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Which U.S. airport lounges do travelers love most?

08/23/26

Are you a fan of airport lounges? Or increasingly frustrated with how crowded – and expensive – they’ve become? Love ’em or hate ’em; the results of JD Power’s 2026 U.S. Airport Lounge Satisfaction may be of interest. The report ranked airport lounges in the United States using eight criteria. In order of importance, lounge […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Marking National Aviation Day

Want: this airline etiquette gear from Lufthansa

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

Air France 50th 777 Ferry Flight

04/30/08

On Tuesday Air France officials were in Everett, Washington to take delivery of the company’s 50th Boeing 777-300ER airplane. The flight home to Paris had room for a few guests. Highlights of the trip: A chance to see – and smell – a brand new airplane. Turns out, like new cars, new airplanes definitely have […]

Air France

Let it snow

04/29/08

You’d think snow – even a spring snowstorm – wouldn’t get much attention in Alaska. But last Friday the folks in Anchorage got hit with enough snow to set a record for the day and for the month. According to the National Weather Service, which has an office near the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, […]

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

No go for Tempelhof Airport

04/28/08

It looks like its curtains after all for Berlin’s historic Tempelhof International Airport. According to news reports, airport supporters failed to get enough people to vote this past weekend to keep the airport open. There wasn’t even enough turn-out to have the vote be considered valid. Tempelholf Airport played a crucial role in the one […]

Tempelhof Airport

Listen up at Chicago Airports

04/25/08

Next time you travel through O’Hare International Airport, Chicago’s Midway International Airport or the O’Hare Air Transit System (ATS), listen up. The Department of Aviation just launched a re-vamped overhead music program – Terminal Tunes – that features instrumental versions of songs by blues, jazz, country and classical artists who are either from the Chicago […]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day – the travel version

04/24/08

Today, April 24th, is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Started by the Ms. Foundation for Women back in 1993 as a career day for young girls, the program is now on its own and has broadened its focus to include boys. The goals for the day have expanded as well: parents and […]

Hats off to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

04/23/08

Velma Ruth Boyd (1921-2006) of Longview, Texas had a deep passion for hats and, no doubt, a big closet. Throughout her life she collected more than 300 dress hats, most of which ended up at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center in Austin, Texas. Through July 1, 2008, a dazzling selection of Ms. […]