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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

More airport libraries, please

04/16/24

Little Free Libraries and Take a Book/Leave a Book racks can be found at more and more airports. And the Stuck at The Airport literature department is all for it. We especially like this one: a Children’s Lending Library at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) that is the brainchild of an actual child. The library […]

ATL is the world’s busiest airport. Again.

04/15/24

On Monday, Airports Council International (ACI) World unveiled the preliminary list of the top 10 busiest airports worldwide for 2023 and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) once again tops the list. ATL welcomed 104.7 million passengers in 2023, an 11.7% increase over the 2022. Dallas Forth Worth International Airport (DFW), which has for years taken […]

Travel Tidbits: Fly to Paris, cruise the Seine

04/15/24

The Stuck at The Airport cruise team recently sailed as a guest on the Viking Radgrid on Viking’s Paris & the Heart of Normandy itinerary. Here are some snaps and notes from the trip in case you’re thinking of heading that way once all the stories start flowing about the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and […]

Fresh art at Reno-Taho International Airport

04/10/24

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded Ticketing Hall. Sadly, the new ticketing hall does not bring us the pneumatic “Travel Tubes” teased on April 1 that would allow passengers to go whiz straight from the airport lobby to the gate. But travelers will benefit from 10,000 square feet […]

Reno-Tahoe Interntional Airport

SFO vs. OAK: name change debate escalates

04/10/24

Things are heating up the saga surrounding the proposed name change for Oakland International Airport (OAK). On Monday, San Francisco city attorney’s office issued a statement threatening legal action if the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners goes ahead with the scheduled April 11 vote to change the name of the Metropoitan Oakland International Airport to […]

Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection

04/08/24

Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection is the newest exhibition at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). On view in the Aviation Museum and Library in the SFO’s International Terminal, the exhibit features the work of some wonderful airline poster artists from the early 1930s to 1980s. Here’s a bit about […]