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Emirates to Eliminate Paper Boarding Passes.

Plus: Artwork at LAX, and Senegal Redux.

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Jet Bridge Blues

Is There Not a Better Way?

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Travel Photos: The Textures Series

Paint and Plaster Like You’ve Never Seen It.

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The Rolling Report Card

The Latest, Greatest, Worst and Most Nauseating Paint Schemes.

UPDATE: Minty Fresh and Really Something.

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Moving in Place

Layover Rambles with Patrick Smith.

UPDATE: An Old-School Respite in Dakar.

Plus, Cincinnati’s Mosaics, and Paris in Four Bridges.

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Open Door Policy

Passenger Opens Door During Flight; Pilot (This One) Looks Stupid.

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Full Circle

Fear and Loathing on a Beech in the Bahamas.

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Lucky and Good

Recent Events Have Put Air Safety in the Spotlight. Here’s Some Perspective.

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Bush Boutique

Hippos and Haute Cuisine at a Zambian Safari Lodge.

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The Weirdness of the Post-Pandemic Hotel Room

Drinking Glasses and QR Code Hell.

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Two Pilots, One Pilot, No Pilots

The Conversation That Won’t Die.

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Welcome to “Hidden Airport”

Unexpected Pleasures at a Terminal Near You.

UPDATE: Bahama Chill, and Mexico’s Bleacher Feature.

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The Regional Reckoning

The End of the Regional Airline as We Knew It.

At Long Last, Entry-Level Pilots Can Earn a Decent Living.

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Long Live the Airport Marquee

From Madrid to Mali, Signs Greet Passengers With a Touch of Drama and Flair.

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A Gourmet Diversion. Savory Snapshots From 30,000 Feet.

Savory Snapshots to Help Us Remember Normalcy. And Because I’m Hungry.

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Flying With Air Baltic

To Tallinn and Riga on a Quasi-LCC.

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Justice, of a Kind, For MH17

Three Found Guilty of Killing 298 Passengers and Crew.

Plus: Infamy in Perspective.

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Me and My Sharpie

The Pilot’s Most Indispensable Tool.

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Ode to the 757

The Performance of Boeing’s Venerable Twin-Jet Can’t be Matched.

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The Secret Lives of Flight Numbers

Where Do Flight Numbers Come From? Do They Harbor Some Hidden Meaning?

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The Latest Books by Jonathan Franzen and Gary Shteyngart

Upstate Angst and a Heartland Masterpiece.

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Q&A With the Pilot

Volume 5: Landing Gear, Empty Gates, Hand Signals and Penalty Boxes.

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Who’s More Experienced, the Copilot or the Captain?

The Vagaries of Airline Seniority.

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The Airplane That Isn’t

Boeing Bet the Future on a Fifty Year-Old Design. Did it Lose?

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The Airport Lounge Crisis

Crowds, Kids, Noise… the Lounge Has Lost Its Luster.

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