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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

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

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

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

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?

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

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 →

ORD: 5 Things We Love About Chicago O’Hare International Airport

07/05/20
We’re back with another installment of our “5 Things We Love About…” series and today we’re landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) Please keep in mind that due to health concerns, some features and amenities at ORD may be temporarily unavailable. But we’re confident they’ll be back. Here’s a link to the airports that →

5 Things We Love About: San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

05/31/20
5 Things We Love About San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Today Stuck at the Airport kicks off a new feature of short airport profiles celebrating some of the services, amenities and features we love about airports around the world.   We could go on and on (as we often do) about some our favorites, of →

Airports empty – but busy

05/25/20
Airports keeping busy As travel begins, very slowly, to gear up, most airports still feel quite empty. But that doesn’t mean airport teams aren’t keeping busy. Someone was having fun with the airport code for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL): Denver International Airport (DEN) shared some very corny jokes: Dallas Love Field (DAL) is celebrating →
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