The Stuck at the Aiport team spent last week exploring museums (we loved the BMW Art Cars), eating and walking through neighborhoods in Frankfurt and Munich. In both cities we used airport Hilton hotels as our homebases, making it easy to arrive by plane or train and start exploring right away. In Munich, our upgraded […]
11 U.S. cities are hosting FIFA World Cup soccer games this summer. Cities in Canada and Mexico are hosting games too. And airports in those host cities are having fun welcoming soccer fans with special events and activities, including live match viewing zones with giant screens. Here are some highlights of the World Cup-related airport […]
FIFA World Cup kick-off is this week. Are you ready? Soccer fan or not, the FIFA World Cup games may affect your travel to and through cities this summer. We’ll be keeping track of what’s up at many airports in and around many cities hosting games. Here are a few messages from airports to get […]
Thanks to the record number of travelers expected to travel this holiday, weather woes and the usual list of things that can go wrong with any trip, airports are likely to be zany for the next few days. Here are just some of the amenities airports are rolling out and reminding travelers about to help […]
Will air traffic be ‘normal’ now that the government shutdown is over? Not quite yet… The longest government shutdown is officially over. But the hassle it created for air travelers is not. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) didn’t end the current flight reductions, which were set to go to […]
The Stuck at the Aiport team spent last week exploring museums (we loved the BMW Art Cars), eating and walking through neighborhoods in Frankfurt and Munich. In both cities we used airport Hilton hotels as our homebases, making it easy to arrive by plane or train and start exploring right away. In Munich, our upgraded […]
11 U.S. cities are hosting FIFA World Cup soccer games this summer. Cities in Canada and Mexico are hosting games too. And airports in those host cities are having fun welcoming soccer fans with special events and activities, including live match viewing zones with giant screens. Here are some highlights of the World Cup-related airport […]
FIFA World Cup kick-off is this week. Are you ready? Soccer fan or not, the FIFA World Cup games may affect your travel to and through cities this summer. We’ll be keeping track of what’s up at many airports in and around many cities hosting games. Here are a few messages from airports to get […]
Thanks to the record number of travelers expected to travel this holiday, weather woes and the usual list of things that can go wrong with any trip, airports are likely to be zany for the next few days. Here are just some of the amenities airports are rolling out and reminding travelers about to help […]
Will air traffic be ‘normal’ now that the government shutdown is over? Not quite yet… The longest government shutdown is officially over. But the hassle it created for air travelers is not. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) didn’t end the current flight reductions, which were set to go to […]
And end to the government shutdown may be closer to reality. But the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet lifted mandated flight reductions at the busiest airports around the country that in place to try reduce stress on the air traffic control system. As a result, massive flight cancelations and delays are still a major […]
If the U.S. government shutdown continues, there could be trouble for travelers and the U.S. travel and tourism economy on multiple fronts. Trouble at airports and in the skies For now, airports and airlines are continuing to operate as normal and are issuing reassurances that they are. But if the shutdown continues, air travelers should […]
[Our story about the premiumization of airports first appeared on NBC News] Pittsburghers are so excited to see the new $1.7 billion airport terminal that Pittsburgh International Airport is opening this fall that 18,000 of them applied for 2,000 test day slots even before the date was set. The lucky volunteers chosen to drive to […]
Have you ever wished that you or your home would smell just like your favorite airport or airline? It’s not such a far-fetched idea. Back in 2012, we saw the debut of a line of 19 city-centric scents named for their airport city codes — CDG (Paris), LHR (London), DXB (Dubai) — and packaged in slender bottles […]