Travel

Last week, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 took off from Oakland International Airport and landed safely in Honolulu, Hawaii five hours later. The successful test flight, with only Southwest crew and FAA inspectors on board, paves the way for the carrier to announce fares and schedules for its new [...]

In airline route news, American Airlines adds a new type of Airbus single-aisle aircraft to its fleet; Delta's new A220s finally go into service, and the carrier adds some passenger amenities; United adds a route at San Francisco and continues shifting service at its East Coast hubs; JetBlue starts seasonal [...]

Where is life release happening around Northern California? [...]

In airport news this week, there's more debate over the renaming of SFO's Terminal 1 for Harvey Milk; Mineta San Jose has its eye on a tunnel project for faster rail-airport connections; travelers at Los Angeles International are facing even more construction as a major infrastructure project gets under way; [...]

Last month I wrote about a surprise resort fee I encountered at the end of a very nice hotel stay in Los Angeles. Based on reader comments and social media engagement around that post, I'm clearly not the only traveler irritated and baffled by these fees, so it's a topic [...]