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Ready for winter travel? BWI Airport is.

10/26/26

In summer, thunderstorms may delay or cancel your flight. In winter, it’s snow. And ice. And, as BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport reminds us, during a winter weather event a lot of players —airport personnel, the airlines, and the FAA — work together to keep everyone safe. “The airlines are responsible for flight operations and de-icing […]

Harriet Baskas

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The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

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

Would you be Facebook friends with your airport?

06/04/09

Would you be Facebook friends with your airport? That’s the question I posed in my Well Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com today after attending an airport conference where airport reps talked about how to improve customer service. Not included in the column was the fast growing list of airports using Twitter to communicate with travelers. […]

Pussycat Dolls visit Changi Airport

06/04/09

Not a big Pussycat Dolls fan myself, but this was probably a scene: The Pussycat Dolls (PCD to their fans…), in Singapore as part of their current tour, did a meet-and-greet event at Changi Airport on Wednesday, greeting fans and taking pictures with them. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport apparently host […]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport: for the birds

06/03/09

A new exhibit featuring seven paintings by Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636-1695), the most renowned Dutch painter of 17th century ‘bird pieces’, will be on view through October 2009 in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Hondecoeter paintings featured geese (Brent, Egyptian and Red-Breasted), partridges, doves, sparrows, Golden Orioles, peacocks, but also African Black-Crowned Cranes, Australian Yellow-Crested […]

Amsterdam Shiphol Airport

Montreal celebrates 40th anniversary of John and Yoko’s bed-in for peace

06/02/09

Officially, I went to Montréal to report on what airport representatives are talking about at their annual marketing and communications conference. And I will. But today, I’m hanging out at the hotel called Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, which hosted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in for peace forty years ago. “JoYoko,” as the concierge up […]

Free Wi-Fi and Free Fun at London City Airport

06/01/09

According to a short article in the Business Traveller blog, London City Airport in the city’s Royal Docks area, has joined the ranks of airports offering complimentary wireless Internet service. Hooray! A good time to use that free amenity might be during the airport’s 13th annual Fun Day, coming up on July 4th. There will […]

Souvenir Sunday: Shoelaces and Chicago Souvenirs at ORD Shoe Hospital

05/31/09

I had a short layover and a long walk at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport yesterday, but had to stop and take a picture of this little guy outside the Shoe Hospital at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in Terminal 1, near Gate B10. I was also in search of a souvenir to feature for Souvenir Sunday […]