Condor, Germany’s ‘stripey’ airline, recently started flying its striped A330neo aircraft between Frankfurt and both Vancouver, BC, and Boston, MA. Condor leans into the stripes with colored bands on the outside of these planes and in the cabin, with stripes to be spotted on everything from cups and napkins to barf bags and slippers. Now […]
Here are some travel tidbits from the Stuck at the Airport inbox to help you ease into the week, including music and travel advice, contests for travel adventures and, of course, airport news. Hello Kitty Day coming to Oracle Park EVA Air is teaming up with the San Francisco Giants to host Hello Kitty Day […]
(Courtesy SEA Airport) Perhaps you’ve seen news reports about the four zebras that escaped from a trailer on a highway east of Seattle this week. 3 were quickly captured, but one is still on the loose. There have been some real sightings of the last zebra out in the woods and we hope he’s found […]
It’s taken several years, but on Wednesday the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a final rule requiring airlines to promptly provide refunds to passengers when flights are canceled or significantly changed; when bags are delayed and when other purchased services are not provided. Before this, refund policies differed from airline to airline. And that […]
There are lots of “best” lists for airports. But Skytrax, which uses over 13 million air passenger satisfaction surveys to determine its rankings for airports globally, is one of the big ones. The Skytrax rankings for 2024 were recently announced and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) came out on top of the list for airports in […]
It’s Museum Monday here at Stuck at the Airport and this week we’re delighted to share some snaps from the Douglas County Museum in tiny Waterville, Washington. The museum is home to a two-headed calf, a nice collection of delicate spittoons for ladies and a rock gallery with more than 4,500 rock and mineral specimens, […]
Condor, Germany’s ‘stripey’ airline, recently started flying its striped A330neo aircraft between Frankfurt and both Vancouver, BC, and Boston, MA. Condor leans into the stripes with colored bands on the outside of these planes and in the cabin, with stripes to be spotted on everything from cups and napkins to barf bags and slippers. Now […]
Here are some travel tidbits from the Stuck at the Airport inbox to help you ease into the week, including music and travel advice, contests for travel adventures and, of course, airport news. Hello Kitty Day coming to Oracle Park EVA Air is teaming up with the San Francisco Giants to host Hello Kitty Day […]
(Courtesy SEA Airport) Perhaps you’ve seen news reports about the four zebras that escaped from a trailer on a highway east of Seattle this week. 3 were quickly captured, but one is still on the loose. There have been some real sightings of the last zebra out in the woods and we hope he’s found […]
It’s taken several years, but on Wednesday the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a final rule requiring airlines to promptly provide refunds to passengers when flights are canceled or significantly changed; when bags are delayed and when other purchased services are not provided. Before this, refund policies differed from airline to airline. And that […]
There are lots of “best” lists for airports. But Skytrax, which uses over 13 million air passenger satisfaction surveys to determine its rankings for airports globally, is one of the big ones. The Skytrax rankings for 2024 were recently announced and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) came out on top of the list for airports in […]
It’s Museum Monday here at Stuck at the Airport and this week we’re delighted to share some snaps from the Douglas County Museum in tiny Waterville, Washington. The museum is home to a two-headed calf, a nice collection of delicate spittoons for ladies and a rock gallery with more than 4,500 rock and mineral specimens, […]
Things are heating up the saga surrounding the proposed name change for Oakland International Airport (OAK). On Monday, San Francisco city attorney’s office issued a statement threatening legal action if the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners goes ahead with the scheduled April 11 vote to change the name of the Metropoitan Oakland International Airport to […]
(Image courtesy National Air and Space Museum) The 350-acre Warren G. Magnuson Park sits on a mile-long stretch of Lake Washington shoreline in Seattle and is a popular spot for hiking, boating, swimming, kite-flying and more. But long before it became the city’s second-largest park, this prime piece of real estate on the Sand Point […]
(Interconexión, Abby Aceves) The newest art exhibition at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, CA titled “Symbology” includes the work of six Southern California-based Latinx artists: Abby Aceves, John Flores, Dani Garcia, Amanda Kazemi, Ivan Virgen, and Jaime Zacarias (aka Germs). The artists use pattern, color, iconography, and metaphor to delve into tradition presented […]