Morning Links: Franz Kafka International Airport, Sonic Boom Trains and More
Travel Blog • Jerry V. Haines • 03.25.09 | 9:09 AM ET
- These trains are so fast they create sonic booms. Japanese engineers foresee 310 mph on the tracks by 2025.
- Pilot who prayed instead of taking emergency measures in fatal crash given a 10-year sentence.
- Christopher Elliott calls out five types of travelers he says are killing tourism. (If he hasn’t insulted you yet, you haven’t read far enough.)
- Grim days ahead for the world’s airlines, predicts the International Air Transport Association. But North American carriers might see a profit, due to better planning.
- On the other hand, North American hotels experienced the worst slump in prices during the last quarter of 2008.
- Video: Hold onto your Lada, it could become a collector’s item. Russian automaker enduring more than just bad jokes.
- With frightening shades of “the word that shall not be mentioned,” CNN.com has introduced the cringe-worthy, “nakations.” (Oh, wow: naked snow angels.)
- PBS’s NOVA contemplates the significance of Arctic ice melt in a documentary.
- In Brooklyn, you mess with people’s hot dogs at your own peril. (via roadfood.com)
- Video: We know it’s The Onion, yet Franz Kafka International Airport seems all too real.
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