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Free shoeshines at dapper London City Airport

11/27/12

Last week I had the pleasure of doing a behind-the-scenes tour of the London City Airport, which prides itself on being the only airport actually located in London. (Fly into Heathrow and take the hour-long tube ride into the city and you understand that distinction.) My tour of London City Airport started at 5:30 a.m. […]

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Greetings from soggy Sea-Tac Airport

11/20/12

It’s been raining – a lot; more than usual – in Seattle, and places that sometimes leak a little are leaking are lot. Including the ceiling in the North Satellite Terminal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where someone got creative in marking off the spots where water was dripping onto the floor. The first time I […]

The germiest spots on airplanes & in airports

11/15/12

If you’ll be among the 24 million people expected to be in an airport and on a plane this Thanksgiving holiday period, Charles Gerba, the University of Arizona microbiology professor known as “Dr. Germ,” has some important travel advice for you: Pack light and carry hand sanitizer. Gerba, whose travel souvenirs often include test swabs […]

Drinking in airports

11/11/12

It’s irritating – and expensive – to have to dump a perfectly good, sealed container of bottled water before entering an airport security checkpoint only to pay an inflated price for a fresh bottle on the other side. To avoid that scenario, many travelers take along an empty, wide-mouthed bottle and fill it up at […]

Flight schedules reviving; relief efforts rewarded

11/01/12

In the New York area, JFK, Newark-Liberty and LaGuardia airports are all expected to be open on Thursday morning, although on reduced schedules, and passengers “displaced” by Sandy throughout the country – and the world – are slowly making their way to their destinations – or giving up altogether and making plans for another time. […]

Post-Sandy air travel & a Halloween treat

10/31/12

Dazed and definitely confused – airlines, airports and travelers are trying to pick up where they left off before super-storm Sandy blew through. Although it will certainly take a while to deal with and accommodate the backlog of passengers whose travel was disrupted by thousands of flights canceled due to the storm, airlines are resuming […]

Resources for those stranded by Sandy

10/30/12

Airports closed. Thousands of flights canceled. Homes, businesses, lives and travel plans ruined by the hurricane formerly known as Sandy. It’s still too much to handle. And it’s having on impact way beyond the areas directly hit by the storm. Here are some resources that may help: Airports The New York City airports (LGA, Newark […]

Hurricane Sandy: airlines, airports not fooling around

10/29/12

Airlines & airports are not fooling around when it comes to Hurricane Sandy. On Sunday evening, news outlets were reporting that airlines had already canceled close to 7,000 flights throughout the system – not just in the northeast – in anticipation of the storm and encouraging passengers to take advantage of cancellation waiver offers. Airports […]

At SFO Airport: Mansion of Happiness & Sociable Snakes

10/24/12

Who would have imagined that you could find happiness, let alone the Mansion of Happiness at an airport? But there it is in the SFO Museum’s new exhibit Let’s Play! 100 Years of Board Games at San Francisco International Airport, located post-security in the Terminal 2, Departures Level. The Mansion of Happiness game is a […]

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