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Travel tidbits from airports near you – June 10

06/10/26

The Stuck at the Airport team is getting ready for a summer filled with with visits to more than a dozen airports/ And we’re deep into booking tickets and hotel stays in Boston, Portland, Burbank, London, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Munich, our homebase city of Seattle and in cities we’re still studying. So we’re keeping an eye […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

“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

Wine flies free on these 2 airlines

Let’s talk about airline sizing restrictions

New American Airlines trading cards

Tunes for travelers

03/12/08

Alabama’s Huntsville International Airport hopes its snappy “Fly Huntsville” jingle will lure travelers away from other airports in the region. Germany’s Frankfurt Airport adopted its perky theme song to promote the fact that the airport isn’t just an airport, but “a full-fledged city for business, innovations, ideas, shopping, leisure, etc…” Give a listen to these […]

No backstage pass needed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

03/10/08

During the music, film and media extravaganza known as the South by Southwest festival, or SXSW, pretty much every venue in Austin, Texas is pressed into service as a showcase for music from around the world. This year’s festival runs from March 7th to the 16th. Much of the action is centered in downtown Austin, […]

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

Fresh art at Nashville International Airport

03/10/08

Nashville International Airport (BNA) has an ambitious live music schedule and, it seems, a fine art program. Through June 1, 2008, the airport’s exhibition series (Flying Solo) features the work of four Tennessee artists, including T. Michael Martin who describes his work this way: “I create quirky, vibrant worlds where geometries are manipulated to represent […]

Nashville International Airport

Stuck at Denver International Airport

03/07/08

I rarely mind spending a few extra hours at an airport – especially when I get a free ticket for volunteering to take a later flight and there’s free wireless Internet access throughout the terminal. This afternoon I volunteered to stay behind. The very irate woman in front of me at the customer service counter […]

Denver International Airport

More music for airports: theme songs

03/06/08

If cities can have theme songs, why can’t airports have theme songs? Some airports do. Los Angeles International Airport traces its theme song back to a country music hit from the 1970s. The song, L.A. International Airport, was written by Leanne Scott and sung by Susan Raye. But when LAX made it the airport’s official […]

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Music for airports?

03/05/08

I’m having a little too much fun researching a column about airport theme songs. I’m finding everything from jingles to “real” songs that have found their way onto the charts. One example – the theme song for Germany’s Cologne-Bonn Airport. Written by the Cologne-based band plus49. The song is included in their album “All the […]