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What's to Love of All the New Stuff at Dallas' Love Field

If you’re heading to Dallas anytime soon you might want to consider the city’s other airport. Sure things are fine and dandy over at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and they’ve got lots of flights to plenty of destinations; however, Dallas Love Field has something that DFW doesn’t—new airport smell.

The airport just finished a revamp and renovation, and parts of the new airport are now open to the flying public. In total there’s eleven new gates at the airport, as the place is ready to debut just part of its renovation. There was a sneak peek for airport employees and others eager to take a look, but now things are open for those holding tickets as well.

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Why Porter Airlines Needs Toronto's City Airport to Bend the Rules

We haven’t heard too much from Porter Airlines lately. Sure they’ve had their share of new route announcements, and of course they’re still busy doing the free lounge access things for all of their passengers. However, they might be in store for something big, as it looks like they’ve got their eyes on a whole bunch of new airplanes.

They must have a fairly nice PowerPoint to show off, as they’ve got an expansion plan that includes like a $2 billion order for those brand new Bombardier CSeries jets. Sounds all fine and dandy, but there’s a little bit of a problem. A lot of Porter’s success has been dependent on their use of the very convenient Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport right near Toronto’s downtown core; however, there’s also all kinds of rules, regulations, and restrictions regarding what can and cannot fly to and from the airport. That means these new planes aren’t necessarily allowed there, so Porter Airlines is going to need to ask for permission first.

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New Airplane Alert: Bombardier Shows Off the CSeries

When it comes to airplane news we’re usually going on and on—in a good way—about the latest and greatest offerings from the big boys like Airbus and Boeing. However, they’re not the only ones busting out the blueprints on new airplane designs, as Bombardier has been hard at work for quite a while on their next generation aircraft. We’ve mentioned their newly designed single-aisle jets before, but now it looks like they’re finally ready to take a big step forward in their plane’s timeline.

Bombardier isn’t quite ready to start flying around the test planes just yet, but they are proud to show off the very first test plane. They showed things off to members of the media earlier in the week, as this should be the first plane that will eventually take to the skies. Just like most other airplane manufacturers even this initial rollout was kind of overdue, but we say better late than never.

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Seven Extra Inches! Air Canada Stretches Out with 'Premium Economy' Seats

When it comes to the craze of premium economy seating it looks like Air Canada is up next. Fortunately, they’re not taking the usual North American approach when it comes to this section of the coach cabin, as it’s going more than just a boost in legroom.

The plan is to start off small, as Air Canada gets ready to prepare for their new seats across five of their Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. First and foremost those sitting in the forward cabin—of the rear cabin—will have their own little seating section, as there will be a dedication Premium Economy cabin. Larger seats are the big news here, as the seats are wider, offer like seven more inches of legroom, and they even recline just a little bit more.

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Test Your Cockpit Knowledge to Win a Day at an Air Canada Flight Simulator

"Have you ever dreamed of sitting in an airplane's pilot seat?"

Air Canada isn't asking if you've ever dreamt of flying a plane, just if you want to sit in the pilot seat, which is all well and good considering they've just opened up a Facebook contest to win a day with an Air Canada instructor pilot in a flight simulator at the airline's Flight Training Center in Toronto.

To score such an awesome prize, you've got to show off some basic A320 cockpit knowledge by playing a multiple choice game called "Land Your Way."

Progress through three levels of harder and harder questions to reach the status of "Captain" and view your final score. The more points you get, the more times your name is entered into the draw to win the flight sim grand prize. Unfortunately the prize is only open to Canadian citizens, but that's not stopping you from playing the game.

[Photo: Facebook screenshot]

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How To Get Tickets To Toronto Comic Con

Tickets are now on sale for Toronto ComicCon, taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on March 9th and 10th.

Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica, Teen Wolf), Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings), Daniel Logan (Star Wars Episode II) and the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation will all be in attendance, along with Toronto's own Anthony Del Col and Connor McCreery, the creators of Kill Shakespeare.

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Call Air Canada, Maybe?

Can there be anything more awkward than a band of flight attendants taking a break from their onboard duties to lip-sync to an over-played pop song? We thought we had heard the last of this song, maybe? But Air Canada has revived the Carly Rae Jepsen hit, Call Me, Maybe?

After some initial cringing for the first 30 seconds, our lips started curling into a cheesy grin. That's the power of the music, we guess. By the end of the song, we looked past the grainy video and bad lip-syncing and actually liked it.

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Catch 'Les Miz' Live on Stage in Toronto This Fall

The big screen adaptation of Les Miserables has sparked a new interest in the musical, especially among those whose first time included Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean.

So, in the spirit of striking while the iron's hot, Les Miz has announced a new Canadian company will begin a five month stint in Toronto this fall.

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Porter Brings a Little Online Travel Agency Action with 'Porter Escapes'

If you’ve ever booked a flight on an airline website—and we’re thinking that you have—you’ll recall how eager the airlines are to sell you lots of extra stuff. From hotels to cars, and even activities...they are all there for your booking pleasure, and that’s the case even when you’re not interested in any extras. Well now there’s another airline entering the all-in-one travel business, as Porter Airlines is brining their signature service to all aspects of your vacation.

They’re calling their little venture Porter Escapes, as clearly they want you to escape via one of their flights to somewhere a little more fun then where your call home. Expect the usual complimentary lounge access, free drinks up in the air, and everything else that makes the Porter experience truly one of a kind. However, now they’re also adding in some suggestions for what to do when you land.

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New Airline Alert: Air Canada Rouge, Flying to Cuba and Beyond in 2013

Hey look! There's fun new airline stuff happening up in the Canada, too! Today, Air Canada makes the announcement that they're proceeding with the launch of a low-cost carrier little brother airline, to be called Air Canada rouge, a name decided through a Facebook contest. Yes, that "R" is lowercase, but we're going to uppercase it from here on out to save our sanity.

Beginning July 1, 2013, Air Canada Rouge will jet from Toronto to a variety of international destinations, some never before serviced by Air Canada itself. We're talking Venice, Edinburgh and Athens from $949 roundtrip, Cuba from $538 (roundtrip) and Jamaica, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic from $269 (one-way). These are the introductory, yay-we-will-fly-soon fares to get you all hot and bothered, and they're good for booking on aircanada.com and aircanadavacations.com until December 25, 2011.

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How to Visit Canada's Famous 'IKEA Monkey'

In case you didn't visit the internet last week, a tiny monkey in a tiny shearling coat showed up in the parking lot of a Toronto area IKEA. As it turns out, the monkey, a Rhesus Macaque, is named "Darwin" and lives as the pet of a real estate lawyer. Or did, since Darwin broke out of his cage and his owner's car and was eventually captured by Toronto Animal Services. That's only where his story begins.

Thanks to tweets and Instagrams from IKEA shoppers who spotted the monkey, the animal attained web stardom in record time. He was not returned to his owner (who was fined for owning an illegal animal), but sent directly to "monkey rehab" at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary.

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WestJet Pulls Off the First Travel Flashmob for This Holiday Season

Airlines and airport love flashmobs. Why? Well, it could have something to do with the fact there's always a large enough captive audience to view, record and social media share the spectacle, but there's also the fact that travelers during the holiday season aren't exactly the happiest bunch and maybe need a little positive boost before boarding that plane. Whatever the reason, travel flashmobs go hand-in-hand with holidays now, and WestJet is first out of the gate for 2012.

On December 4, WestJet organized one of their aircraft to "arrive" from the North Pole to Calgary International and, at 11:30pm before a packed red-eye flight to Toronto, gift those passengers with stockings full of goodies (including Apple iPod Shuffles).

We'll keep other spoilers to ourselves, but do watch the video below and be on the look-out over the next couple weeks as more airports and airlines are, without a doubt, entering final rehearsal for their own flashmobs.

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