September 2009 Archives

Sully and The Reflected Glory Factor

The politicians who will doubtless rush to New York City's LaGuardia Airport to greet Sully tomorrow are also aware of the value of the Reflected Glory Factor.

The Story Ken Burns Missed

The opening episodes of Ken Burns’ new opus on the National Parks missed an essential narrative detail. Indeed, his narrative would have had no hero but for the story he overlooked, of a lone traveler and the kindness of strangers.

BA's New Idea: A Real Bummer

Welcome aboard. Like an aisle or window seat? That will be thirty bucks per person. Want to sit together? Same. And yes—that's for each flight, so it will cost you another thirty bucks for the return trip.

Open Letter to the FAA's Randy Babbit

Would you be happy with your family flying on an Airbus A330 or 340?

London's Little Airport that Can

I’m not dreaming: An airport where there are no lines at check-in, security takes just sixty good-humored seconds, the lounge is comfortable and uncrowded, the flight leaves exactly on time.

London's Edgy East

The Modern Pantry in London's Clerkenwell neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Candi Giacchetti.For that community that lives in the big tent called NYLON - splitting work and lives between New York and London - it’s the part of the capital that...

About Clive Alive

Clive Irving is senior consulting editor for Condé Nast Traveler and a founder of the magazine. He believes that travel should not just broaden the mind but broaden the stomach. And that the true miracle of travel, flying, should have a level of service equal to a great hotel. He’s not holding his breath.