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Tiny Alaska Town Receives $15 Million In Stimulus Cash For Airport…HUH?!

The village of Ouzinkie, Alaska, which is home to 150 or so residents, has just been granted $15 million to upgrade their area airport. Yes that amounts to about $100,000 per person! (I will give you time to pick up your jaw. Okay ready to continue?) In one of the most remote outposts in the…

Customers Want Risque Air New Zealand Ad Grounded

Earlier this month I wrote about Air New Zealand’s latest marketing campaign and how it was quite brilliant. Well apparently not everyone sees the commercial as cute or cutting edge. Instead many kiwi travelers have found them to be rather cheeky. One customer was quoted as saying, “The last thing I want to see when…

No Fooling: Wi-Fi In The Sky Coming To Major Airlines In ’09

American Airlines announced on Tuesday that is was going ahead with plans to connect most of it’s domestic passengers with Wi-Fi capabilities.  AA joins the growing list of major airlines that are looking to provide passengers with the latest in high tech inflight services. Delta said last December in a press conference that it was…