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09/21/26

Several airports celebebrated last week’s Airport Concessions Day (it’s a thing…) by sharing news of new concessions and expansion projects planned for their terminals. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), claims that it’s “America’s Tastiest Airport” and already has more than 100 concessions. The airport has some new local dining […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

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

Celebrating National Aviation Day

08/19/25

A quick round-up of some fun and educational items for National Aviation Day, celebrated each year on August 19 – Orville Wright’s birthday. Here’s a fun throwback from Pee-wee’s Playhouse. From the SFO Museum archives This popped up when we clicked “random object” on the SFO Museum’s Aviation Collection website. Give it a try and […]

Travel tidbits: SAS deals + SFO’s audio walkway

08/18/25

The summer sale at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) runs through Tuesday, August 26 with some very inviting discounted routes from John F. Kennedy (JFK), Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Miami International Airport (MIA), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to destinations in Scandinavia and Europe. Discounted travel can be made now for […]

News from Air Canada + Korean Air + More

08/17/25

Air Canada flights on, then off On Sunday afternoon, Air Canada said it was suspending its plan to resume limited flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge after striking flight attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) defied the government’s back-to-work order. Instead, the airline says it now plans to resume […]

Air Canada braces for a strike

08/14/25

Your options if you have an Air Canada ticket Air Canada’s negotiations with CUPE, the union representing 10,000 flight attendants on Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, aren’t going well. And if no agreements can be made, a strike is expected to begin Saturday, August 16 at 01:00 ET. In preparation, the carrier began a […]

Going places: Travel in the Middle Ages

08/13/25

(Villagers on Their Way to Church from Book of Hours, about 1550, courtesy Getty Museum) If you think traveling can be complicated now, imagine making a journey in the Middle Ages. Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, a new exhibition coming to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles this fall, will present […]

Rendering of the JFK Terminal 6 Arrivals Corridor

New JFK T6 to feature art & imagery from top NY museums

08/13/25

The international arrivals corridor in the $4.2 billion Terminal 6, under construction at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), will welcome travelers with art and imagery from four of New York City’s top cultural institutions. The American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum […]