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Spring flowers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

04/01/09

For the next two weeks it will definitely be spring at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – thanks to an indoor flower garden filled with ten of thousands of lilacs and purple and white tulips in full bloom. The garden has a flower stall and picnic tables where travelers can sit and rest and take in the →

Alaska volcano brings strange planes to Seattle

03/27/09

It’s not just passengers who are having their flight plans disrupted by the repeat eruptions of Mt. Redoubt. Many cargo freighters heading to Anchorage for refueling are instead diverting to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). According to airport officials, so far SEA is getting at least three times the normal arrivals of international cargo planes: 45 →

Lights out at airports during Earth Hour

03/25/09

In my column about tourist destinations and travel spots planning to turn out lights for this Saturday’s Earth Day event, there are two (so far) airports. But don’t be alarmed – there is no plan to put anyone in harm’s way by turning off important runway or tower lights. Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, which participated →

Alanis Morissette clips toenails on airplane

03/20/09

Celebrities are joining in to promote Earth Hour, March 28th, and Alanis Morissette – and her toenails – star in this PSA about the event. I include it here on the Stuck at the Airport blog because, to promote the big “turn off” day, Morissette is shown clipping her toenails in her airplane seat – →

Airports get ready for Earth Hour -March 28

03/20/09

Some airports are making plans to participate in Earth Hour – one hour on March 28th when perhaps a billion people around the world will be turning off lights and unplugging whatever they can. Toronto Pearson International Airport got involved last year and will do so again this year. In fact, an airport spokesperson told →

Tulip field at Amsterdam Airport

03/13/09

Heading to or through Amsterdam Schiphol Airport during the first two weeks of April? You could happily spend your whole vacation at the airport, what with the massage spa, the snooze chairs, the casino, the kids play area, the museum, and all the great shops, restaurants and artwork. They even have a YOTEL there, where →

Heathrow Airport: Emma Thompson says no go on 3rd runway

01/13/09

In an effort to thwart plans for a 3rd runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, Greenpeace, other environmental activists and a few celebrities, including Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, have bought up a piece of land “slap bang” in the middle of the proposed project site. Opponents of the 3rd runway project are worried about greenhouse gases, →

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Airports and airlines celebrate America Recycles Day

11/14/08

Tomorrow, Saturday Nov 15th, is America Recycles Day – a day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and purchase recycled products. The folks at Kansas City International Airport (MCI) are already celebrating. Today they’ll be handing out discount coupons from The Paradies Shops and HMS Host airport concessions to reward customers “caught” recycling in the →

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Some airports go green; others go white as snow

10/21/08

Remember putting snowballs in the freezer during the winter so you’d have them to play with once summer rolled around? This story about snow-recycling from the Telegraph is sort of like that: A new airport being built in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido will collect winter snow, keep it insulated and on ice, and then →

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More airport side trips: Tampa and Atlanta

09/21/08

Early this month I wrote a column for USATODAY.com about cheap, easy side-trips you can take from many U.S. airports. Since then, I’ve gotten email and tips on several more. Here are two of them: Tampa resident Robert Danielson wrote with this tip: “Adjacent to the south runway at Tampa International Airport (TPA) is “International →

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