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Ready for winter travel? BWI Airport is.

10/26/26

In summer, thunderstorms may delay or cancel your flight. In winter, it’s snow. And ice. And, as BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport reminds us, during a winter weather event a lot of players —airport personnel, the airlines, and the FAA — work together to keep everyone safe. “The airlines are responsible for flight operations and de-icing […]

Harriet Baskas

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The history of airline meals in 7 courses – in Seattle

KLM reveals miniature Delft Blue house #107

United’s status match offer (do it) + more AmEx lounges

Alaska Airlines news + SJC gate pass program + awards for us

Tickets for new Qantas 18-hour nonstop flight between New York & Sydney begin August 2027

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Airlines once had “stewardess-nurses.” So did trains.

05/15/24

The first ‘stewardesses’ on airplanes also had to be registered nurses. In 1930, Boeing Air Transport Office – which later became United Airlines – was only hiring male pilots. But Ellen Church, a registered nurse with a pilot’s license, wanted to fly. So she convinced the airline to test out having nurses on board to […]

It’s official. And controversial. Oakland Int’l Airport’s new name

05/14/24

Over the strong objections of San Francisco International Airport (SFO), last week the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners went ahead and unanimously voted to change the name of “Metropolitan Oakland International Airport” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” The airport’s three-letter code (OAK) and its logo are not changing. But if you go to […]

In Spokane, WA: Celebrating a World’s Fair + a Hotel Amenity Fee to enjoy

05/13/24

The Stuck at the Airport team is a longtime fan of Spokane, WA. The city is home to, among other treasures, a giant red Radio Flyer wagon. Its airport, Spokane International (GEG), offers a free car wash to anyone who uses the parking garage. In 1974, this eastern Washington city became the smallest city to […]

SFO layover? See Art of African Instruments

05/12/24

If you’re arriving, departing or making a connection at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), be sure to leave some time to explore some of the museum-quality exhibits offered by the SFO Museum. The newest exhibition comes to SFO Airport courtesy of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. It features bells, rattles, harp lutes, drums, slit gongs, […]

The cutest inflight drink? Condor’s Condorpolitan

05/09/24

Condor, Germany’s ‘stripey’ airline, recently started flying its striped A330neo aircraft between Frankfurt and both Vancouver, BC, and Boston, MA. Condor leans into the stripes with colored bands on the outside of these planes and in the cabin, with stripes to be spotted on everything from cups and napkins to barf bags and slippers. Now […]

Travel Tidbits for a new week

05/08/24

Here are some travel tidbits from the Stuck at the Airport inbox to help you ease into the week, including music and travel advice, contests for travel adventures and, of course, airport news. Hello Kitty Day coming to Oracle Park EVA Air is teaming up with the San Francisco Giants to host Hello Kitty Day […]