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Traveling for Thanksgiving?

11/13/23

Are you traveling over this Thanksgiving holiday? You won’t be alone. Not by a long shot. AAA projects 55.4 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. That’s an increase of 2.3% over last year and marks the third-highest Thanksgiving forecast since AAA began tracking holiday travel […]

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Munich Airport’s Holiday Transformation

11/09/23

Munich Airport hosts a giant Christmas and Winter Market Munich Airport boasts Europe’s largest covered outdoor space and during the holidays the airport puts that space to great use by hosting a Christmas and Winter Market in a forest of festively decorated trees. The holiday festivities at the Munich Airport Center (MAC) will operate daily […]

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You Auto Have a Happy Halloween

10/30/23

Are you flying or driving somewhere for Halloween? The Stuck at the Airport Holiday Team will be. We’ll arm them with candy, of course. And TSA-friendly travel costumes. And we will have them report back on what airports, airline crews, and fellow passengers have in store for this fun and spooky holiday. Happy Halloween- whatever […]

Airports are ready for Halloween. Are you?

10/29/23

Halloween happens mid-week this year and many airports around the country took the opportunity to celebrate this past week. The Los Angeles Airport Police (LAXPD) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) hosted a Trunk-or-Treat Halloween event on Saturday (Oct 28) for the community with games, food, and decorated Halloween-theme police vehicles. On Sunday, passengers at […]

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Getting ready for National Comic Book Day

09/25/23

Free Comic Book Day takes place each year on the first Saturday in May. But Comic Book fans have another chance to celebrate this form of art and storytelling on September 25 during National Comic Book Day. Let us know if you spot a celebration at an airport. In the meantime, here are some fun […]

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LGA Airport offers a 4th of July show

07/03/23

If you’re traveling through Terminal B in New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on July 4, be sure to take a minute (actually 1:32) to take in the July 4th show playing – or should we say ‘performed’ – on the state-of-the-art water feature. The water feature was introduced by LaGuardia Gateway Partners and the Port […]

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Flying for the 4th? Pack Patience.

06/29/23

Given the promise of packed airports and airplanes and all the cancelations and delays this past week due to weather and a host of other issues (see: finger-pointing, below), a hot air balloon may be a better way to get where you need to be this holiday weekend. Or maybe space ship. Finger-pointing: Who’s to […]

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Stuck at the Airport: Airlines & Airports Mark Star Wars Day

05/04/23

Airlines and airports went all out to celebrate Star Wars Day, May 4th, with parades, appearances by costumed Star Wars characters, and a good dose of out-of-this-world wackiness. Here are just some of the events and “May the Fourth Be With You” wishes we spotted. Let us know if we missed your favorite.

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How Airports & Airlines Marked April Fools Day

04/02/23

We were pleased to see so many airports and airlines – and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation – Amtrak – having so much fun on April Fools Day. Aviation museums also got in on the fun. Here are some of the April Fools Day “news items” we encountered. Let us know if we missed some […]

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