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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 […]

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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

Edelweiss Air lands in Seattle

06/02/25

Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline, Edelweiss (operated by SWISS), touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Monday and was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute. Edelweiss will now offer twice weekly summer seasonal service between SEA and Switzerland’s Zurich Airport (ZRH) on an Airbus A340-300 with 314 seats across three classes. Edelweiss Business Class […]

Will there ever be enough sustainable aviation fuel?

06/01/25

The International Air Transport Association, the organization representing more than 300 airlines from around the world, is holding its annual meeting this week in New Delhi, India. Safety, security, the impact of world politics on the aviation industry and many other issues are on the agenda. And so is a status report on whether or […]

Airline checked baggage fees

05/28/25

End of an era: Southwest Airlines no longer checks bags for free Passengers checking bags on Southwest Airlines must now do what passengers on other airlines do: pay for their checked bags. The carrier’s longstanding and much-loved “two bags fly free” policy ended May 28, 2025. Now Southwest Airlines passengers who don’t have a Southwest […]

Airport amenity of the week? MIA memory lane

05/27/25

A temporary art mural at Miami International Airport (MIA) offers a trip through time. The mural is a collection of images and video content spanning from the 1920s to the present and includes home movies, travelogues, promotional films and news footage documenting growth and events that changed South Florida. Images include photographs of the original […]

After 16 years, SAS resumes flights between Seattle & Copenhagen

05/26/25

(Photo courtesy Port of Seattle) SAS returns to SEA It’s always good news when an airline adds a new route and an airport picks up a new or returning customer. But the relaunch of SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) flights on May 21, 2025 between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and SAS’s main hub at Denmark’s Copenhagen Airport […]

Are you driving instead of flying this summer?

05/26/25

Domestic airfares are down. But so are gas prices. While we wait for the delivery of the flying car we were promised decades ago, we press ahead with summer travel plans by searching for great airfare deals and by tuning up the car. We’re far from alone, as we reported for this NBC News online […]