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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 […]

Dreaming about travel? Us too. But how will our journeys be changed by the pandemic? (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News.) Sanitizing stations, “stand here, not there” floor stickers, and cotton swabs up the nose were not part of the travel experience before the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]

After 9 years of delays and false starts, Germany’s third-largest airport, Berlin Brandenburg “Willy Brandt” Airport (BER) is scheduled to open on October 31, 2020. We won’t be able to be there for the opening, but we’re looking forward to a visit once this COVID-19 business is resolved. In the meantime, here’s a recap of […]

Our first post sharing examples of how airports are embracing the “How it Started Twitter meme got so long that we’ve started a new post. Please let us know if you find new responses that should be added. We’ll add them as we find them.

Because so many countries, and some states, require arriving travelers to have proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test, airports and airlines are rushing to make those tests available at the airport. We listed some of the programs in our recent post about the new normal in air travel. Those services, many of which are […]

This summer several airports, including Ontario International Airport (ONT) in Southern California, turned their empty parking lots into drive-in movie theaters. We’re pleased this temporary airport amenity sticking around into the fall. We see at least two airports will be hosting drive-in movie nights in advance of Halloween. Nebraska’s Lincoln Airport (LNK) will show Disney’s […]

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 […]

Dreaming about travel? Us too. But how will our journeys be changed by the pandemic? (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News.) Sanitizing stations, “stand here, not there” floor stickers, and cotton swabs up the nose were not part of the travel experience before the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]

After 9 years of delays and false starts, Germany’s third-largest airport, Berlin Brandenburg “Willy Brandt” Airport (BER) is scheduled to open on October 31, 2020. We won’t be able to be there for the opening, but we’re looking forward to a visit once this COVID-19 business is resolved. In the meantime, here’s a recap of […]

Our first post sharing examples of how airports are embracing the “How it Started Twitter meme got so long that we’ve started a new post. Please let us know if you find new responses that should be added. We’ll add them as we find them.

Because so many countries, and some states, require arriving travelers to have proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test, airports and airlines are rushing to make those tests available at the airport. We listed some of the programs in our recent post about the new normal in air travel. Those services, many of which are […]

This summer several airports, including Ontario International Airport (ONT) in Southern California, turned their empty parking lots into drive-in movie theaters. We’re pleased this temporary airport amenity sticking around into the fall. We see at least two airports will be hosting drive-in movie nights in advance of Halloween. Nebraska’s Lincoln Airport (LNK) will show Disney’s […]

Our ‘5 Things We Love About…” series celebrating features and amenities at airports around the country and the world lands today at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). MSP sits on land that, back in 1914, was home to Snelling Speedway. Auto racing gave way to airmail service and Speedway Field. In 1923 the airport was […]

We continue celebrating features and amenities at airports around the country and the world with our series “5 Things We Love About …” Today we’re visiting Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO). Keep in mind that some of the amenities we love may be temporarily unavailable due to health concerns. We are confident they will be […]

The “5 Things We Love About…” series marches on. Even though we are forced to stay on the ground and close to home. So today we are celebrating some of the features and amenities we love at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). Keep in mind that some of the things we love at DAL airport […]