Although the American Heart Association celebrated National Walking Day on April 3rd this year, it’s a good idea to spend at least part of everyday walking. And, with long, carpeted concourses and little-used stairways alongside most escalators, airports offer a great place to do some of that walking. Here’s a list of some U.S. airports […]
Day lounges accessible to anyone willing to pay the day fee are – thankfully – beginning to pop up at more and more airports. The latest addition to the list: a new branch of the Airspace Lounge opened on Tuesday at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), in the Main Terminal near the Concourse B security […]
Although it’s been 20 years since the debut of the romantic comedy film Sleepless in Seattle, gray and pink nightshirts sporting the movie’s title are still among the bestsellers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with 9,000 of the shirts sold last year. “Some of us scratch our heads about its appeal,” said Randi Sibonga, who […]
A little bit of this and that.. As more and more groups come out in opposition to the TSA’s impending rule changes about allowing small knives and some other previously prohibited items back onto planes as carry-ons, TSA chief John Pistole said the agency is sticking to its guns about the change in its ruling […]
Art and music in an airport is always a great idea. Here are two fresh offerings: To help ease passengers into Spring Break travel, Indianapolis International Airport (IND) will be hosting a performance by a quintet from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Monday afternoon, March 11 from 5:3o to 6:30 pm. The quintent will perform […]
I had way too much fun putting together this story – Sloths, speedways and grave sites: Before they were Airports – for my February At the Airport column on USA Today, which ran along with a slide show of these and other “before” photos. (Be sure to look for the photo of an early LAX […]
Although the American Heart Association celebrated National Walking Day on April 3rd this year, it’s a good idea to spend at least part of everyday walking. And, with long, carpeted concourses and little-used stairways alongside most escalators, airports offer a great place to do some of that walking. Here’s a list of some U.S. airports […]
Day lounges accessible to anyone willing to pay the day fee are – thankfully – beginning to pop up at more and more airports. The latest addition to the list: a new branch of the Airspace Lounge opened on Tuesday at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), in the Main Terminal near the Concourse B security […]
Although it’s been 20 years since the debut of the romantic comedy film Sleepless in Seattle, gray and pink nightshirts sporting the movie’s title are still among the bestsellers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with 9,000 of the shirts sold last year. “Some of us scratch our heads about its appeal,” said Randi Sibonga, who […]
A little bit of this and that.. As more and more groups come out in opposition to the TSA’s impending rule changes about allowing small knives and some other previously prohibited items back onto planes as carry-ons, TSA chief John Pistole said the agency is sticking to its guns about the change in its ruling […]
Art and music in an airport is always a great idea. Here are two fresh offerings: To help ease passengers into Spring Break travel, Indianapolis International Airport (IND) will be hosting a performance by a quintet from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Monday afternoon, March 11 from 5:3o to 6:30 pm. The quintent will perform […]
I had way too much fun putting together this story – Sloths, speedways and grave sites: Before they were Airports – for my February At the Airport column on USA Today, which ran along with a slide show of these and other “before” photos. (Be sure to look for the photo of an early LAX […]
To mark the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) will present a variety of special performances on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on the “Asleep at the Wheel” stage, post-security and across from Gate 10. The line-up includes: soloist Shelley Chen, with a trio […]
Many travelers dump the loose change in their pockets into the security bins at airport security checkpoints and often leave some of that change behind when gathering up their belongings on the other side. In fact, according to the TSA, during 2012 approximately $531,000 in “undeclared money” was left at security checkpoints at the country’s […]
One of the more impressive sights at Singapore’s Changi Airport is in Terminal 3, where there is a five-story tall indoor vertical garden, called the ‘Green Wall,’ that stretches across the building. The “tapestry” was created by Tierra Design and contains a mixture of 10,000 exotic, tropical climbing plants interspersed with four cascading waterfalls. […]