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Love the layover: straight to the moon from Düsseldorf Airport

01/29/10
Next weekend, February 6 and 7, 2010, visitors to the Düsseldorf International Airport will be entertained by skiers and snowboarders performing stunts and jumps on a 130-foot long ski slope set up right in the shopping arcade of the terminal. Pretty impressive by itself, but if you’re heading to Düsseldorf to see the world’s first […]

World’s first airport indoor ski jump at Düsseldorf International Airport ski jump

01/28/10
Is this too much fun for an airport? This past December, right before Christmas, Germany’s Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) hosted a circus competition in the shopping arcade with contortionists,  jugglers and trapeze artists. Now comes word that on February 6th and 7th, 2010, the airport shopping arcade will be the site of the world’s first […]

Tidbits for travelers: YVR’s Olympic rings & Air New Zealand’s Skycouches

01/26/10
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in just a few weeks and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is getting ready to welcome more than 230,000 athletes and Olympics-bound visitors. Actually, the airport has been sprucing up for quite a while. In addition to its swanky new Observation Gallery, the airport has had these giant Olympic […]

Tidbits for travelers: Free Wi-Fi, Olympic travel tips, and in-flight body-mass tax

01/20/10
We want Wi-Fi Slowly but surely airports large and small are getting with the program and making free wireless Internet access available in the terminals. The latest major airport to join the party: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). Hooray! Packing tips from Olympic athletes Curious about what some Olympic athletes do when they’re traveling – […]

Get ready to start getting to the airport even earlier

01/15/10
Late Thursday afternoon  (January 14, 2010) Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano released a(nother) new statement about additional aviation security precautions being rolled out at the nation’s airports. What will those new precautions entail? According to Napolitano’s statement, “…Some of these measures include enhanced random screening, additional federal air marshals on certain routes and adding individuals […]

More fun freebies at airports

01/14/10
Free is good. And these days many small and mid-size airports are trying to build loyalty by offering travelers free amenities. In my At the Airport column this month on USAToday.com, I write (again) about the free cookies they hand out at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport as well as some of the fun freebies […]

Free stopover guide – with coupons – for Munich Airport

12/22/09
Flying to or through Germany’s Munich Airport anytime soon? If so, be sure to download the free new stopover guide, which includes detailed information about all the airport amenities – from the “erotic boutique” and the Airbräu (the world’s first airport brewery) to the outdoor observation deck, the art exhibits, and the spas. In addition […]

Holiday entertainment & freebies at ATL, SEA, and other airports

12/16/09
If you’re traveling anytime during the next two weeks, it’s a fair bet you’ll find long lines and plenty of hassled travelers at the airport. But this time of year many airports are also serving up fun, freebies, and plenty of entertainment. A few examples: From December 16 – 24, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has […]
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