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06/25/26

Here’s reason #1027 why we love Portland International Airport (PDX). Homegrown Straightaway Cocktails now has a bar at PDX where passengers can get a bite to eat and enjoy a mixed drink. And when it’s time to fly, travelers can take those same cocktails to go in small bottles or cute 4-packs of cans. The […]

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3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

How to avoid getting booted off an airplane

07/17/08

Earlier this month, Wendy Slaughter, her four young kids and her pregnant sister were scheduled to fly on Southwest Airlines from Detroit to Seattle via Phoenix. They got as far as Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. That’s where airport police met the flight and informed Slaughter that Southwest had deemed her family’s onboard behavior too […]

Heads up! Volleyball Tournament at Munich Airport

07/17/08

750 tons of sand will soon be trucked into the Munich Airport Center forum for a volleyball tournament. From August 1 through the 17th, the Munich Airport Center Forum will host “Rio on Tour,” which will feature professionals and amateurs “digging, volleying and smashing on three courts.” (Photo courtesy Munich Airport) For the first three […]

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Looks what’s popped up at Chicago O’Hare International Airport

07/16/08

Garrett Popcorn Shops, well-known and much loved around Chicago for more than 50 years now, has opened its first airport location at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. This first branch is in Terminal 3, near Gate H1. Another branch should pop up soon in Terminal 1, between Gates B9 and B10. In addition to the cheese-flavored […]

Want your name on an airport?

07/15/08

In an effort to replace the revenue they used to get from airlines, some airports have found they can earn cash from slot machines, t-shirts, oil rigs and acres of hay. In my article about this for Portfolio.com, I also found two airports where the naming rights are up for sale.

Rock out at Germany’s Munich Airport

07/14/08

You may still be recovering from last weekend, but the folks at Germany’s Munich Airport are already planning next weekend’s activities. On July 19th and 20th, the covered, open-air Munich Airport Center Forum is hosting openairport, “the first rock and pop festival ever to be staged at a major European airport.” Admission will be free […]

Munich Airport

ART AT ORD

07/11/08

From now through mid-December, jetsetters passing through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5 will be able to check out an exhibit of more than 40 posters from the 2008 Chicago International Poster Biennial Association (CIPBA). Here’s a sample…. (Poster image courtesy O'Hare International Airport) Terminal 5 has some other artwork worth checking out: The “Beacons” […]