Edmonton International Airport Archives

Say yes to the YEGnog at Edmonton Int’l Airport

12/19/22

Yesterday Stuck at the Airport cheered London Heathrow Airport’s holiday campaign to hand out thousands of gifts to passengers during December. LHR isn’t alone in surprising passengers with gifts. Edmonton International Airport (YEG) in Alberta, Canada is doing its part too. Playing off its airport code – YEG – the airport is running a two-part →

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Cool new COVID-fighting airport amenities

10/06/20

Airports are rolling out new COVID-fighting amenities faster than we can keep up with them. Here are few I’ll be talking about this week during the virtual Travel 2021 Summit taking place on October 7 and 8. We’ll be talking about airports and airlines on Thursday at 10 a.m. east coast time. The line-up includes →

Grizzlies, Oilers and more: fresh art at Edmonton International Airport

09/17/12

As part of its 2012 expansion project, Canada’s Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has installed some fun, fresh art and a wide variety of new food and retail outlets, including a Belgian Beer Café. Four new art displays, include an ensemble of wood, stone, glass and metalwork sculptures by seven members of the Alberta Craft →

Souvenir Sunday: ice from Edmonton International Airport

01/09/11

Ice and snow sculptors from Harbin, China were at Edmonton International Airport turning a giant block of snow in a work of art. →

Airports – and now airlines – trash talking each other

03/27/10

For my At the Airport column on USAToday.com this month, Airport wars escalate with attack ads aimed at rivals, I wrote about a new YouTube video about San Francisco International Airport, that features cameo appearances by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Marion & Vivian Brown, the kooky 83-year-old identical twins who have become beloved San →

Souvenir Sunday: panda hats from PEK airport

09/27/09

Happy Souvenir Sunday! Shopping is always a great way to spend some time when you’re stuck at an airport. You just never know what you’ll find. That’s why here at Stuck at The Airport we celebrate Souvenir Sunday every week. This week: cute panda hats from China’s Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). The photo is →

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