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American Airlines will bring back drink service to premium passengers in May
First class, business and other premium class customers will get beverage service starting May 1, but main cabin passengers and alcohol service will wait a bit longer.
Pasengers on board an American Airlines Boeing 737. (Josh Noel/Chicago Tribune)
In a sign air travel is starting to return to normal, American Airlines will bring back drink service to premium class passengers on all flights starting May 1.
American, which ditched drink service more than a year ago at the behest of customers and flight attendants, has been giving travelers bottled water on flights under 2,200 miles for months, but it is starting to return scaled-back service to pre-pandemic levels.
Blair Walker, executive director of the interfaith chapel at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, introduced meditation sessions last fall for passengers and employees to help with pandemic-related anxiety.
As more people return to air travel, several airports are offering yoga, stretching and meditation areas. Live music and therapy pet programs are also intended to calm stressed-out travelers.
Robin Hancock gently worked her steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing a set of soothing, mystical tones. They blended with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. Her warm voice invited the two visitors in the dimly lit room to slip into a nature setting of their choosing.
Katja Ridderbusch
KHN
ATLANTA – Robin Hancock gently worked her steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing a set of soothing, mystical tones. They blended with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. Her warm voice invited the two visitors in the dimly lit room to slip into a nature setting of their choosing.
The 20-minute guided meditation took place at an unlikely location: Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which until 2020 was the world’s busiest passenger hub. The airport interfaith chapel’s executive director, Blair Walker, introduced the meditation sessions last fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are the best U.S. airports for travel deals, according to the report.
1. Los Angeles (LAX)
Over the last six months, Scott s Cheap Flights found 114 deals, including $103 roundtrip nonstop flights from LAX to Chicago and trips from LAX to Oahu or Maui for $159.
2. Chicago (ORD)
Chicago s O Hare had 109 deals, including $71 nonstop roundtrips from O Hare to San Diego and $59 flights to Atlanta.
3. Minneapolis (MSP)
Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport had a 106 deals, including $57 roundtrip nonstop flights from MSP to Chicago.
3. (tie) Austin (AUS)
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas had a 106 deals, including $35 roundtrip nonstop flights from Austin to New York City.