Minneapolis-St. Paul International has joined the list of airports offering travelers a free trading card featuring a wide range of interesting facts and stats about the airport. The card is free at any airport information booth and, along with cards from other airports, would be a nice small gift this holiday season. Here are some […]
Here’s a nice gesture being extended to military personnel traveling this Thanksgiving: Paradies, a company that operates many airport concessions, is inviting active or retired military to dine for free in any of its airport restaurants from November 24 to 27. The offer is courtesy of the company’s Treat Our Troops program and will cover […]
27 airports – so far – have organized therapy dog programs on site to help passengers and employees deal with the stress of modern day travel. The trend began back in 2001 at Mineta San Jose International Airport and now Los Angeles International Airport, Miami International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and many others have […]
Now here’s a great way to spend the Thanksgiving weekend: inside an “airplane apartment.” From now through November 20, you can enter a contest to win an overnight stay – on November 28, 29 or 30 – inside a recently retired KLM MD-11 airplane parked next to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The plane has been turned […]
Airports across the country are grappling with how to deal with taxi-alternative services and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and each week a few deals are being made. This week San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced an agreement with Wingz, a company that connects citizen drivers with people needing airport rides. The pilot […]
The numbers seem a bit boggling: despite the fact that firearms, ammunition, firearm parts, and realistic replicas of firearms are prohibited in carry-on baggage, an increasing number of passengers continue to show up at airport checkpoints with these items. In fact, according to the Transportation Security Administration, at the end of the day on November […]
Minneapolis-St. Paul International has joined the list of airports offering travelers a free trading card featuring a wide range of interesting facts and stats about the airport. The card is free at any airport information booth and, along with cards from other airports, would be a nice small gift this holiday season. Here are some […]
Here’s a nice gesture being extended to military personnel traveling this Thanksgiving: Paradies, a company that operates many airport concessions, is inviting active or retired military to dine for free in any of its airport restaurants from November 24 to 27. The offer is courtesy of the company’s Treat Our Troops program and will cover […]
27 airports – so far – have organized therapy dog programs on site to help passengers and employees deal with the stress of modern day travel. The trend began back in 2001 at Mineta San Jose International Airport and now Los Angeles International Airport, Miami International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and many others have […]
Now here’s a great way to spend the Thanksgiving weekend: inside an “airplane apartment.” From now through November 20, you can enter a contest to win an overnight stay – on November 28, 29 or 30 – inside a recently retired KLM MD-11 airplane parked next to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The plane has been turned […]
Airports across the country are grappling with how to deal with taxi-alternative services and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and each week a few deals are being made. This week San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced an agreement with Wingz, a company that connects citizen drivers with people needing airport rides. The pilot […]
The numbers seem a bit boggling: despite the fact that firearms, ammunition, firearm parts, and realistic replicas of firearms are prohibited in carry-on baggage, an increasing number of passengers continue to show up at airport checkpoints with these items. In fact, according to the Transportation Security Administration, at the end of the day on November […]
Thrilled, once again, to be doing a short (one-day this time) fill-in for Ben Mutzabaugh on the Today in the Sky blog at USA Today. For the first entry of the day: my annual “where to get your flu shot at the airport” round-up. Forget the headlines and the hysteria. As this chart explains, it’s […]
Austin is hosting the Formula One United States Grand Prix this weekend and thousands of race fans are passing through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Passenger traffic at the airport is expected to be the highest on Sunday night (Nov 2) and on Monday, (Nov 3), as race fans head home. So to help the process go […]
Two airport firsts for me this weekend on a very short trip to Canada. I took my first Kenmore Air seaplane ride from Seattle to Victoria, B.C. and I finally had a chance to visit Victoria International Airport. I actually took two seaplane rides. The first flight from Seattle to Victoria had to turn around […]