Manny Ramirez fitting in as a minor-leaguer - San Francisco Gate
26 May 2012, 1:44 am
Manny Ramirez, just another minor-league prospect. Friday, the Sacramento River Cats boarded a 6:30 a.m. commercial flight from Austin, Texas, to Sacramento with a two-hour layover in Dallas, and Ramirez was on it. Once the American Airlines ...

Passengers welcome new Zurich flight out of Tampa - St. Petersburg Times
25 May 2012, 10:16 pm
TAMPA — Tom and Pamela Montefinese fly to Europe every year, and each year they have to stop for an hours-long layover in New York. Not anymore. They flew on Edelweiss Air's first flight from Tampa to Zurich on Friday night, Tampa's first new ...

Anthony Bourdain’s Latest Show A Perfect Travel Guide - Tyler Morning Telegraph
25 May 2012, 2:21 am
In the meantime, though, there’s “The layover.” Trotting across the globe at a near-constant pace as Bourdain does, that means lots of layovers in big cities such as Los Angeles, London, Rome, San Francisco and Hong Kong for anywhere from ...

Robot Boats Survive Epic Voyage Across the Pacific — So Far - Wired News
23 May 2012, 5:29 am
The gliders had endured an epic journey from California to Hawaii, but they were on a mere layover — they’re in the middle of an attempt to cross the entire Pacific. There’s a world record for “greatest distance by an autonomous wave ...

Westminster selectman: MART withdraws noise-study funds - Sentinel & Enterprise
22 May 2012, 5:31 am
WESTMINSTER -- Selectman Joseph Flanagan said Monday that the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority has withdrawn its offer to pay about $3,000 toward a noise study for the forthcoming layover station. During Monday's Board of Selectmen ...

Etihad Airways Announces Free layover Program, Free Hotel Nights - Huffington Post
21 May 2012, 4:45 pm
In a world of ever-increasing fees, one airline is actually giving something away for free. Etihad Airways has announced that passengers who book a ticket on the carrier through its home airport in Abu Dhabi will get one free three-, four- or ...

The world’s longest flights - FOX News
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Long-haul, non-stop flights have become increasingly popular, particularly among business travelers eager to avoid the extra hassle of the dreaded layover. State of the art airplanes built to fly incredible distances have been introduced by many ...

layover trip in Paris becomes a filling hors d'oeuvre - Regina Leader-Post
17 May 2012, 10:04 pm
PARIS - My wife and I ran in a 20k in Paris, marvelled at outdoor urinals, strolled Boulevard Saint-Germain, enjoyed $15 hot dogs (not including wine) and generally fell in love with Paris all in less than three hours. Less than three hours is all the time ...

How airport layovers can be a good travel opportunity - Washington Post
17 May 2012, 6:51 pm
That’s why, whenever I fly somewhere, I look for the worst possible connection. An eight-hour layover is enough to explore part of a city. Overnight interruptions are even better, whether or not the airline picks up the hotel tab.

layover station still a concern in Westminster - Sentinel & Enterprise
15 May 2012, 5:25 am
WESTMINSTER -- Once again, concerns about noise and freight access dominated discussions about the proposed layover station during a technical review meeting Monday. Town officials, including selectmen, members of the Planning Board and Town ...