Since the dawn of civilization, mankind has wanted custom airport selection on Kayak flight search. And now, in the greatest human achievement since Stonehenge and the merger of Drakes and Hostess ("all your snack cakes are belong to us"), Kayak gives you what we call:

(wait for it)

"Kayak Custom Airports."

Suppose you are Jay Leno, you are in Burbank and you want to fly to Paris. But you don't like LAX or Long Beach airports. For most of the life of the known universe (13.5-14 billion earth years), you would have been COMPLETELY unable to find flights from BUR, ONT and OXR to CDG on Kayak.com with one click. But lo:

We thought it would be interesting to see how the swine flu has affected user travel search patterns.

The data below shows the relative change in user search activity from last week to this week, to and from Mexico.

CMO of IMG Worldwide Joins to Lead Aggressive Offline Marketing Plan

NORWALK, Conn. – April 23, 2009 – Kayak.com, the world’s largest travel search site, today announced the appointment of Robert Birge as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Birge will manage all offline marketing, advertising and public relations activities, including the planned launch of a major offline advertising campaign. Birge will report to Kayak.com Co-Founder and CEO Steve Hafner and will be based at the company’s global headquarters in Norwalk, Conn.