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More new airport concessions: SEA edition

09/22/26

Yesterday, we gathered up some of the new concessions offerings recently arrived and coming soon to several airports around the county, including Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Nashville International Airport. The list doesn’t end there. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) just announced 17 new dining and retail stores selected for […]

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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

Airport amenity of the Week: Elvis!

01/08/25

Evidently, Elvis is still in the building… Back in 2011, Elvis and a handfulf of showgirls were on hand at what was then officially Las Vegas International Airport (LAS) to welcome attendees to the tech event known as CES. This year, CES coincides with what would have been Elvis’s 90th birthday – January 8. So […]

Here are TSA’s Top Ten Catches from 2024

01/07/25

Sharp objects, firearms, ammunition and axes are just a few of the things you can’t take on airplanes in your carry-on bags or on your person. For a list of other items, including cattle prods, saws and dynamite, consult the Transportation Security Administration’s “What Can I Bring? list. The list is long. But there’s a […]

TSA Top 10 Catches

Where to go?

01/06/25

(Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol (1985). Credit: Courtesy of UCR ARTS) California sounds good Maybe it’s the new year. Maybe it’s the cold, rainy weather here at Stuck at the Airport headquarters in Seattle. But we want to go everywhere – and see everything – that pops into our inbox. In California, the Catalina […]

Airlines travel waivers for Winter Storm Blair

01/05/25

Winter Storm Blair is disrupting travel across the Midwest and East Coast and causing thousands of flight delays. As of late Sunday evening, here’s what airlines were posting in terms of travel waivers and alerts: As always, be sure to check with your airline before venturing to the airport for your flight. Alaska Airlines: “We […]

What We’re Reading: Waiting for Spaceships

01/02/25

This is a slightly different version of a story we first prepared for The Points Guy site. All images courtesy Ted Heutter In “Waiting for Spaceships: Scenes from a Desert Community in Love with the Space Shuttle,” photographer Ted Huetter documents the thousands of people who would gather to welcome home the space shuttles on […]

Best use of airport shelters

01/01/25

As promised, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) ushered in 2025, and an 18-month centennial celebration, by lighting up its signature canopies with a New Year’s countdown. Here’s what it looked like. Each of ATL’s North and South steel canopies stretches out 864 feet by 200 feet. The canopies provide shade over eight lanes of traffic […]