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Germs on a plane? More than you think.

09/11/15

Germs on a plane. They’re far likelier to get under your skin than snakes, screaming babies or smelly seatmates. And they’re most common on tray tables – a surface that is touched frequently during a typical flight, a new study found. Travelmath.com recently sent swab-carrying microbiologists to five airports and onto four airplanes and then […]

Reno-Tahoe Airport & the Burners

09/08/15

The 70,000 “Burners” who attended last week’s Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada have to go back to their regular lives now and about 22,000 of them re-entered the real world via Reno-Tahoe International Airport on Monday on Tuesday. That makes this week one of the busiest times for RNO airport […]

Fly on 9/11?

09/07/15

I had a plane ticket to buy and my choices were Friday, 9/11 or Saturday 9/12. “Don’t fly on 9/11,” a friend said, “Makes me nervous.” Not everyone feels that way: @hbaskas I flew into JFK on 9/11 two years ago. Seeing ground zero lights from plane as approaching airport was an experience i won’t […]

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Drink coffee, eat a kid’s meal to stop hunger

09/06/15

Here’s an easy way to help out a good cause when you’re at an airport. Airport restaurant and concession operator Paradies is raising funds to feed hungry children in America through the Dine Out for No Kid Hungry® program. Throughout September, Paradies will donate 25 cents for every cup of coffee sold in its food […]

JetBlue bringing Boyz II Men to JFK T5

09/03/15

If you’re a fan of the singing group Boyz II Men, or of the concerts JetBlue occasionally offers in Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy airport, then plan to be flying to or through T5 on September 24 at 5 p.m. when the GRAMMY award-winning group will be performing for free. The concert stage is […]

Surprise upgrades at Denver International Airport

09/02/15

Denver International Airport is celebrating its 20th year with all manner of events and festivities. Right now, it’s 20 days of “upgrades” for passengers, starting with one of my favorite foods: coffee Airport officials says it just gets better from here, so if you’re traveling through Denver International Airport in the next few weeks, keep […]

Swap a PDX memory for a PDX carpet mat

09/01/15

Want your very own piece of the world-famous PDX carpet? Here’s one way to get: Portland International Airport is turning 75 and is asking people to share their favorite PDX memories in a written note, video, photo, audio recording or email at PDXmoments. Each week through Nov. 29, the airport will pick one of the […]

Reno-Tahoe Airport celebrates Burning Man

08/28/15

Burning Man kicks off this weekend and the far-out festival has a major impact on the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, which each year hosts approximately 35,000 additional arriving and departing Burners from 34 different countries. Over the years, the airport figured out how to best welcome and help the Burners get where they need to go […]

Should airports have smoking rooms?

08/27/15

The debate over airport smoking rooms is flaring up again. In May, just a few months after the 25th anniversary of the federal law banning smoking on domestic U.S. flights, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, posted a photo on Facebook and Twitter giving thumbs down to smoking rooms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International […]

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