April Fools Day Archives - Stuck at the Airport

Airports, airlines and Amtrak get creative on April Fools’ Day

04/01/24

Once again, airports, airlines and other parts of the aviation industry did a great job of marking April Fools’ Day. Here are some of the campaigns and (fake) announcements we’ve found – so far. Let us know what we missed and we’ll add it to the list. DFW Airport documents a sticky note prank that →

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How Airports & Airlines Marked April Fools Day

04/02/23

We were pleased to see so many airports and airlines – and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation – Amtrak – having so much fun on April Fools Day. Aviation museums also got in on the fun. Here are some of the April Fools Day “news items” we encountered. Let us know if we missed some →

How did airports & airlines celebrate April Fools’ Day?

04/01/19

Recap: Airports and airlines offer April Fools' Day pranks. →

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Airlines – and IKEA – join in on April Fools’ Day

04/01/17

Several airlines - and IKEA - shared "news" on April Fools' Day. →

More April Fools’ Day aviation news

04/02/15

In addition to this list of April 1 travel tidbits sharing April Fools’ Day announcements from WestJet, Richard Branson and Denver International Airport, you should know about these April Fools’ Day announcements. Southwest Airlines released a video saying “all the other guys are doing it,” so they were beginning a “bag fee bandwagon bonanza” based →

Fun Stuff

WestJet offers hands-free Clapper technology

04/01/10

Here’s an interesting idea: Today WestJet announced that it is introducing Clapper technology on board its aircraft that will allow guests to operate amenities such as lights and live seatback television, simply by clapping their hands. “Made popular on television in the mid-1980s, Clapper technology is making an in-flight comeback thanks to the addition of →

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