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North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is having a party this Friday (October 9th, 2009) as part of the airport’s annual Customer Appreciation Day.  On the agenda: free music, free gifts, and a chance to win free airplane tickets and other prizes. During the event, The Shops of RDU restaurants will offer samples of  signature […]

Next Wednesday, October 7, during the first Customer Appreciation Day at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), passengers will be treated to free candy, newspapers, coffee samples and more. Some airport stores will be giving away free Arizona Republic newspapers. Others will hand out candy, snacks and post cards. Many airport restaurants will offer food […]

It’s Kids Day at New York LaGuardia Airport this Saturday ( September 26th, 2009)  from 10 am until 4 pm. During the event, which is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of LaGuardia and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, kids and adults will get to tour commercial jets and military aircraft while […]

According this New York Post article,  last Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Port Authority officials at New York’s La Guardia airport arrested a 40-year old man who was catching a Delta flight to Atlanta while packing a fully loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun in his carry-on bag. Security officials reported […]

Looks like yesterday’s auction at the old Indianapolis International Airport terminal was a big success. According to this article, about 2,5000 people showed up and snatched up most all the “furniture, furnishings and fixtures” put on the auction block. (Photo courtesy Daniel Incandela) Evan Strange, who’s just finishing up his Communications & Marketing Internship at […]

I’ve got my eyes on the skies this week for the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and the first steps on the moon. Sadly, I won’t be able to make it Wapakoneta, Ohio to see the World’s Largest Moon Pie But at least I’ll be in Seattle on August 15th when the EMP (Experience […]

North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is having a party this Friday (October 9th, 2009) as part of the airport’s annual Customer Appreciation Day.  On the agenda: free music, free gifts, and a chance to win free airplane tickets and other prizes. During the event, The Shops of RDU restaurants will offer samples of  signature […]

Next Wednesday, October 7, during the first Customer Appreciation Day at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), passengers will be treated to free candy, newspapers, coffee samples and more. Some airport stores will be giving away free Arizona Republic newspapers. Others will hand out candy, snacks and post cards. Many airport restaurants will offer food […]

It’s Kids Day at New York LaGuardia Airport this Saturday ( September 26th, 2009)  from 10 am until 4 pm. During the event, which is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of LaGuardia and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, kids and adults will get to tour commercial jets and military aircraft while […]

According this New York Post article,  last Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Port Authority officials at New York’s La Guardia airport arrested a 40-year old man who was catching a Delta flight to Atlanta while packing a fully loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun in his carry-on bag. Security officials reported […]

Looks like yesterday’s auction at the old Indianapolis International Airport terminal was a big success. According to this article, about 2,5000 people showed up and snatched up most all the “furniture, furnishings and fixtures” put on the auction block. (Photo courtesy Daniel Incandela) Evan Strange, who’s just finishing up his Communications & Marketing Internship at […]

I’ve got my eyes on the skies this week for the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and the first steps on the moon. Sadly, I won’t be able to make it Wapakoneta, Ohio to see the World’s Largest Moon Pie But at least I’ll be in Seattle on August 15th when the EMP (Experience […]

July 20th is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and there will be loads of celebrations and commemorations around the country.  You can read about many of the events on the NASA Web site, but two events of special note are the Summer Moon Festival in Wapakoneta, Ohio (Neil Armstrong’s home town) and Splashdown […]

Today ( Saturday, June 6, 2009)  if you’re flying to or through Seattle-Tacoma (SEA), Portland (PDX), and Spokane (GEG) airports,  go over to the Southwest Airlines gates and ticket counters and see if you can get it on their party. The airline is celebrating 15 years of service to these airports with history and trivia […]

Officially, I went to Montréal to report on what airport representatives are talking about at their annual marketing and communications conference.  And I will. But today, I’m hanging out at the hotel called Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, which hosted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in for peace forty years ago. “JoYoko,” as the concierge up […]