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Airport Tidbits from Here and There

10/04/21

Facebook and Instagram may have been down on Monday, but Twitter was there for airports to share news and fun tidbits. Here are some items that caught our attention. Not vaccinated yet? Please get with the program so you can travel safely. Many airports around the country make it easy to get the jab. Airports […]

Air Travel

Airports, others remember 9/11. Plus: 9/11 Survivor Tree

09/10/21

The 9/11 Memorial at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS): The Place of Remembrance is a large glass cube at BOS. Inside are two glass panels etched with the names of every person aboard American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. Those were the two planes that departed Logan Airport for Los Angeles but […]

9/11

Airports Hope for Infrastructure Help

06/16/21

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) When low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines launched the first of 11 new routes to small cities and secondary airports from 14-gate Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in April, it raised the airport’s profile as an alternative to Los Angeles International. And put a […]

Airport Terminals

Traveling? Face Masks required through at least September 13

05/03/21

Almost every airline, airport, railroad, and public transportation mode put face mask requirements into effect pretty early into the pandemic. The federal government did not. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) first issued its face mask requirement on February 1, 2021, with an initial expiration date of May 11. Last week the agency announced it is […]

Health

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Come Fly With Me: Book Features Celebs in Transit

04/12/21

Have you ever spotted a celebrity in the airport or on your flight during your travels? It’s a bit of a thrill, right? A new book coming out from Rizzoli called Come Fly With Me: Flying in Style, is filled with paparazzi-taken images of actors, rock stars, and others coming and going from airports around […]

Celebrities

Airports celebrate April Fool’s Day 2021

04/01/21

We’re not sure we found them all, but here are some of the April Fool’s Day posts airports shared today. You’ll notice a lot of animals. If you spotted some other travel-related pranks we missed, let us know and we’ll add them. If you click on the link to learn more, here’s what you find. […]

Holidays

Tune in to these airport podcasts

03/01/21

Airport podcasts If you like airports and podcasts, then you should probably be listening to airport podcasts. We’re not sure we have them all, but we’re starting to put a list together. Let us know what we’re missing, Here’s what we have so far. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is hosting a new podcast called the […]

Airport guides

Now wearing a mask at the airport is the law

02/01/21

Now masking up at the airport is a law. So get with the program. Most airports and airlines have been requiring travelers to wear proper face masks while traveling through the terminals and on the planes for months. But enforcing the rule has been difficult at times because there was no federal backing. Now, finally, […]

Health

More ways airports are going contactless

01/05/21

5 Ways Your Next Airport Visit Could Be Contactless (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for USA TODAY) In addition to cleaning, sanitizing, and setting up COVID-19 testing stations, airports are responding to the pandemic by making the journey through the terminal increasingly touch-free. In pre-COVID days, some of the […]

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