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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

Transforming a weapon of war into a colorful work of art

06/18/25

(Courtesy of the MiG-21 Project) Seattle’s Museum of Flight is taking a bold and very colorful step in the world of art and aviation. Starting June 21, the museum is displaying The MiG-21 Project. The installation is the culmination of South African artist Ralph Ziman’s multi-year collaborative effort to cover a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed […]

Raven Visits SFO.

06/17/25

The Stuck at the Airport team is a big fan of both the work of Seattle-based glass artist Preston Singletary and the impressive exhibits at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that the SFO Museum puts together. So we’re delighted that the newest SFO Museum exhibition at SFO is Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO. The Tlingit […]

BWI Airport turns 75. Let’s look at baby pictures.

06/16/25

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) will turn 75 years old on June 24th and is planning celebrations throughout the airport on that date. The airport was originally named Friendship International Airport, as a nod to the local Friendship Methodist Church and surrounding community, but officially changed its name to Baltimore/Washington International Airport in 1973. […]

Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport

Airport dads +donuts for dads +dad jokes

06/15/25

We poked around on social media over the weekend to see how airports were marking Father’s Day. We found salutes to airport dads, airports handing out free donuts for dads and some great corny dad jokes.

How much does it cost to go to the zoo, the museum or aquarium? It can depend.

06/14/25

Airline-style dynamic pricing has landed at zoos, museums, aquariums and other attractions. So it can be difficult to tell what the ticket price will be on the day you want to pop by. My latest story for NBC News Online looks at some of the pros and cons of static, variable, plan-ahead and dynamic pricing […]

We’re on a Cunard ship. (But just for a visit)

06/13/25

Cruise season in Seattle is well underway with most of the 298 scheduled sailings offered by almost 10 different cruise lines heading north to Alaska. The newest additon: the Cunard Line’s newly refreshed Queen Elizabeth, which is spending its first home port season in Seattle. The vessel set sail on Thursday for the first of eleven 7- […]