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Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport Knocks Back a Few Too Many
While we have yet to experience a flight drunk on too many airport margaritas, for many it is the only way to get them on the plane. There is a point, however, at which in-flight drunkenness switches from being humorous and forgivable to annoying and dangerous, and it looks like Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport takes the cake in terms of frequency of these incidents.
According to a report on MSNBC, police at DFW made 78 arrests lasts year for public intoxication and in some cases pulled people off of planes for it.
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Heineken Taps Into Newark Intl Airport
When you think of an airport bar, what usually comes to mind is some bland space halfway down a terminal, whose sole focus is to overcharge you as much as possible while getting you as drunk as possible before your flight. Thankfully Newark International Airport is helping to change this image with the introduction of their new Heineken Lounge, boasting Amsterdam's best-known beer and an interior worthy of the jet set.
If you thought good design, comfortable furniture and a view out onto the tarmac were features strictly reserved for first class lounges, the Heineken Bar will happily prove you wrong with its white leather couches, semi-private conversation nooks and ambient lighting. We suppose that just much as the bar gives you an impression of the Heineken brand, it also serves as a kind of unofficial Netherlands outpost before you even step onto your Amsterdam flight.
Of course they'll have a fully stocked bar in addition to Heines, but we're really loving that this place gives us another option for airport workspace. Out ticket to starting a flight off right is if we can get a beer, a clean tabletop and a comfy chair; we'll be starting a tab here soon enough.
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· Newark Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: UXUS Design]
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Celeb Spotting at LAX: Russell Simmons Waits Out a Delay at El Cholo
Maybe it's because she's usually flying out of LAX, maybe it's because she's just lucky, but HotelChatter editrix Juliana Shallcross sees a lot of celebs on planes. Sunday, it was Liz Phair sitting business select on Southwest; today, she bumped into Russell Simmons.
The hip-hop icon and Juliana were both trying to get to New Orleans when a radar problem kept their Delta flight from taking off. Once the crippled jet made it back to the gate, it was straight to the El Cholo Cantina in Terminal 5 for Simmons while Juliana went to scour the nearby restaurants for grub.
Delta got the avionics fixed in about two hours, which should've given notoriously germaphobic Russell enough time to grab a bottle of hand sanitizer: While the radar is good to go, Delta didn't have time to fix the busted sinks in the plane's lavs.
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What Airports Really Need: Better Beer
It's nice that airports are classing up their dining options to please discerning gourmands, but what about those who just want a beer to steady their nerves before flying? Until recently, the beer menus at most airport bars didn't have much beyond the offerings of mass-market brewers. A new guide from cheapflights.com, however, suggests that lovingly-crafted microbrews are finally penetrating a market that's historically been the province of bland, generic lagers, pointing out fifteen U.S. airports where it's possible to enjoy a pint of good stuff - like Tree-Hugger Porter or Fat Tire Amber Ale - before hopping on your flight. The Beer Lovers Airport Guide highlights some of the best watering holes in airports like Boston, Portland, and Denver. And while it'll take more than a good pub to get us to the airport any earlier than we need to be, it will take a bit of the sting out of flight delays.
[Photo: Creative Loafing]
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· Beer Lovers' Airport Guide [cheapflights.com]
· Finding a Good Brew at the Airport [aviation.com via Yahoo! News]
· Airport Bars [Jaunted]
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Travel Snapshot: Happy Hour in DTW
You know how you can always tell the tourists headed to warmer climes when you walk through the airport? They're always the ones wearing goofy print shirts and short shorts even though it's bound to be frigid on the plane.
Jaunted member JetSetCD sent us this funny snapshot, along with a bit of an explanation:
I mean, it may be the Motor City and all, but really? Gotta love the guy in the tropical shirt at the bar; the flights around it were headed to various parts of Mexico.
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