking at the now-very cool Fenway Park. “Parking without paying at a Red Sox game is always an adventure. In the ’70s, my favorite spot was along a narrow dirt road wedged between several […]

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In Santa Fe, NM, things are looking up as the airport there gears up to expand to accept regional jets. In the past travelers had to fly to Albuquerque and drive an hour, according to Jim Montman, the airport director there. The capital city of New Mexico is in the market for expanded commercial airline […]

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Just outside of Philadephia, a suburban airport is booming with corporate jets. Many businesses are realizing that this way of traveling has its advantages. The Philadelphia Inquirer had this story. “By chartering a jet, Roger Moog, aviation planner said, companies are choosing productivity over frequent flight delays and long security lines. “It’s all based on […]

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One of the best things about being a travel editor is that I get to experience airports and airport parking around the world. This morning I checked into the airport in Copenhagen. One of the nicest things here are the hardwood floors throughout the terminal. Having this dark wood instead of the typical linoleum makes […]

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Face scanning technology “has been touted by manufacturers as the perfect device for recognizing terrorists in airports,” read a report on Wired.com a few weeks ago. In theory, the systems use surveillance cameras to scan crowds for bad guys and sound an alarm when a match is made between a live person and the system’s […]

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Arthur Frommer is a legend in the travel world. Diminutive, shy, brash and evasive, I’ve seen him whizzing past our tradeshow booth at the Adventure Expo a few years in a row. He’s just got too many people to see, things to write about, and in May he wrote about a website published by a […]

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Grand Rapids Airport in Michigan is expanding, and parking is playing a big role. At the bottom of this story it says that parking costs will jump. That’s an even better reason to use the APR website to find cheaper parking just outside the airport gates. The drive into the airport will be straightened; the […]

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Chuck Schumer is a powerful man…a Senator who can pick up the phone and get the CEOs of many companies to take the call. He proved this the other day when the Senator visited Plattsburg in upper New York State and rallied the locals, encouraging them to try and attract more airlines to the former […]

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