Guidebooks to Andalucia
Finding the perfect guidebook for any trip is always difficult. Here are some pros and cons of guidebooks we have used for travels through Andalucia.
Is mating season over for the airline industry?
So much for merger mania. Only last week the United Airlines/US Airways merger was a “done deal” and Delta/Northwest was already married. Now, reality is sinking in.
Banned from Royal Caribbean for complaining too much
Somewhere between the plumbing problem, the locked balcony door, multiple complaint letters, and posting their cruise horror stories on the Internet, Royal Caribbean decided it could never do right by these passengers. So it told them to get out there — and to stay out! Think you can’t get banned from a cruise line? Meet the Morans.
“If anyone is going to die tonight it’ll be you”
Krista Bauer finally had her day in court. The California woman who drunkenly assaulted a flight attendant while traveling to her sister’s funeral has been sentenced to time served and 200 hours of community service.
Slots for sale: government plans to auction off landing rights in New York
As part of a larger plan to address airline congestion and delays, the Transportation Department has proposed auctioning off some takeoff and landing rights at JFK and Newark Liberty.
Spanish caves, olives and ceramics
Back in those days, the mid-1980s, the longest stretch of straight road through the mountainous terrain and the olive groves was perhaps a couple hundred meters. Those tortuous roads through dusty hills lined with seemingly endless olive trees insulated both Guadix and Ubeda from the tourist limelight.
Playing the blAAme gAAme: FAA vs. AA
American Airlines insists it had a handshake deal with the FAA to fix its MD-80 wiring problems over a 60-day period to keep from having to cancel flights. No way, says the FAA. Maintenance on hundreds of jets was “so sloppy” that it posed a safety risk, the agency claims.