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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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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

JetBlue’s donut plane

05/13/25

JetBlue’s new “Brewing Altitude” livery JetBlue has been serving Dunkin’s Original Blend coffee to passengers since 2006. Now the Boston-based carrier is celebrating the perky partnership with a Dunkin’-themed livery. One of JetBlue’s Airbus A320 aircraft now sports the Brewing Altitude paint job in Dunkin’s iconic pink and orange branding, with a donut and coffee […]

Travel for business? It may be getting complicated.

05/11/25

This is a slightly different version of a story about business travel that we prepared for NBC News Business travel’s four-year crawl out the pandemic was on track to continue this year, but the U.S. trade war has scrambled that outlook. “The big word is uncertainty,” said Suzanne Neufang, CEO of the Global Business Travel […]

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Airport attractions: horses, stars & free cards for moms

05/08/25

Whoa, Nellie: thoroughbreds at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport They’re not flying horses. But if you’re flying through Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) you can take a selfie with a horse. The 150th Preakness Stakes – the second race in the Triple Crown series of thoroughbred horse races – takes place at Pimlico Race Course in […]

Avoiding Newark Airport

05/07/25

Like much of the country, we’ve held our breath, cringed and worried as distressing and disturbing news has rolled out from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) about serious and ongoing delays and cancelations. It’s been so bad that United Airlines decided to cut 35 daily flights at Newark due to concerns over the shortage of […]

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

Airports mark Star Wars Day – May the 4th

05/04/25

Star Wars fans celebrated the unofficial holiday of Star Wars Day on May 4th and airports worldwide got into the spirit with fun in-terminal events and online posts. Here’s a round-up of some of the posts we spotted, including one from the National Air & Space Museum reminding us that one of the 400 mailboxes […]

How to save time, money – and sanity – at the airport

05/02/25

Spending time at an airport can be fun, romantic, educational, acceptable or downright frustrating. And perhaps, like us, you’ve been frustrated or even reduced to tears by an airport experience once or twice. But there are ways to make your airport experience more enjoyable – or at least less exasperating. This site, Stuck at the Airport, […]