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New airport names; new airline planes

New airport names; new airline planes

06/17/21
Alaska Airlines’ new Pride-inspired plane We are totally loving Alaska Airline’s newly decorated Pride-inspired plane supporting the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the first of its kind in the United States and will be flying throughout the airline’s network for the next year. Airport name changes It’s official. T.F. Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island is now […]
Travel Tidbits heading into the weekend

Travel Tidbits heading into the weekend

04/29/21
The Kentucky Derby will take place on schedule this year on Saturday, May 1 and Louisville Muhammad International Airport (SDF) is decked out and ready to welcome Derby guests with lots of fresh roses. PHX has COVID-19 shots Airports everywhere are continuing their “keep clean things clean” campaigns. Touchless tech helps, and we see Pittsburgh […]
News from airports and spaceports

News from airports and spaceports

03/30/21
Looking to get away? Today we got a look at Virgin Galactic’s VSS Imagine spacecraft, the latest generation in its spaceship program. We also spotted a charming vintage video promoting Gander International Airport( YQX). Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) told us about Bernice “Bee” Haydu, one of the 1st women to fly for the U.S. military […]
Travel news from airports here and there

Travel news from airports here and there

03/29/21
Tuesday already? Stuck at the Airport is still doing some catch-up up on news, snaps, and travel tidbits airports shared on Monday. Like the pink cherry blossom lighting at Reagan National Airport (DCA). The links to short films courtesy of the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The Women’s History Month factoid about […]
World’s Best Airports for Customer Service

World’s Best Airports for Customer Service

02/28/21
When it comes time to go back to airports, it will be good to know which ones are doing a good job service and hygiene-wise. Helpful clues come from Airport Service Quality Awards, given out by Airports Council International (ACI), which measures airports based on customer surveys. The ASQ Awards are determined based on passenger […]
Stuck at the Airport: Friday Round-up

Stuck at the Airport: Friday Round-up

02/25/21
Happy Friday. We’re ending the week here at Stuck at The Airport with some tidbits that caught our attention, like this #TBT – “Throwback Thursday” – tweet from O’Hare International Airport And this #TBT tweet from Houston’s Hobby Airport (HOU) All month long, we’re been paying attention to – and learning from – the tweets […]
Travel Tidbits

Travel Tidbits

02/08/21
Here are some of the travel tidbits we’ve gathered so far this week. Delta extends middle seat block Most other airlines have stopped blocking the middle seats. But Delta Air Lines says it is extending its policy of blocking middle seats on all flights through April 30, 2021. Perhaps others will do the same. “We […]
More holiday cheer – and dances – from airports and airlines

More holiday cheer – and dances – from airports and airlines

12/14/20
If we were traveling around this month, we’d certainly be spending a lot of time in airport gift shops buying Christmas chocolates and other treats. Some of that chocolate would even make it home and into nicely-wrapped gift boxes. Instead, we’re home and keeping an eye on what airports and airlines are doing to be […]
“Witch” airports are decked out for Halloween?

“Witch” airports are decked out for Halloween?

10/21/20
Halloween is coming up soon and airports are getting ready to celebrate – whether we’re in the terminals or not. We’ll keep adding to this list, so please send us any airport Halloween decorations you spot. “Red Skeleton” returns to the Wichita Airport Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport (ICT) in Kansas will be keeping us […]
Airports are being challenged, but there are bright spots

Airports are being challenged, but there are bright spots

08/18/20
Despite this recent NYT article documenting how truly awful conditions are right now for airports and the operators of airport concessions, there are some bits of hopeful news. New shops at MKE Airport At Milwaukee Mitchell Airport (MKE), which will be getting new daily nonstop flights to both Tampa and Fort Meyers on United Airlines […]
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