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Nothing to read? Check out an airport library

08/22/13

Below is a copy of my August 2013 At the Airport column for USA Today – all about airport libraries and airports where you can download e-books for free. It’s heartwarming that the story has been getting passed around a great deal on Twitter and on Facebook and, so far, has garnered at least one →

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Souvenir Sunday: Finnair flight attendants share their stories

10/07/12

Has anything unusual or humorous happened to Finnair flight attendants? Looks like we’ll have to get a copy of Airborne: Tales From A Thousand And One Flights, to find out. The book is billed as “a collection of true stories written by customer service professionals of the sky” and appears to be filled with stories →

JetBlue’s summer reading program

06/24/11

JetBlue launches summer reading program for kids. →

Book art at Albany International Airport (ALB)

08/03/10

In New York, the Albany International Airport (ALB) Art and Culture Program has just kicked off “The Imaged Word,” an exhibition featuring works by a variety of artists all on the theme of books and the words inside them. Most of the work is in the airport’s (pre-security) third floor gallery, the same floor as →

Schiphol getting world’s first airport library

05/22/10

(Strahov Monastery library, Prague. Photos courtesy Curious Expeditions , via Flickr) Over the years I’ve heard from one or two US airports that were toying with the idea of letting their local library have a cart somewhere in the terminal where travelers could check out and return library books. But so far, it seems nothing →

More airport freebies – for people & pets – for Thanksgiving travel

11/24/09

It may be stressful traveling this week through the nation’s airports, but there are some freebies and special events being rolled out that you may find useful and entertaining. In addition to the events we listed yesterday at Boston’s Logan International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport, you’ll find: Two days of free valet parking at →

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