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Travel And Commuting

8,578 miles: World’s longest nonstop flight

FORT WORTH, Texas – Qantas is putting the world’s biggest passenger plane on the world’s longest airline route. A Qantas Airbus A380 touched down Monday at Dallas-Fort Worth Inter...

DATE: Oct 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

More travelers discover allure of fall tourism

NEW YORK – Fall used to be off-peak for tourism everywhere except New England and other fall foliage destinations. But autumn tourism is rising, with traditional summer hot spots increasingl...

DATE: Sep 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

A walk in Kiwi land

Durango woman making waves – and footprints – with upcoming 1,800-mile trek

DATE: Sep 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Should buying plane tickets be like buying cars?

When Loren Witkin says that he shopped around for a new car, you can take him at his word. Witkin combed through his local newspaper, consulted the Kelley Blue Book and clicked on...

DATE: Sep 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Gross things can happen to good passengers

You board a plane and find your seat stained with bodily fluids. Now what?

DATE: Sep 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

Runway improvement planned

The Durango-La Plata County Airport is starting preliminary design work on a rehabilitation project of the main taxiway that is likely to start in 2015. Project engineer Ben Gonza...

DATE: Sep 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Celebrate San Juan Skyway on Tuesday

A public meeting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the San Juan Skyway is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court. The San Juan...

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. eager to cater to Chinese tourists

COSTA MESA, Calif. – On a hot summer day, nearly two dozen Chinese tourists descended from a white shuttle bus for an afternoon of shopping at one of Southern California’s signature upscale ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

Passenger explains seat dispute, use of Knee Defender

NEW YORK – The businessman whose dispute with a fellow airline passenger over a reclined seat sparked a national debate about air-travel etiquette says he’s embarrassed by the way the confro...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

To Kashgar and back Patience a virtue – and necessity – when traveling in China

This column is dedicated to my brother, Joseph Scott. Today is Joseph’s birthday. Xinjiang doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to Chinese provinces. Ask Han ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letter from Korla

Reclining an airline seat can be risky business

As space shrinks, confrontations more common between fliers

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel

Are airlines profiting at your expense?

Why are airlines raking in record profits? Maybe they’re monetizing your personal data – selling your name, address and phone numbers to marketing “partners” without your explicit consent. ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

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