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5 Things We Love: The Ivey’s Hotel in Charlotte, NC

07/27/26

The Stuck at the Airport review team is exploring Charlotte, N.C. this week. And we’re torn between visiting every cultural, shopping and dining spot the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority placed on our itinerary or just cozying up in our room at The Ivey’s Hotel. Located in Uptown Charlotte, near many of the museums and restaurants […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

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

Stuck at the airport? My tips in the Hartford Courant

06/29/08

Had a nice talk with Jesse Leavenworth, a reporter from the The Hartford Courant, a while back about my favorite topic – airports with great amenities – and see that his article has hit the paper. I chatted with Leavenworth about some of my favorite airports to spend time in – including San Francisco International […]

Daring man in his flying machine

06/27/08

What a thrill it would have been to be at Niagara Falls on this day back in 1911. That’s when 150,000 people watched aviation daredevil Lincoln J Beachey fly his Curtiss pusher biplane over Horseshoe Falls, underneath the steel International Bridge, and down the Niagara River gorge. It was the first time someone had “pierced […]

Lincoln Beachey

Summer refresher course for air travelers

06/26/08

Do higher fares, new baggage check fees, and the inevitable long lines at the security checkpoints have you dreading your next trip to the airport? Maybe I can help: here’s a link to the Well-Mannered Traveler summer refresher course posted today on MSNBC.com. There’s even a chance to earn extra credit. Column illustration by Duane […]

Walk on the beach at Miami International Airport

06/26/08

OK, maybe you can’t get to the beach just yet, but Miami International Airport is bringing a bit of the beach to you. An exhibition of 25 large-scale luminous photographs of sea-shells by Iran Issa-Khan is on display along the moving skywalk on the 3rd level between concourses D-F. Coming this fall: an exhibition of […]

Miami International Airport

Fear of flying …objects

06/25/08

Former Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart has a message for us: Duck! Next Monday (June 30th) is the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska Event. On that day in 1908 an asteroid or maybe a comet – nobody really knows what – fell from the sky and devastated about 800 square miles of Siberian forest. You […]

Money for airports

06/24/08

While airlines are having well-publicized financial woes, many airports are doing quite well. One reason: travelers spend money when they’re stuck at the airport. Another: both general aviation and commercial airports figured out long ago that they need to diversify their income. Leases for farming, hotels, and golf courses on airport-owned land are popular. But […]