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World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

09/18/26

There are lots of ways – and plenty of organizations – that rank airports and airlines. Skytrax, an international air transport rating organisation, is one of the major awards sought by airlines and the 2026 World Airline Awards were just announced. Here’s the rundown. See if your favorite airline made the list. Singapore Airlines took the […]

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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

Everyone has gone Jimothy crazy

07/20/26

(Image by Seattle’s Ryan Henry Ward – ‘Henry’) [This post has been updated] The world has gone crazy for ‘Jimothy,’ an odd-shaped raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood that showed up on social media over the weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kiana (@c1vrgr1) Images of Jimothy have already shown up in […]

No cigars at DTW Airport + Coin toss at GSP Airport

07/16/26

Go ahead, toss a coin in a fountain at GSP Airport Travelers love Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport’s (GSP) many fountains. And people love to toss coins into the airport’s fountains. So the airport has decided to launch a formal charitable program to put those coins to good use. The airport’s new GSP Change for Good, program […]

World’s Busiest Airport in 2025?

07/15/26

Air travel is facing real challenges in 2026, what with fuel costs, rising airfares, war in the Middle East and a disinclination of international visitors to come to the United States, where even hosting the World Cup games didn’t seem to help. Recent statistics from the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that international passengers […]

Dating tips for fliers from CLE Airport

07/14/26

Here’s a ‘meet-cute on an airplane’ story that has gone viral, thanks to the help of social media. A young woman named Grace set off for vacation on an early Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) last week. But the flight was delayed by a maintenance issue. Rather than be irritated by […]

Museum Monday: The Concord Museum

07/13/26

The StuckatTheAirport.com team is on the move this week celebrating milestones and visiting museums. Paul Revere’s lantern and very old tea at the Concord Museum The Concord Museum is located in Concord, Massachusetts – the town where the “shot heard around the world” sparked the American Revolution. As you may imagine, the museum’s collection includes […]

Seed art on display at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

07/10/26

A fun new exhibit on view at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) features a very Minnesotan art tradition: crop (or seed) art. The seed‑crafted mosaics on display feature curated and award-winning selections from the more than 450 entries of crop art entered into the 2025 Minnesota State Fair Crop Art and Scarecrow Competition, which debuted […]