03/21/17
A new study from ACI-NA list amenities that airports will be adding, and some they'll be let fade away. →
Cell Phones
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03/02/17
What new amenities will we see at airports? And what amenities are going away? We get some clues from a new ACI-NA survey. →
12/16/14
Pretty much everyone travels with an electronic gadget -or three – these days, and sometimes those gadgets get finicky. If that’s what’s happening when you’re at Chicago O’Hare International Airport from now through December 23rd, there’s free help at the ready. Best Buy Geek Squad Agents are stationed in O’Hare’s Concourse H from 8 a.m. →
08/07/13
24/7 donuts at Denver Airport's new cell-phone lot →
01/24/13
When grandma is flying in for a special occasion, you’ll find a spot in the airport’s short-term parking garage, go into the terminal and wait where you’ll be sure to see her when she exits the secure area. But if it’s “just” a friend coming in for the weekend or a spouse coming home from →
01/14/11
Debate continues over using cell-phones on airplanes. In Europe, the Middle East and Asia, airlines that wire planes for connectivity can install special equipment to allow passengers to use their own cell phones to make and receive calls. Domestic airlines own about 90 percent of the world's connected planes, but federal regulations still ban the use of in-flight mobile calls. →
09/05/10
We’ve all become accustomed to checking in for our flights on-line and printing out our boarding passes at home or at an airport kiosk on our way to the security checkpoint. Now the TSA is working with five airlines and 70 airports to test paperless boarding passes. Here’s how it works: When a traveler checks →
07/29/09
For years, a nice perk at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has been free 30-minute short-term parking. It meant you could drive someone to the airport and, instead of rushing them out of the car at the curb, you could park, help carry in their suitcase, and walk your friend or family member to the →
02/22/09
Air France gave it a test run last year and now Ryanair is going full speed ahead with in-flight cell-phone service. Here’s a report from CNN about one of the first (press-heavy) flights. Wish I’d been there just to see the cell-phone costume in person. Embedded video from CNN Video →
02/12/09
Earlier this week, Southwest Airlines announced that it was finally testing in-flight Wi-Fi on two planes and plans to being testing the service on four planes in just a few weeks. The service is provided by Row 44, which provides Wi-Fi via aircraft-to-satellite technology. The service will be free during an initial testing phase and →