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Celebrating National Aviation Week

08/20/23
Airplane, airport, and aviation fans around the world are marking National Aviation Week (August 19 – 25) with a wide variety of activities and nods to notable advancements in the history of aviation. San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) is hosting its second annual SJC National Aviation Week celebration and QR Scavenger Hunt through September 4, 2023. →

What was the busiest North American airport in 2022?

08/07/23
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport takes the title. Again. U.S. airline trade association Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) ran the numbers for the 2022 North American Airport Traffic Summary and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) takes the title as the busiest airport in both North America and the world in 2022 with 93.6 million →

These airports are adding childcare centers

07/30/23
Airports wooing employees with onsite childcare (Our story about childcare centers opening at airports first appeared on NBC News) Trudi Shertzer can’t wait to bring her 8-month-old to work every day. An operations duty manager at Pittsburgh International Airport, she is counting the days until she can drop off her son at a 61-slot child →

Braille on planes + Airport outdoor movies + Swifties at SJC

07/27/23
 When it comes to accessibility for travelers, every bit helps. And on Thursday, United Airlines announced that a dozen of its aircraft now have Braille signage for individual rows and seat numbers as well as inside and outside the lavatories. The Chicago-based carrier said it expects to outfit its entire mainline fleet with Braille by →

Rebranded airport + plus a Barbie-worthy tree

07/19/23
Seattle is 10 miles to the south. And Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is 40 miles to the south. But, thanks to a rebrand, Snohomish County Airport Paine Field (PAE) in Everett, WA is now officially Seattle Paine Field International Airport (PAE). The name change is designed to “guide more travelers, tourists, and investors to Paine →

Flush with pride: an airport lav is a finalist for America’s Best Restroom.

07/12/23
Best places to go when you have to ‘go’ A clean public restroom can be a rare find when you’re in an airport, a restaurant, a theme park, a highway rest stop, a museum, or a mall. It can be even more difficult to find a clean public restroom that also has some character, wit, →

Travel Tidbits

06/22/23
PIT Airport Welcomes Former Tuskegee Airman In 2013, Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) installed an exhibit on Concourse A to tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American U. S. military aviation unit. While honoring all the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War II, the exhibit has a special meaning for Western Pennsylvania. →
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