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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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Airport and Airline Resources

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

Packing Tape Art at Philadelphia International Airport

05/29/09

Here’s a great reason to hope you get stuck at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) sometime soon: A new exhibit at the airport features work by Mark Khaisman who uses packing tape – yes, packing tape – as his artistic medium. For this airport show, Tape Noir, he’s recreated scene stills from film noir movies, including […]

Philadelphia International Airport

Tidbits for travelers: Cashless cabins, clothes-free CEOs, and goopy garages

05/28/09

Cashless: On Monday, June 1st, American Airlines becomes the latest airline to go cashless. If you’re flying on an American Airlines flight in the continental U.S. or on a flight to or from Hawaii, Alaska and Canada and want to buy headsets, meals, snacks or alcoholic beverages, you’ll need a credit card to do so. […]

New art exhibit at John Wayne Airport (SNA)

05/27/09

A new exhibition at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California includes 56 paintings that became cover art for Westways, the magazine of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The work includes California watercolor, Pop Art and most of the major movements of California art in the 20th century. (Maynard Dixon’s Clipper Ship) The […]

John Wayne Airport

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport rocks

05/26/09

As part of the transformation of concessions at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), travelers can once again pick up souvenirs and gifts from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store. There’s used to be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store at the airport, but this is a new, […]

Airport fans: yes, there are some.

05/25/09

You meet all sorts of kindred souls here on the Internet -and on Twitter! That’s where I crossed paths with Daniel Incandela who, like me, spends a lot of time in airports, on airplanes, and at museums. Incandela works at the Indianapolis Museum of Art as the Director of New Media and he pointed me […]

Happy Souvenir Sunday: Chain saws and ticket readers from DTW

05/24/09

There are plenty of cool, under $10 souvenirs to be found in the shops at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW). But if you’re after something truly unusual, check out the airport’s on-line auction. Sadly, you missed your chance to pick up this chainsaw, which came with a lovely carry case. Unlike the 1992 Chevrolet GMT -400 […]