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World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

09/18/26

There are lots of ways – and plenty of organizations – that rank airports and airlines. Skytrax, an international air transport rating organisation, is one of the major awards sought by airlines and the 2026 World Airline Awards were just announced. Here’s the rundown. See if your favorite airline made the list. Singapore Airlines took the […]

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World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Marking National Aviation Day

Want: this airline etiquette gear from Lufthansa

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

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

Raise a glass of milk to the flying cow

02/16/26

February 18th is “Elm Farm Ollie Day,” which pays tribute to the day in 1930 when a gentle Guernsey cow was flown 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri to the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri aboard a Ford Trimotor plane. As if a flying cow isn’t unusual enough, the cow, also known as Nellie […]

Airports named for U.S. presidents

02/15/26

For Presidents’ Day, here’s a roundup of U.S. aiports named for presidents 1. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 2. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) 3. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4. Gerald Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan 5. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) – Springfield, Illinois 6. Bill and Hillary […]

Airport amenity of the week: strolling cannoli

02/14/26

Valentine’s Day strolling cannoli at Tweed New Haven Airport We’ve been gathering up and sharing all the sweet treats airports are offering for Valentine’s Day. But we are declaring the Valentine’s Day strolling cannoli event at Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) as the Airport Amenity of the Week. Hosted by the folks at Petonitos […]

Download Valentines from DFW + more Valentine’s Day treats from airports

02/12/26

Flying to see your sweetheart? Here at Stuck at the Airport, we’ve been highlighting Valentine’s Day-themed activities at various airports all week. We love the cute and corny, downloadable, travel-themed set of 15 Valentines that Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has put together with lines such as, “My heart takes off every time you […]

Valentine's Day

Travel tidbits from airports near you

02/11/26

The Stuck at the Airport team is in Vancouver, B.C. this week eating oysters, visiting museums and galleries and going shopping for valentine gifts. We’re keeping an eye on the airport beat, though, and sharing (below) some fun tidbits from airports in Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver. Pittsburgh’s new airport terminal gets a new play area […]

Delta Air Lines will mail love letters penned on certain flights

02/10/26

We told you how Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and Southwest Airlines are teaming up to provide and mail Valentine’s Day postcards for free. That offer ends on Wednesday and is an option only at OAK. Now, inspired by Friday’s general release of the new Wuthering Heights film, Delta Air Lines is encouraging travelers […]