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Seed art on display at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

07/10/26

A fun new exhibit on view at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) features a very Minnesotan art tradition: crop (or seed) art. The seed‑crafted mosaics on display feature curated and award-winning selections from the more than 450 entries of crop art entered into the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art and Scarecrow Competition, which debuted […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

Airport Amenity of the Week: SEA’s tiny hats

03/29/26

We’re a wee bit late in declaring a winner for last week’s Airport Amenity of the Week. But we settled on these walnut-sized SEA keychains. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) recently held a preview of the retail, food and beverage and amenities that travelers will find when the massive Concourse C expansion opens later this spring. […]

Seattle-Tacoma International Airprot

TSA workers may get their paychecks

03/26/26

We’ll see if it really happens. And how fast it happens. At week’s end, lawmakers were still at an impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security – which includes the budget for the Transportation Security Administration. But on Thursday, President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to get paychecks to TSA […]

How to hear hologram music at PIT Airport

03/26/26

Airport art comes in many forms these days. And right now it’s showing up in the form of a hologram at Pittsbugh International Airport. (PIT). Created by Pittsburgh-based Joe Zeff Design, the temporary 7-foot-tall hologram installation at Pittsburgh International Airport features short peformances by three members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The hologram display is […]

PHL Airport & the world’s longest line of cheesesteaks

03/24/26

Congratulations to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and the PHL Food & Shops for snagging a Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Line of Cheesesteaks’. The iconic Philadelphia Cheesesteak, made with thinly slided ribeye steak, melted cheese and sauteed onions on a hoagie roll, is celebrated each year on March 24, National Cheesesteak Day. This year, […]

Philadelphia International Airport

A ‘secret’ free way to skip the long TSA line

03/24/26

It’s smooth sailing for travelers at the security checkpoints at some airports. Elsewhere, the partial government shutdown and staffing shortages are creating hours long waits on security lines snaking through the terminals and, in some cases out onto sidewalks and into parking garages. At some airports, TSA Precheck, TSA Precheck Touchess ID and Clear lanes […]

Airport security

Brace for long lines and ICE (!) at many airports

03/22/26

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have been working without pay since February 14th due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. The result is severe staffing shortages, reduced screening capacity and extremely long (in some cases, hours long) security lines at many airports. Rather than pay the TSA workers, the Trump Administration announced over the weekend […]