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A cool airport bar, a flashy hotel lobby + kite fests

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 […]

Harriet Baskas

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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

Quebec City: new terminal for 400 year-old city

06/12/08

Quebec City turns 400 this year and this Friday, just in time for summer festivities, the city plans to open a brand new terminal at the Jean Lessage International Airport. I had a chance to visit the terminal a few weeks back as finishing touches were being put on the baggage system and gate areas […]

Jean Lessage International Airport

Tie the knot at the airport

06/11/08

It’s June and wedding season is officially underway. Look around and you’ll start noticing folks getting hitched in churches, formal gardens, backyards, courthouses and hotel function rooms. And once in a while, in airports. In my USATODAY.com “At the Airport” column posted today, are some tips on how to get married at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, […]

Aerospace Art at Seattle’s Museum of Flight

06/11/08

Seattle’s Museum of Flight, just up the road from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), is a pretty cool place to spend an afternoon or a long layover. In addition to the first jet Air Force One and a British Airways Concorde, the museum is home to an incredible collection of historic aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace artifacts. […]

Museum of Flight

Art meets science at San Diego International Airport

06/10/08

More than 4,000 people work in the life science industries in and around San Diego, conducting research and figuring out ways to cure diseases and help save the environment. We may not be able to understand exactly what they do or how they do it, but an exhibition at San Diego International Airport (SAN) offers […]

San Diego International Airport

Airport weddings

06/09/08

It wedding season and time for those news stories about people getting married on roller coasters, underwater and in other unusual places such as… airports? Of course! For my next column on USATODAY.com, I’ve been gathering stories about couples that have tied the knot at airports. The column should be posted soon, but in the […]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Swords to Plowshares at Orlando International Airport

06/06/08

Taking the family to Disneyworld this summer? Be sure to spend some time exploring the art at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The permanent art collection includes this oh-so-appropriate piece by Duane Hanson titled The Traveler. (It’s in the Main Terminal, Airside 2 security checkpoint). Through September 30, there’s also an intriguing collection of World War […]