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Cathay Pacific Expands To Boston
As many of you know I tend to enjoy focusing on my hometown airport of Boston Logan. I am proud of my airport, even with the high landing fees and singular private aviation FBO that is essentially a monopoly. Massport, the agency that governs Logan Airport have really been attacking the international route market. They…
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Some of our favorite #layovertips
The tripchi airport app team have a few hashtags on Twitter that we participate in – namely #namethatairport and #layovertip. They are games our tripchi community plays whenever we’re at an airport. For #namethatairport, take a non-obvious airport picture, tweet it out with the hashtag, and let others try to guess! For #layovertip, share your knowledge and tips to our tripchi…
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5 Airports with Best Extracurricular Activities
Summertime travel in the US can be an arduous and aggravating process. With booming storms, crowded runways and full aircraft; delays and cancellations are bound to happen. So we at the tripchi airport app wanted to brighten up your travel blues and bring you our top 5 most exciting extracurricular activities from airports around the world.…
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Emirates Flight 201 on the Airbus A380
As I searched for a return ticket from Cape Town to Boston for the second time in six months, I faced an awful reality. Even though it was winter in the southern hemisphere, I was going to pay summertime prices. I searched and searched but was unable to find any prices below the 1k mark…
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tripchi Guest Blog: Social Media at Airports with Ian Petchenik
This week tripchi is pleased to feature Ian Petchenik, a freelance aviation writer and social media strategist focusing on airline passenger experience. He’s been featured on sites like Airchive.com and the Huffington Post Live. He can often be found on an airplane or in front of a computer screen—sometimes both. When not inside an airplane…
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Airport Review: Lanseria and OR Tambo International in South Africa
Last week I penned a blog about Mango Airlines, a low-cost airline that flies to five destinations in South Africa and also to Zanzibar. The service was good and overall the airline was more than adequate. But we at tripchi are about the airports and our how we experience them. I was lucky enough to…
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Denver Airport: @SlickNickRicky review – tripchi airport app
tripchi editor’s note: You’ll find that Denver Airport is a breeze to fly through. With several security entrances (including a hidden and less crowded entry by the Terminal A footbridge), and two sides for passenger drop-off (East and West), getting in and out is easy. There’s a high-speed train that connects the 3 terminals underground,…
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Flying Low-Cost in South Africa
Trying to escape the Cape Town winter which often consists of rain, my girlfriend and I decided it was time for an adventure to see the South African bush and jump the border to Botswana. South Africa boasts two main low-cost airlines Mango and Kulula Airlines. Mango is owned 100% by South African Airways, which…